Fit check
Is Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players interested in commanding either side of Operation Market Garden
- Players who prefer linked tactical battles within a larger campaign structure
- Modders interested in changing campaigns, strategic systems, and military units
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a short, isolated battle may find the campaign and operations structure too involved
- Players who prefer small-scale unit control may not want battlegroup management and strategic-layer decisions
- Players looking for fantasy or science-fiction settings will find a historical Arnhem campaign instead
Our take on Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem
Rather than treating each battle as an isolated match, the game connects tactical engagements to a strategic campaign. Force pools, battlegroup movement, cohesion, fatigue, reinforcements, and bridge control make the wider operation part of the play structure.
What is Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem?
A strategy game about Operation Market Garden and the struggle for Arnhem Bridge.
Players command either the Allied operation to cross the Rhine or German forces defending against that advance. The game combines a strategic layer with 64 hand-drawn tactical maps and more than 60 battles, operations, and campaigns, including an expanded Grand Campaign. Battlegroups can be stacked, merged, moved through one another, or lend teams to other groups. Limited points determine purchases from force pools, while bridges can be demolished or repaired and rivers crossed by assault or ferry.
Static teams defend assigned maps without a battlegroup present. Battles include darkness and flare effects, with cohesion, fatigue, morale, and reinforcement timing affecting operations. Scenario editing and extensive modding cover campaigns, support missions, force pools, weather, and battlegroup behavior.
How Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem plays
- 01Strategic campaign layer
- Operations connect a strategic map with tactical engagements across 64 hand-drawn battle maps.
- 02Force-pool purchasing
- Battle groups and parent formations spend limited points to recruit teams.
- 03Battlegroup management
- Groups can be stacked, combined, moved through one another, or lend teams to other groups.
- 04River operations
- Players can use ferry crossings, conduct assault crossings, and demolish or repair bridges.
- 05Static defenders
- Map-specific teams defend their assigned locations even when no mobile battlegroup is present.
- 06Scenario editing
- Editors can set starting turns, reinforcement arrival times, and a maximum of 6 turns per day.
- 07Modding support
- Modifiable content includes strategic systems, campaigns, weather, support missions, force pools, and battlegroup behavior.
Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem compared to similar games
Xenonauts focuses on defending Earth from alien invasion with small squads of persistent soldiers in turn-based missions. Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem instead combines a strategic campaign layer with tactical battles, battlegroups, force-pool spending, and river crossings during Operation Market Garden.
Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem: platforms & release
Is Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players interested in commanding either side of Operation Market Garden. Skip it if: players seeking a short, isolated battle may find the campaign and operations structure too involved.
Where can I download Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Close Combat: Last Stand Arnhem on?
Windows only.
