Fit check
Is Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Historical wargame players who want platoon- and company-level combined-arms tactics
- Strategy players who prefer World War II Eastern Front scenarios over broad empire management
- Solo or multiplayer players seeking a scenario-based tactical game with custom-scenario tools
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a campaign spanning many generations or a large empire-management structure
- Players who want low-complexity sessions, since the game is described as straightforward to begin but difficult to master
- Players looking for real-time battles instead of scenario-based tactical play
- Players seeking modern or science-fiction military settings rather than Operation Barbarossa
Our take on Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear
Rather than using a broad empire-building structure, this strategy game concentrates on selected World War II battles. Its short scenarios, computer-calculated line of sight, and point-buy option place tactical decisions and battle recreation ahead of long-term territorial expansion.
What is Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear?
A computer adaptation of a board wargame set on the Eastern Front during Operation Barbarossa in 1941.
Players command historical infantry, artillery, mechanized, and support units for Axis and Soviet forces. Unit ratings represent factors such as armor, speed, size, targeting, and crew training through a target-number system. The game includes ten original scenarios, eleven Frontier scenarios, five Commanding Heights scenarios, and a Partisan Road point-buy scenario. Many scenarios take about an hour, while the first can be learned in ten minutes. AI opponents, multiplayer with a forum and lobby, tutorials, a printed manual, and a scenario editor are included. Optional rules add persistent action points, fog of war, unit-quality variation, bunkers, ruined buildings, and altered line-of-sight calculations.
How Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear plays
- 01Historical Unit Roster
- The forces cover infantry, artillery, mechanized, and support units from both sides of Operation Barbarossa.
- 02Scenario Collection
- The package contains ten original scenarios, eleven Frontier scenarios, five Commanding Heights scenarios, and a point-buy scenario.
- 03Scenario Editor
- Custom scenarios can be created and shared with the units included in the game.
- 04Multiplayer Options
- Online play includes an integrated forum and game lobby alongside an AI opponent.
- 05Optional Battle Rules
- Settings include persistent action points, hidden units outside visibility, unit-quality differences, additional bunkers, and ruined-building terrain.
Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear compared to similar games
Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear focuses on scenario-based Eastern Front battles with historical Axis and Soviet units, while Xenonauts uses small squads to defend Earth from an alien invasion and recover technology. Old World instead follows empires across multiple generations, emphasizing leaders, marriage, heirs, and legacy.
Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear: platforms & release
Is Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear worth it?
It is worth it if: historical wargame players who want platoon- and company-level combined-arms tactics. Skip it if: players seeking a campaign spanning many generations or a large empire-management structure.
Where can I download Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Conflict of Heroes: Awakening the Bear on?
Windows only.
