Company of Heroes 3
Company of Heroes 3
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Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand
Developer Relic Entertainment
Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand delivers a standalone roguelite wave-defense experience for solo and cooperative play. Command and survive against fast-paced escalating enemy waves, intimidating bosses, and dynamic battlefield events. Are you ready to make your final stand? From the Steam store page
311 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 1, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
47
Mixed
122 positive · 137 negative
95% range 41–53%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 122 | 137 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 4 | 2 | 28 |
| Mastodon * | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 1 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
293 of 520 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
47% recommend · 118 yes, 135 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 253 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (545 of 1,112 positive).
Many reviewers say the game is overpriced and lacks content for its standalone price. [1][2][3] Some players criticize the lack of matchmaking at launch and the misleading trailer. [4][5][6]
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Representative posts
- [7]
It's a chillout strategy mode. Instead of stressful competitive matches, you get a highly satisfying co-op wave defense with roguelite upgrades. Just dig in, set up your defenses, watch and react. It’s the perfect game to unwind after work: jump in, play 2–3 rounds with a friend or solo, and enjoy without any pressure. Highly recommended for a quick, fun evening session.
- [1]
I may give this a thumbs up, but this review deserves to have a nuanced approach with my criticisms attached. $30 is way too much for this expansion for what content exists in this game mode. Even if Relic bumps the price down to $20, it still feels pricy and lack-luster compared to the content provided by Ardennes Assault for Company of Heroes 2 - mind you, that standalone expansion still has more content enjoyment …
- [2]
As expected its bare minimum and costs way too much. Relic, I understand your situation. You don't have a publisher, got dumped with a game you didn't get proper time and manpower to make, and need to make a lot of money in a short time span. Stuff like this shows you're relying on existing COH fans to feel bad for you and chip in - I'm a hypocrite in that regard I admit - but you cannot rely on this tactic forever. …
- [4]
Attention: There is currently no matchmaking for co-op mode. Co-op can only be played with friends or by inviting players manually. Update (01 Aug 2026): This issue has now been addressed through a hotfix that adds a co-op lobby system. The lack of any way to find co-op games outside your friends list was the main reason I left this review. To Relic's credit, they delivered a hotfix just one day after launch, adding …
- [6]
The trailer video does not represent the gameplay at all. Trailer = all out war and looks fun. Actual gameplay = 100 pop cap, 2 tanks and a few infantry units. False advertising at its finest.
Summarised from 34 of the 307 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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Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand sits at 47% positive across 259 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 311 · most liked firstAs expected its bare minimum and costs way too much. Relic, I understand your situation. You don't have a publisher, got dumped with a game you didn't get proper time and manpower to make, and need to make a lot of money in a short time span. Stuff like this shows you're relying on existing COH fans to feel bad for you and chip in - I'm a hypocrite in that regard I admit - but you cannot rely on this tactic forever. You have zero right to be putting something this sloppy out and expect people…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For this price, and for the amount of content you receive (even discounted because I have the original game) is insane. Whilst you can play 4 armies, they all have the same foundation of play, only differing slightly after you progress through a game. Developers made comparisons to "Dawn of War 2 Last Stand", which I played a lot, and this is something almost completely different. This should've been 5 bucks, or free if you had CoH3 already.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Attention: There is currently no matchmaking for co-op mode. Co-op can only be played with friends or by inviting players manually. Update (01 Aug 2026): This issue has now been addressed through a hotfix that adds a co-op lobby system. The lack of any way to find co-op games outside your friends list was the main reason I left this review. To Relic's credit, they delivered a hotfix just one day after launch, adding a lobby system that allows players to join co-op games without having to be…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of the most obvious cash grabs I've seen from the CoH series. Do not even waste your money to even "try" this game. You're given 5 maps, four nations to pick from, and a perk tree that isn't worth the time grind. Oh and the Online Co-Op? There's literally 0 matchmaking in this game mode. You have to invite people to play. Like... what? This shouldn't be a $30 game, this shouldn't even be a DLC! This should be a free game mode for CoH3 but, they want their money, so they're…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm sorry to the people who actually developed this - please know its not your work, but your leadership and decision-makers that are being reviewed here. If I was on Relics board, I would be livid that a functioning product had 90% negative feedback on day-one because of the price point. To the C-Suite cat who thought this was a great idea, what planet do you live on? Get it together. While I appreciate the game mode, I think I'd rather play normal CoH with my friends. It's fun enough to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stay Away from this garbage. They are asking 30$ for this. I saw mods with more content. Disgusting devs. Do not believe their trailer, it is nothing like that. Fake marketing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its fun, but its priced like a full expansion with an entirely new campaign which it is absolutely not. All the DLC for this game is the most insanely priced content I've ever seen in a video game and it's really disappointing coming from one of my favorite developers ever. If Relic operated the same as CDPR and treated their customers with respect, they would be golden. What a shame. Nothing but disappointment so far with COH3. Final Stand should be a free "thank you for supporting our…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Crazy to not have a matchmaking in this type of gamemode refunded moneygrab game tbh for the price you will get 5 games that will have more content that this thing idek how to name this abomination of a quick made game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →absolute cash grab, too few units available, and too few active/passive, so you get repeating stuffs after 3 games, which is unacceptable in a roguelike game mode $30 separated game, which should have been a normal DLC, do not buy unless you have money to spare, and wait for sales, or until they add enough contents to justify the prices for this "game" edit: 8/2/2026, they finally fix the progressions, its finally bind to your account like it should
