Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty
Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty
Game
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Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Developer Pyro Studios
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a 1998 real-time tactics video game developed by the Spanish company Pyro Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. The player controls of a group of six Allied Commandos, who conduct a range of missions across wartime Europe and Africa, using small unit tactics. Each mission's objective varies, but ranges from sabotage, assassination or rescuing captured allied units, with players… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
253 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 2, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
89
LovedLoved
140 positive · 17 negative
95% range 83–93%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 140 | 17 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 7 | 3 | 69 |
| Mastodon * | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Lemmy * | 2 | 0 | 5 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,331 of 1,470 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
89% recommend · 142 yes, 17 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 159 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (3,659 of 4,062 positive).
Players fondly recall Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines as a cherished childhood game that still holds up today. [1][2][3] Many praise its challenging, no-handholding stealth tactics that demand patience and strategic thinking. [4][5][6] Some note technical issues like black screens or clunky controls, and a few find it too difficult or dated. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [8]
cool conceptually just when it's already a ww2 setting which makes any game have to work harder for me to be into it. It also has really really rough controls with commanding your commandos. This wouldn't be much of an issue, but it also is one of those "strategy" games that are more jigsaw puzzles in that there's only really one intended solution which just isn't my thing since for a game like this, it inevitably …
- [1]
This was my childhood game, although I cracked it back then. I didn’t dare to play it at the time, just sat and watched my dad play. Back then, I was like his biggest fan. Now I can afford to buy the full version of this game and confidently play it, but unfortunately, he’s no longer here to see it. I bought this game to play again and to keep some memories of my childhood. Dad, I miss you <3
- [4]
Old school gaming at its best, no tutorials, no hints, no arrows pointing you what to do next, a real challenge especially if you make it to the last few levels. Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is an enjoyable game even for today's standards. 10/10 recommended.
- [5]
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines remains, even two decades on, one of the most satisfying and intelligent real-time tactics experiences ever released. From the moment you land on the occupied French coast, you’re plunged into a series of intricately designed missions that demand creativity, patience, and genuine strategic thinking. Rather than overwhelming you with explosive firepower, the game encourages the classic …
- [2]
This was, and still is, one of my favorite childhood video games. I love the graphics, I love the voices, the animations..everything feels so well-polished to me, even to this day. What I love most is the fact that I can finish a mission in at least five ways, maybe more ...I don’t even know. I just love it. Whenever I want to have a good Sunday afternoon, eating pizza and drinking sodas, I play some Commandos.
Summarised from 34 of the 235 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
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Critics, per Wikipedia
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines received "favourable" reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Next Generation gave a high praise to the game, citing its graphics as "gorgeous", and its gameplay "tough" and "challenging". The game was a significant and unexpected commercial success. Designer Gonzalo Suarez attributed its sales to word of mouth, as the game received little promotion and said that they were aiming to sell around 15,000 copies. In the German market, it spent 16 weeks at #1 on the computer game sales charts, taking the position from Anno 1602 and holding it through Media Control's rankings for the second halves of June, July and August 1998. The game's…
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Reactions
60 of 253 · most liked firstI try not to pay attention to them because I find it far more worth my time talking about games I love. We could be talking about anything else, but they're impossible to ignore. Like, did you know there's a new Commandos game coming in just over a week!? store.steampowered.com/app/1479730/...
neutral · AI labelView post →2. Shadow Gambit Speaking of my favourite games from last year, I still can't recommend Shadow Gambit highly enough and deserved so much better, a stealthy strategy murder-puzzle in the vein of the old Commandos/Desperados games with an undead pirate crew. store.steampowered.com/app/1545560/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew is 50% off right now which I think is a historic low, and it is criminally underrated, deserved way better. A Stealth/Strategy game in the vein of Commandos but with undead pirates and a more open ended mission structure store.steampowered.com/app/1545560/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's Epic Store giveaway: The Stone Of Madness! The Commandos-esque stealth tactics game from the Blasphemous devs, set in a historical jesuit madhouse monastery. It's hideously undersold but every bit as gorgeous and detailed and DRIPPING with religious animosity as you'd expect from the team.
neutral · AI labelView post →Be honest, how many folks are finding out about the new Commandos game for the first time from this?
