Fit check
Is Close Combat: Modern Tactics worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who want pausable real-time military engagements
- Small groups seeking modern 5v5 tactical battles
- Wargame fans interested in soldier psychology and custom scenarios
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking turn-based combat rather than pausable real-time action
- Players looking for a character-driven RPG or a broad strategic campaign
- Solo players who specifically want multiplayer-focused battles
Our take on Close Combat: Modern Tactics
The defining detail is its combination of pausable real-time combat with individual soldier psychological profiles, making team management part of the battlefield system rather than only a matter of unit placement.
What is Close Combat: Modern Tactics?
Close Combat: Modern Tactics is a pausable real-time wargame about modern tactical combat.
Manage teams whose members have individual psychological profiles, use contemporary weapons and equipment, and fight across hypothetical settings including rural America, Iraq, and former Soviet republics. Battles support up to five players on each side and take place on hand-drawn maps ranging from 1km squares to 4km by 1km areas. Air support and artillery can assist, while objectives must ultimately be secured by ground forces. The game includes 25 scenarios based on real-world and hypothetical conflicts, specialized squads and vehicles, defensive positions such as buildings and trenches, and an editor for creating battles.
How Close Combat: Modern Tactics plays
- 01Pausable Real-Time Combat
- Pause engagements while managing units and responding to changing battlefield conditions.
- 02Team Psychology Profiles
- Individual soldier mental states form part of team management during combat.
- 03Modern Battlefields
- Scenarios use contemporary weapons and settings modeled on places such as Iraq and former Soviet republics.
- 04Five-a-Side Multiplayer
- Head-to-head matches can include as many as five participants on each team.
- 05Scenario Creation
- An included editor allows custom battles with modern opposing forces.
- 06Combined Fire Support
- Aircraft and artillery provide air, direct, and indirect support during engagements.
- 07Vehicle Operations
- Specialized vehicles can be mounted and left during tactical play.
Close Combat: Modern Tactics compared to similar games
Men of War: Assault Squad focuses on World War II battles with direct control over units, while Close Combat: Modern Tactics uses contemporary forces, psychological soldier profiles, and pausable real-time engagements. Xenonauts centers on turn-based squad operations against aliens and includes a broader organization-level defense structure, whereas this game focuses on modern opposing forces in individual scenarios.
Close Combat: Modern Tactics: platforms & release
Is Close Combat: Modern Tactics worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who want pausable real-time military engagements. Skip it if: players seeking turn-based combat rather than pausable real-time action.
Where can I download Close Combat: Modern Tactics?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Close Combat: Modern Tactics's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Close Combat: Modern Tactics on?
Windows only.