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The trailer video does not represent the gameplay at all. Trailer = all out war and looks fun. Actual gameplay = 100 pop cap, 2 tanks and a few infantry units. False advertising at its finest.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a chillout strategy mode. Instead of stressful competitive matches, you get a highly satisfying co-op wave defense with roguelite upgrades. Just dig in, set up your defenses, watch and react. It’s the perfect game to unwind after work: jump in, play 2–3 rounds with a friend or solo, and enjoy without any pressure. Highly recommended for a quick, fun evening session.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Relic fxxcked up, again. Why? Technically this is COH3, the only reason they use this 600b client and a separate store sku is obviously, they dont want us to use merits/warbound purchasing this dlc, cuz they need some solid income, like right-now, and so desperately to deliver a half-made game because they need it before August, otherwise its pointless to their seasonal financial report. This company is like a fungal controlled zombie, all actions dominates by financial demands, totally…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I mean, the easiest W on the planet would have been to release this for free to get people reinterested in the franchise on the 20th anniversary. Instead they're charging $30 for 1 game mode with 5 maps lmfao like what?? stay classy relic lol ♥
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game but having sank some hours in I can't quite recommend it at this point in time. Ignoring the price complaints (I clearly got my money's worth), there just isn't quite enough here to justify prolonged play. For starters, the roguelike system isn't quite roguelike enough. Over the course of a match you'll end up with 6 units from the entire roster, sometimes you get completely useless things (it's random, it's to be expected) but it does also mean that every faction just falls back…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Update: 29/08/26 Tested on Wehrmacht , Diff Expert/ E+ /E+1/E+2/E+3 1v1 TL:DR - Maps remain (too) small and too few.(5) - No way to change the flow of the map. - AI Can target Offmaps anywhere on the map incl your HQ (Don't worry you can't) - Developer forgot "Counter" units exist. - Remains 10 levels PER difficulty till endless. - Map design quality is rather poor. - Map layout is rather poor. - The "Perks" become almost irrelevant at higher difficulty - Enemy force is not depending on…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As much as I like Company of Heroes 3, I just had to refund this. You know in skirmish mode when you set up defenses and enemies constantly attack and you defend? Imagine that except you're paying $30 for ONLY that. It's simply not worth the money and incredibly barebones.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you told me this was a fan made mod, i would have believed you. What is here isn't super bad and its a fun addon. But It is not high enough quality or enough game to warrant this price. Its the same units and factions from the base game, all we have here is a game mode. The lack of quality. Well, its meant to be Co-op as you get attacked from many sides at the same time. Yet there is no matchmaking only lobbies Instead you can play solo. In which case you don't even get an AI (granted ai…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game should be a free add on for CoH 3 owners. I don't know why the achievements are tied to the original game when its a stand alone.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Relic forgot the meaning of standalone, they added the achievements for this to the main game so now people have to buy this to 100% the base game, if you own the base game you can't launch this in stand alone to get the achievements for it's steam listing either, uninstalling coh3 and trying to launch final stand forces steam to reinstall coh3 which you just installed anyways because final stand is just a mini patch 660kb that is installed over coh3.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why is this a seperate entry in my steam library and not just a DLC for CoH3? We will probably never know. I´ll keep it short. Steep price, fun mode, bit of a grind to level the continued faction advantages, Might get too stale to play it completely through. It IS a complete new game mode though with these roquelite mechanics. Which is kinda fun. If you can spare the cash, have fun with it. If you dont have it, you are not missing much Personally I think its something fresh and new and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bro it's been almost 2 months and there is still only 5 MAPS and no mod support
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Utter cashgrab that was advertised to be much more than it is. Ridiculously overpriced.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just Terrible. I feel like this should have been a game mode in the full game instead of charging people for an almost no content wave defense game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lackluster, not worth the price. Launched with minimal content and with the knowledge that more isn't planned, this isn't worth the asking price. Maybe for 5 bucks in the future this will be fun for a one or two session sit down, but otherwise offers nothing to justify this being a separate game from Coh3.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The idea is neat, and it's got an interesting gameplay loop to it, but the 2 player limit on coop and the exorbitant price tag means I can't recommend this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really like it. I see some bad reviews, mostly from long-time players, saying the value isn't quite there. I can't really argue with that; everyone finds value in different ways. For me, it seems worth it and quite fun. do your research and see if what's in here suits you, and if not just wait for a sale
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Is it fun? yes. is it too pricy for its current content. also yes defently needs updates f.e. more units etc.....