neutral · AI labelView post →We just published Sumerian Six (sumeriansix.com), a WW2 stealth/tactics game that carries the torch for classics like Commandos. With that in mind, I designed the manual to look like something you'd find in a '90s big box PC game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Eriksholm : The stolen dream. The best isometric stealth game since Commandos 2: Men of Courage. They Nailed everything Stealth. Visuals and sound design 👌🏻 There's also a great story here. A Flawless masterpiece because I literally can't think of any. 10/10. A lovely surprise. 🥹
neutral · AI labelView post →This was my childhood game, although I cracked it back then. I didn’t dare to play it at the time, just sat and watched my dad play. Back then, I was like his biggest fan. Now I can afford to buy the full version of this game and confidently play it, but unfortunately, he’s no longer here to see it. I bought this game to play again and to keep some memories of my childhood. Dad, I miss you <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Two new imsim-adjacent games to be on your radar: - The Stone of Madness (by Blasphemous dev), an RTT stealth game in the vein of Commandos but more reactive - Eternal Strands (by former Dragon Age dev), imagine Dragon's Dogma with more physical and elemental magic interactions
neutral · AI labelView post →I was playing The Stone of Madness on stream tonight, and it's very neat so far, 2D isometric stealth game along the lines of Commandos but with a sanity system and a hand drawn art style about inmates escaping a secret monastery/sanitarium, and it has a demo! store.steampowered.com/app/1309710/...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Stone of Madness is a stealth tactics game in the vein of Commandos from the developers of Blasphemous, and I really must revisit this because it's incredibly visually and thematically striking, this year has just been completely overwhelming with releases store.steampowered.com/app/1309710/...
neutral · AI labelView post →27. Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun With this game, developer Mimimi singlehandedly resurrected the stealth strategy genre that started with the likes of Commandos and Desperados, and it's every bit the successor to that legacy you could ever desire, nobody did it quite like them. Play it!
neutral · AI labelView post →28. Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Developers Mimimi did something incredible with this and brought a whole subgenre back to life; real-time stealth tactics as pioneered by the Commandos series. It's seriously worth your time if you like stealth games and an incredible gem at such a discount.
neutral · AI labelView post →Coming soon to Game Pass: Ultimate: -PowerWash Simulator 2 (10/23) -Bounty Star (10/23) -The Outer Worlds 2 (10/29) -Football Manager 26 (11/4) Premium: -Commandos: Origins -Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 -Halls of Torment (10/28) -1000xResist (11/4) PC: -Super Fantasy Kingdom (10/24)
neutral · AI labelView post →Stone of Madness is basically Thief meets Commandos. If you like games where mistakes aren't instant game overs, but instead create emergent scenarios where you have to improvise, you'll love this one. And it's dirt cheap right now. store.steampowered.com/app/1309710/...
neutral · AI labelView post →There's the best deal yet on Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew + DLC. Probably the best stealth-tactics game (Commandos, Desperados, etc) of its kind. There may not be another like it, as the studio disbanded immediately after release. Really fun Ghost Pirates versus Magic-Hating Inquisitors setting.
neutral · AI labelView post →One game I'm quite keen to go back and play is Prisoner of War. A WWII themed stealth game that feels part Bully, part Commandos. Frustrating in places, but with lots of sleuthing, basically.
neutral · AI labelView post →Personally, I remember - and can reliably quote - every word uttered in in the PC strategy game Commandos Behind Enemy Lines and will often say to myself “finally, some action!” In a very bad cockney accent
positive · AI labelView post →The NFC LEAST this week! Cowboys: lost at home to a winless team starting undrafted rookie QB Eagles: had lead kicking off with 8 seconds, lost Giants: 3 missed field goals, fumbled to avoid a fourth Commandos: ensured that no team would win a game in the division today despite playing Giants
neutral · AI labelView post →The Extraordinary X-Men "Creature Commandos variant cover." These are the pc's from an #X-Men DND game my friends and I play. Characters belong to @adacor.bsky.social, @circuit4short.bsky.social, @frostyalmighty.bsky.social, @mishamike.bsky.social, @goof.bsky.social, @looch.bsky.social & Myself.
