As a foundational Real Time Strategy (RTS) title from 2006, Company of Heroes tasks you with commanding World War II companies across European battlefields. The core loop involves capturing and holding strategic points to generate resources, which fund unit upgrades and tactical abilities. Its distinctive feature is the deep emphasis on squad-level tactics, requiring players to utilize terrain and buildings for cover against an intelligent enemy. This focus on environmental interaction and persistent squads defines its strategic depth on PC and iOS.
The game immerses players in the historical conflict of World War II, focusing on the European theater of operations. The atmosphere is grounded in gritty, realistic battlefield conditions where every decision regarding troop placement and resource management carries significant weight. The narrative centers on the player's assigned company as they fight across historically inspired battlegrounds.
The primary gameplay loop involves capturing and holding strategic points on the map to generate essential resources—Manpower, Munitions, and Fuel. These resources are then used to deploy new units, upgrade existing squads, and call in specialized support abilities.
A defining feature is the emphasis on cover mechanics. Units must intuitively use terrain features, such as buildings, walls, and craters, to reduce incoming fire and improve their own accuracy. Failing to utilize cover often results in rapid unit attrition.
Furthermore, units gain experience through combat, allowing them to unlock and improve tactical abilities specific to their role, such as specialized weapon deployment or improved movement patterns.
The game distinguishes itself through its focus on squad-level persistence and environmental interaction. Unlike many RTS titles where units are disposable, here, individual squads can gain veteran status, making their survival crucial. The dynamic battlefield means that the destruction of cover or the capture of a key structure permanently alters the tactical landscape of the engagement.
This strategy title is available for PC (Microsoft Windows) and iOS platforms.
As of the current date, this main game does not feature any officially released Downloadable Content (DLC) or standalone expansions, though it does have several major standalone expansions available separately.
The content of this game is suitable for persons aged 18 years and over only. It contains: Extreme violence - Strong language - Realistic looking violence.

Back to Basics is a free mod for Company of Heroes that reworks core features of the original gameplay to put further focus on strategy, tactics, and player skill. Back to Basics can be played PvP, but also features AI opponents that can challenge battle-hardened players.

Blitzkrieg mod is a modification for Company of Heroes which focuses on PvP experience. The mod aims for making the gameplay experience more realistic.

"Company of Heroes: Far East War" is a modification for Company of Heroes, the product of years of work from many skilled modders from various countries and regions, who hold a great sense of historical responsibility. This modification is centered around the 1937-1945 Second Sino-Japanese War, in which players can command a company to regiment-sized unit of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army or the Imperial Japanese Army in battle. The mod pays close attention to detail to the depiction of unit formations, uniforms, weaponry, and equipment of the Chinese and Japanese armies of the period. Everything from rank insignias on an infantryman to the paint used on vehicles are made to be as historically accurate as possible.

TGW 1918 is a WW1 modification for Company of Heroes, focusing on the last year of the First World War. Currently it features the British Expeditionary Force and the German Empire as opposing factions; however new nations will be brought over time, such as France and Austria-Hungary.

An ambitious total-conversion modification for Relic's award-winning Company of Heroes, Modern Combat transports players into the midst of a high-tech war between the modern-day People's Liberation Army and United States Armed Forces.

EaW is a historical mod for Company of Heroes that adds new battlefronts with new commander trees, abilities, units, vehicles and weapons for each, representing in the best way, as far as possible, historical accuracy, to immerse players in a much more realistic gaming experience.

Battle of Crete is a modification for Company of Heroes. Mod based on real historical event during WW2 between May 20 and June 1 1941 as known as "Operation Mercury". There are two nations in the game presents - British Commonwealth and Germany.

Eastern Front is a free mod for Company of Heroes. Following the ethos of mimicking a Relic Entertainment expansion pack, Eastern Front has succeeded in adding a full Soviet faction packed with unique and exciting units to the existing army as well as the rugged Ostheer - a unique new Axis faction which was designed from the ground up to counter the Soviets - a feat never before achieved in the Company of Heroes world.

Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor is the expansion to the Game of the Year winner and highest rated real time strategy franchise Company of Heroes. Featuring new campaigns to overcome, units to command, and battlefields to conquer, Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor delivers evolved gameplay mechanics and 3 episodic adventures including 9 new missions, 3 new Multiplayer Modes, and new abilities to master.

The next chapter in the #1 rated RTS franchise thrusts players into a hellish war torn landscape to command two battle-hardened armies in relentless campaigns for honor and country. Players lead the tenacious British 2nd Army during the heroic World War II liberation of Caen, France, and command the German Panzer Elite as they struggle to repel the largest airborne invasion in history.