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Close Combat is a pausable real-time wargame series, heavily focused on historical accuracy and realistic soldier psychological profiles. In Close Combat: The Longest Day take command of either the Allied Expeditionary Force or Germany’s Wehrmacht.

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Release DateJun 2, 2020
Price$ 39.99  Top 2%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)77.5% (mostly positive) / 78.1%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)69.9% / 70.4%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)71  / 73
Curators3 reviews  Bottom 10%
Median Play Time25 hours  Top 5%
Play Time per Dollar37 minutes
Followers672 
Owners± 10.4K 
Copies Sold± 3.1K 
Gross Revenue ($)± 53.1K  Top 30%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Close Combat: The Longest Day steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see Close Combat: The Longest Day's Steam rating and reviews between June 2020 and December 2023. Steam's rating is varying from 78% (December 2023) to 64.7% (December 2020).

Considering the 73 reviews, and if it didn't take too long to make the game, Close Combat: The Longest Day could be a small indie success.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Close Combat: The Longest Day and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Close Combat: The Longest Day's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (73%), followed by Simplified Chinese (7%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 10 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game has been translated in only one language (English), it's always good to have more translations to access other markets.

Time Played

Chart displaying Close Combat: The Longest Day percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the time played in Close Combat: The Longest Day depending if the reviewer left a positive or a negative review. The time played is great, reaching 91 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 9 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some Close Combat: The Longest Day players left negative reviews after playing for a long time (more than 74 hours for the top 20%), it can be a sign that a part of the fanbase was displeased about the evolution of the game and decided to review bomb it. You could check if there is an explanation in the Players' feedback section.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Every soldier has a name and can be awarded medals or killed
  • Every soldier has ammo
  • Morale system and surrender behavior
  • Firefights feel nice and sounds good
  • Zoom in and out of the map is required
  • Good job devs
  • Entertaining game
  • Soldiers can get separated from the unit
  • Soldiers die permanently
  • Alt + F4 is missing
  • Full screen on menu is not available
  • Team confusion with buildings
  • MG42 is overpowered
  • No zoom
  • Graphics and sound effects are average
  • Missing content from the original game
  • Missing zoom
  • Parts of the game hurt
  • Missing Canadian content

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's rating of 77.5% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Take into account that list was generated using AI on a small sample of Close Combat: The Longest Day's Steam review data, it is not meant to be exhaustive. You don't always need to solve every issue. What some players hate might be what your fanbase loves.

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