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Close Combat: Cross of Iron

Close Combat: Cross of Iron includes offline installer for Windows 7/8 and Close Combat (Windows 7/8 only), added as bonus goodies Close Combat is a pausable real-time wargame series, heavily focused on historical accuracy and realistic soldier psychological profiles. Team management is crucial as every man in your teams matter. Close Combat: Cross of Iron brings back the epic battles of the Eastern Front of World War II. In Close Combat: Cross of Iron you start off as a junior officer leading your men into battle in real time, focusing on the Eastern Front of World War II. Earn promotions as

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March 20, 2018
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Slitherine Ltd.
Publisher
Slitherine Ltd.
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Close Combat: Cross of Iron includes offline installer for Windows 7/8 and Close Combat (Windows 7/8 only), added as bonus goodies Close Combat is a pausable real-time wargame series, heavily focused on historical accuracy and realistic soldier psychological profiles. Team management is crucial as every man in your teams matter. Close Combat: Cross of Iron brings back the epic battles of the Eastern Front of World War II.

In Close Combat: Cross of Iron you start off as a junior officer leading your men into battle in real time, focusing on the Eastern Front of World War II. Earn promotions as you deal with an unforgiving enemy. Fight and survive through the frozen winter, hot dusty summer and muddy autumn. The game features a huge amount of Battles, Operations, and Campaigns, inlcudingis an entire Campaign called Fuger's Ostliche Wut, or Fuger's Eastern Fury, based on actions between 1943 and 1944 and playable as either German or Russian, Each Battle and Operation has been carefully made with in-depth briefings related to actual events and will give you hints about the battle and what you may expect.

The Teams, Units, Weapons, and Data have been accurately recreated to match historical realism.…

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★ 8.0/10GOG · 58 ratings
GOGLast checked November 2, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 3 / 5
If you are a Close Combat fan like me, plaing all the oficial games, CC 2,3,4,5 and you are thinking: "Ha, they remastered/enhenced/upgraded one of…
★ 5 / 5
In my honest opinion this is the best Close Combat game ever released. (both original Eastern Front and the remake Cross of Iron) No other…
★ 4 / 5
The rosters have been updated to make the experience more realistic with some units deleted and most others getting new variations and improvements. Weapon and…
★ 1 / 5
I played this game in its original form and that form had its problems. The reworked for is actually worse. The AI pathfinding always had…
★ 4 / 5
Very expensive considering there is no modding support in the latest release. Players who want to play the famous mods like GD, Der Ost Front,…
★ 3 / 5
There simply isn't enough that's been changed to justify the ridiculous price Matrix games wants to charge. Either wait for a sale, or just get…
★ 5 / 5
Ignore the advice by a clear shill below claiming "go for the Close Combat 3 Rusian front" (he probably meant "Russian"). It is well known…
★ 5 / 5
The best of the CC games. This version fixed bugs from the original version. Only issue I have is trying to load mods. I have…

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★ 5 / 5
From the Close Combat series of games, I do think this is the best of them all. A shame that not more games were done…
★ 5 / 5
This is CC3. A *very* modernised CC3, but still "only" CC3: + Units seem to be slightly smarter + High res support. + Scaling UI…
★ 4 / 5
Despite being terribly overpriced for what is mostly just an HD remake, this still stands the test of time. This is the second CC that…

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