neutral · AI labelView post →Old school gaming at its best, no tutorials, no hints, no arrows pointing you what to do next, a real challenge especially if you make it to the last few levels. Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is an enjoyable game even for today's standards. 10/10 recommended.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finally starting my @warlordgames.com British & Inter-Allied Commandos! These are very fiddly to put together but have tons of character! Excited to play my first game soon! #WIP #BoltAction #Painting #PaintingMiniatures #WarlordGames #nerdlings
neutral · AI labelView post →This was, and still is, one of my favorite childhood video games. I love the graphics, I love the voices, the animations..everything feels so well-polished to me, even to this day. What I love most is the fact that I can finish a mission in at least five ways, maybe more ...I don’t even know. I just love it. Whenever I want to have a good Sunday afternoon, eating pizza and drinking sodas, I play some Commandos.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There is the Company of Heroes games and the Commandos series.
neutral · AI labelView post →"Consider it done." "Just leave it to me." "That's easy." "Okay." "Mhmm." "Are you crazy?" "Wish I could do that!" “Coming.” ”Coming over.”
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great delivery before the long weekend - Dice Commandos by Solo Game of the Month. They creat small, neat solitaire titles which you enjoy regardless of the final result (and you lose often). More to come! #wargames #tabletop #solitaire
neutral · AI labelView post →The launch of the Euro, the Monica Lewinksy scandal, Beckham's red card, Geri leaving the spice girls; 1998 was a pivotal year in cultural terms. It also marked the release of RTS stealth-em-up Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines, a game that influenced countless future releases and which proved a surprising commercial success, surprisingly so in countries with a history of fascism. I remember playing this game as a child, and what a difficult game it was. At times overwhelming, frequently…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Coming right over...sir." "Coming." "Coming over." "I'M COMING!" Coming simulator 10/10 do recommend
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Magazine advertisement for Star Trek: Away Team, a PC game from 2001, at the height of Commandos fever. It translates pretty well into isometric real-time tactics gameplay The game wasn't very well received, but has since found a crowd on GOG: www.gog.com/en/game/star... #gaming #retro #PC 🎮
neutral · AI labelView post →Delta Squad done for Star Wars #Shatterpoint. It’s a squad of Republic Commandos from the video game “Republic Commando”. Not sure how much I’ll play them, just glad they’re done.
neutral · AI labelView post →After 27 years I finally beat this game (stuck on the mission 11 then). Isn't for everyone: static scenarios, old 2D engine (you can't rotate the scenarios), clunky vehicle driving and difficult missions. But it's incredible funny: immersive, real tension moments, and probably the best part: Only few clues to beat the missions (no "yellow lines" o shinning objects to follow). I remember a mission where I had to rescue five resistance soldiers and I lost one of them, I though "ok, the game isn't…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fair play, Commandos: Origins, this is classy as hell
positive · AI labelView post →Commandos - Behind Enemy Lines, what can I say about this game that marked my childhood (I still have the original CD)? It's simply fascinating... With a group of elite soldiers in your hands, you help the Allied forces defeat the Nazi Germans in World War II! Now for a game from 1998, the graphics, even though they are isometric... It's acceptable Each elite soldier has his role, which I think is very good The gameplay is ok... But you have to know what you're going to do by clicking to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game dev group was nicknamed the VIC Commandos, due to their being established as part of the marketing team for the VIC-20 computer under Michael Tomczyk. But now the follow-up called the Commodore 64 was in development, announced in Jan 1982 alongside a game machine called the Ultimax.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ticket redemption arcade games are fun but for like over a decade I've been unable to unassociate them with the bit from that one Cheat Commandos cartoon "So, you've made a game for eight-year-olds slightly more of a rip-off?"
