Close Combat (1996)

Platforms

Win, Mac

Genres

Strategy

Rating

4.5 of 5, 49 player ratings

Where to get it

My Abandonware

How it feels

A methodical, tense game where you carefully command squads through detailed hedgerow-filled battlefields, relying on precise tactical decisions rather than fast action.

tacticaldeliberatemethodicaltenserealistichistorically groundeddetailedslow-paced

Screenshots

More games like this

• Steel Panthers III: Brigade Command - 1939-1999 (1997)
• Ardeny 1944 (1995)
• Close Combat 4: The Battle of the Bulge (2024)
• Field of Fire (1985)
• Typhoon of Steel (1991)
• Sudden Strike 5 (2026)
• Warship (1988)
• Cossacks: European Wars (2000)

More by Destineer

• Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far (1997)
• Close Combat III: The Russian Front (1999)
• Close Combat 2: A Bridge Too Far (2024)
• Close Combat: First to Fight (2005)
• Operation Crusader (1994)
• Close Combat 5: Invasion: Normandy - Utah Beach to Cherbourg (2024)
• D-Day: America Invades (1995)
• Candace Kane’s Candy Factory (2008)