Fit check
Is Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Real-time strategy players who want WWII campaigns across multiple forces
- Players who prefer direct control of battlefield units alongside strategic decisions
- Groups seeking multiplayer modes built around tank combat, hero units, or cooperative defense
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a turn-based strategy structure rather than real-time unit control
- Those looking for a standalone game rather than an expansion to Company of Heroes
- Players seeking genres other than strategy
Our take on Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
Instead of limiting play to high-level commands, the expansion adds real-time aiming, firing, and maneuvering for units. Its multiplayer modes also split into distinct formats: tank combat, hero-unit battles, and cooperative defense against waves.
What is Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor?
This expansion to Company of Heroes adds three episodic WWII campaigns with nine missions, new units, maps, abilities, and three multiplayer modes.
The episodes follow a German Tiger tank crew fighting British forces on D-Day, an American paratrooper company after the landings, and Wehrmacht soldiers facing the Allied advance. Missions use persistent environments and include new objectives. Alongside strategic decisions, players can directly aim, fire, and maneuver units in real time as battle conditions change. Multiplayer options include tank-versus-tank combat in Panzerkrieg, battles centered on a hero unit in Assault, and cooperative defense against waves of attackers in Stonewall.
How Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor plays
- 01Three Campaign Episodes
- The stories follow German, American, and Wehrmacht forces across nine missions.
- 02Direct Unit Control
- Players aim, fire, and maneuver units in real time alongside making tactical decisions.
- 03Three Multiplayer Modes
- Modes include tank combat, hero-unit battles, and cooperative defense against waves.
- 04New Vehicles
- Additional units include the amphibious Schwimmwagen and the Staghound armored car.
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor compared to similar games
Men of War: Assault Squad also combines large-scale WWII strategy with direct combat, while Tales of Valor adds three episodic campaigns and multiplayer modes centered on tank combat, hero units, and cooperative defense. Xenonauts is a turn-based strategy game about defending Earth from an alien invasion, using persistent soldiers in small squads.
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor: platforms & release
Is Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor worth it?
It is worth it if: real-time strategy players who want WWII campaigns across multiple forces. Skip it if: players seeking a turn-based strategy structure rather than real-time unit control.
Where can I download Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor on?
Windows only.