neutral · AI labelView post →Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines remains, even two decades on, one of the most satisfying and intelligent real-time tactics experiences ever released. From the moment you land on the occupied French coast, you’re plunged into a series of intricately designed missions that demand creativity, patience, and genuine strategic thinking. Rather than overwhelming you with explosive firepower, the game encourages the classic commando virtues—stealth, deception, and precise timing—rewarding players who…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The one and original stealth tactics game. One of my all time favorites, ever since i got a 2 mission demo with pc gamer magazine when it released. Bit archaic by today's standards, but this will never get old for me. Must try for anyone into the current genre revival
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Someone is making a furry Commandos game! 🤩
neutral · AI labelView post →Childhood memories, great game but for new kids its probably not good enough
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →> could have been a cool turn based JPRG Yall know that ‘Fallout’ was originally turn-based? No need for anything Japanese in there, the RPG system was pretty good. The nineties had some cool turn-based tactics games, like the ‘Jagged Alliance’ series, ‘X-Com’, ‘Incubation’. Even realtime tactics were very nice in the isometric view, e.g. in ‘Commandos’. Now that everything needs to be in either first-person or third-person from behind, such games rarely pop up.
neutral · AI labelView post →Delta Squad form up! Just finished the Commandos from Republic Commando. This game seriously needs a remaster #StarWarsLegion #MiniaturePainting #DeltaSquad #RepublicCommando
neutral · AI labelView post →I played this one. Commandos, back in the 90s https://www.gamepressure.com/games/commandos-series/zff9
neutral · AI labelView post →Spoiler alert: yes. Markets think this is a game of Commandos that will conclude overnight just once someone figures the game out.
neutral · AI labelView post →Played some Battlefront, man I forgot how awesome Republic Commandos are in this game, the grenade launcher hits like a truck, and the Repulser sometimes gets you some very cheeky hero ledge kills. 🥲
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the greatest RTS games from the era. I played this back when I was 5 years old in 2007 or something with my Uncle and had to save thousands of times to complete the first few levels. Very difficult and keeps you thinking. However, This game's code doesn't hold up in this day and age. Everything is laggy, limited FPS, no quick time event like Desperado's has. There are issues you need to solve to fix before playing like the resolution and Slowed gameplay.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →𝕎𝕚𝕥𝕙 ℂ𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕠𝕤: 𝕆𝕣𝕚𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕤 (𝕒 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕘𝕒𝕞𝕖) 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕠𝕣𝕚𝕫𝕠𝕟, 𝕨𝕖'𝕝𝕝 𝕣𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕘𝕖𝕞 𝕓𝕖𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕕𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕤. Welcome, compatriots, to the amaziness that is Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines... Funnily enough, achievements-hunters will have to sit this one out and wait for the remake that has been announced by the devs not long ago (should drop any minute now). Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a gem you've…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →如果有人不能儲存遊戲 請將相容性換成WINDOWS 95 If someone can't save the game PLEASE SWAP THE COMPATIBILITY TO WINDOWS 95
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →20 Day Video Game Challenge. 20 video games that greatly influenced you. No explanations, no reviews, just pictures. Day 10: Commandos II #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev
neutral · AI labelView post →Brb, renaming all my units/armies in every future strategy game I play as "The Trando Commandos"
neutral · AI labelView post →Brits fantasy game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Commandos: Origins is now launching for PS4/PS5, Xbox, and PC on April 9. (Read more: Game Watcher)
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh childhood, great old game. The gameplay is still as great as ever.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got in a game is Bolt Action yesterday to practice for an upcoming tournament. I managed to win for once! British Commandos victorious!
neutral · AI labelView post →The escape truck ran over two of my men and i failed the mission, 10/10 would play again
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dice Commandos is a solitaire tactical dice game - and a true tribute to 1980s action films. We shall present its components as well basic game mechanics. Enjoy! Link: theboardgameschronicle.com/2026/06/17/d... #wargames #tabletop #solitaire
neutral · AI labelView post →Common. Common over. I am COMMON! Consider it done.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#nowplaying Steröid - Chainmail Commandos - bizarre punk project from Gordo Blackers (the genius iconoclast behind Gloomy Reflections and Quest Master). Out now on Crypt of the Wizard. Sounds like 80's computer game music. Bandcamp link here: cryptofthewizard.bandcamp.com/album/chainm...
neutral · AI labelView post →Timeless classic
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Highly recommend, best game ever :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played it as a child, it was one of my favourites even though I wasn't extremely successful in it. One day it popped into my mind as an adult and started playing it again - I still love this game. The characters, the voice acting, the atmosphere, how the missions make you think.
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