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Close Combat - Gateway to Caen

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App ID 297750
App Type Game
Developer
Publisher Matrix Games
Franchise Close Combat
Supported Systems Windows
Last Changenumber 30767871
Last Record Update 25 August 2025 – 12:01:52 UTC ()
Release Date 6 June 2014 – 22:54:00 UTC ()
❓ 66.65%
479 reviews
9
In-Game
💡 Strategy 🪂 World War II 🖥️ Simulation 🤔 Tactical 🔵 Wargame

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.

Additional Information

Developer Matrix Games
metacritic_name Close Combat - Gateway to Caen
GameManualURL https://store.steampowered.com/manual/297750/
ReleaseState released
Publisher Matrix Games
Store Release Date 6 June 2014 – 22:54:39 UTC ()
community_hub_visible Yes
Primary Genre Strategy (2)
Store Genres Simulation (28), Strategy (2)
Steam Release Date 6 June 2014 – 22:54:00 UTC ()
Store Asset Modification Time 6 June 2024 – 08:52:33 UTC () (1717663953)
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Steam Deck Compatibility
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  • category: Unsupported
  • steamos_compatibility: Unsupported
  • test_timestamp: 23 November 2022 – 00:00:00 UTC
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First seen on SteamDB 23 April 2014 – 09:28:07 UTC (), in changelist #475492

Supported Languages

1 Languages Interface Full Audio Subtitles
English Yes

Tags

💡 Strategy 🪂 World War II 🖥️ Simulation 🤔 Tactical 🔵 Wargame 📜 Historical 🌐 RTS 🗺️ Top-Down 👤 Singleplayer 🕹️ Multiplayer 🎲 Turn-Based Strategy ⏯ Real-Time with Pause 🌱 Realistic 🏽 2D ▶️ Real Time Tactics ▶️ Real-Time

Categories

Single-player Steam Cloud Includes level editor Family Sharing Multi-player

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Trailers
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Steam charts

  • 9 players right now
  • 13 24-hour peak
  • 254 all-time peak 8 June 2014
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  • ❓ Mixed
  • 66.65% SteamDB Rating
  • 334 69.7% positive reviews
  • 145 30.3% negative reviews

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Close Combat - Gateway to Caen had an all-time peak of 254 concurrent players on 8 June 2014.

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