Games like Close Combat: The Bloody First
If Close Combat: The Bloody First is your kind of game, the closest matches are Panzer Strike, Close Combat - Gateway to Caen and Panzer Corps 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and immersive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Close Combat: The Bloody First: Close Combat: The Bloody First is the latest release in the critically-acclaimed Close Combat series, and the first using the new 3D Archon engine. With this Close Combat: The Bloody First combines classic Close Combat tactical gameplay with battles fought across a wide variety of diverse 3D landscapes including craggy ridgelines, narrow...
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Panzer Strike
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Top pick for Close Combat: The Bloody First fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Authentic RTS gameplay straight out of the 2000s. Command your troops, develop strategies, and win World War II battles. Huge maps, thousands of units, long-range firepower, and no building mechanics!
Close Combat - Gateway to Caen
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Shares an immersive mood with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Second-strongest match for Close Combat: The Bloody First fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Close Combat: Gateway to Caen is a great release in the critically-acclaimed Close Combat series. Gateway to Caen focuses on the largest, concentrated British offensive since the Normandy landings in an attempt to penetrate the German lines west of Caen and cross the Odon River to get the stalled advance moving again.
Panzer Corps 2
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Shares a contemplative mood with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Third-strongest match for Close Combat: The Bloody First fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Panzer Corps 2 is the ultimate Second World War strategy game! Enjoy the time-proven gameplay formula which has been appreciated by millions of players over the years, brought to a whole new level of refinement up to the latest technical standards.
Steel Division: Normandy 44
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Shares a challenging mood with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Ranked #4 for Close Combat: The Bloody First fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.
Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem
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Shares an immersive mood with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Ranked #5 for Close Combat: The Bloody First fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Close Combat – Last Stand Arnhem is part of Close Combat series. Its design is based on the critically acclaimed Close Combat – A Bridge Too Far, originally developed by Atomic Games, as well as the more recent Close Combat: The Longest Day.
Wargame: Red Dragon
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Shares a challenging mood with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Ranked #6 for Close Combat: The Bloody First fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.
Soldiers: Heroes of World War II - Enhanced Edition
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Shares a retro mood with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Ranked #7 for Close Combat: The Bloody First fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
The first installment in the real-time tactics series that would become known as Men of War, now refreshed and enhanced! Take command of American, British, Soviet, or German forces and fight on the battlefields of World War II in 32 single-player missions or with others in PvP and co-op sessions.
Men of War: Assault Squad 2
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Shares an immersive mood with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Ranked #8 for Close Combat: The Bloody First fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.
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Close Combat - Gateway to Caen
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Shares an immersive mood with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Reviewers of Close Combat: The Bloody First cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Close Combat: Gateway to Caen is a great release in the critically-acclaimed Close Combat series. Gateway to Caen focuses on the largest, concentrated British offensive since the Normandy landings in an attempt to penetrate the German lines west of Caen and cross the Odon River to get the stalled advance moving again.
Combat Mission Cold War
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Shares an immersive mood with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Reviewers of Close Combat: The Bloody First cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
CM Cold War is set in the tipping-point years of a conflict that gripped the world for 45 years. Between 1979-1982, both the NATO and Soviet Warsaw Pact militaries began the shift away from industrialized warfare of the early 20th century and towards the modern digital battlefield of today.
Close Combat
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Reviewers of Close Combat: The Bloody First cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Defeat the enemy in this classic nonstop World War II battle action. Lead your men through the terror, fatigue, and hell of war on to victory. Only you can bring'em back alive!
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Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Close Combat: The Bloody First at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~88% under Close Combat: The Bloody First on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Stardew Valley
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Priced ~63% under Close Combat: The Bloody First on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Bloons TD 6
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Priced ~65% under Close Combat: The Bloody First on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Schedule I
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Priced ~50% under Close Combat: The Bloody First on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
The Forest
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Priced ~50% under Close Combat: The Bloody First on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
People Playground
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Priced ~75% under Close Combat: The Bloody First on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Euro Truck Simulator 2
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Priced ~50% under Close Combat: The Bloody First on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Travel across Europe as king of the road, a trucker who delivers important cargo across impressive distances! With dozens of cities to explore, your endurance, skill and speed will all be pushed to their limits.
Balatro
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Priced ~70% under Close Combat: The Bloody First on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
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Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
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SuchArt: Creative Space
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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
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Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
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Counter-Strike 2
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Dota 2
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Close Combat - Gateway to Caen
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Shares an immersive mood with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Another title from Matrix Games, the studio behind Close Combat: The Bloody First. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Close Combat: Gateway to Caen is a great release in the critically-acclaimed Close Combat series. Gateway to Caen focuses on the largest, concentrated British offensive since the Normandy landings in an attempt to penetrate the German lines west of Caen and cross the Odon River to get the stalled advance moving again.
Close Combat - Panthers in the Fog
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Shares an immersive mood with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Another title from Matrix Games, the studio behind Close Combat: The Bloody First. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
Close Combat: Panthers in the Fog details the desperate German counter-attack at Mortain, the last chance of the Wehrmacht to stave off defeat in Normandy. Can you match the tenacity of the American defenders of Hill 314? Or can you succeed where the Panzers failed, driving through to the sea and changing history?
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Another title from Matrix Games, the studio behind Close Combat: The Bloody First. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Close Combat: The Bloody First.
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Frequently asked about Close Combat: The Bloody First
- Does Close Combat: The Bloody First run on Steam Deck?
- Close Combat: The Bloody First is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Close Combat: The Bloody First cost?
- Close Combat: The Bloody First is listed on Steam at 39.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Close Combat: The Bloody First have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Close Combat: The Bloody First supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Close Combat: The Bloody First?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Close Combat: The Bloody First are Panzer Strike, Close Combat - Gateway to Caen, Panzer Corps 2.
- Who developed Close Combat: The Bloody First?
- Close Combat: The Bloody First was developed by Matrix Games.
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