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let me be clear, the game is very fun, but As many other people have said, this game is too expensive for what it is and the "rouguelike" elements feel more gimmick than meaningful mechanic implementation There is a lot of fun to be had with this game, but most of that was already present in the original, it was not additional to this standalone instalment The roguelike mechanics only add very minimal flavour to direct your play style in each run, which kind of makes it like a normal skirmish…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Decently fun albeit having only 5 maps right now. Hope it gets some more stuff and love from the devs. On the other hand, you are paying $30 USD for 620 bytes, a literal mod for a flawed company of heroes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm a big COH fan, played a lot of COH 1, and did some decent times on 2 and 3. When I found out about this DLC (let's be honest, this is NOT a game worth 20€+...), I had high hopes, since COH is a great game by itself. Let's start with the good: - The COH vibes are there - If you need a quick defense game, this is perfect for it - I can see Coop being a blast, didn't try it yet though - Easy to pick up - And that's about it.... :( The bad: - Content 404 not found. Having 5 map + endless on a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is buggy, horrifically unfun, and they charged 30 dollars for a product which required no new asset development and was almost certainly ripped from the independent mod on the workshop that had this execution... but better. 30 dollars, I still can't believe it, Relic, if you're going to rob me blind like this, at least do me the courtesy of knifing me in the kidneys first. There's only 5 maps, the difficulty curve spikes MASSIVELY, and you get trickle-fed units that may or may not be…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Edit: They added in a lobby list, but there's no automatch or quickplay option for people looking to just comp stomp. 30 bucks for a game mode made by like, two guys in their spare time, tucked away in a menu off to the side. Bizarre. I support Relic and buy their garbage the hour it releases, but I can't recommend this at all until they add the ability to reroll the RNG perk system because, as it stands, it's insane that I can get the choice between two USELESS traits MULTIPLE times per…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →重要的话说三次：不要买、不要买、不要买。 1.游戏内容极少，目前只有一种任务模式+5张地图，任务就是在任一地图上守满12波攻击，隨著任務的進展會跳出抽卡環節讓你增加技能或兵種，直到最後12波防守完成后进入任务结算，结算画面可选择结束拿经验或进入无尽模式。打无尽模式不会帮助你刷出更多经验值，你打完12波拿100经验，你打到36波同样也拿100经验，所以无尽模式纯粹是自虐。 2.无尽模式没有任何意义，在後期龐大的敵人數量面前，任何戰術微調都沒有意義，你能做的只是把坦克堆在总部附近死守，直到最后被敌人淹没，毫无技巧可言。 3.目前没有陌生人匹配机制，如果你想玩多人，只能透过邀请朋友的方式。 4.技能树的设计很膚淺，就只是单纯的增加攻防生命，升级之路一眼就能望到头，没什么深度。 5.Roguelite系統非常膚淺，能選擇的兵種與技能非常簡陋。 我已经来不及退款，只能警告大家别买，26.99美元的价格能买到其他内容更丰富的獨立游戏。…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For Reference this 'standalone' experience is 600 BYTES It is basically a check to see if you can play it. it's a normal DLC you can't play without installing basegame, treated as a big update. It's company of heroes 3 with a horde defence mode.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly, don't listen to the tryhard naysayers: Yeah, its short. Yeah, it's simple. It's still really fun. Honestly a bit of a breath of fresh air to have an RTS kind of "embrace" the wave based survival modes that so many mods end up making. Is it challenging or super long? No, not really. Even at 3 hours in, I'm about a quarter of the way down each tree. But I'm used to playing games *for the fun of the game*, not some meta progression or sweat. Let's put it this way: Do you like modes…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The concept is fun, but the content is totally not supporting it to be an individual game for selling. It should be a free addon to the base game. I can't imagine how greedy they are, to sell it at this price; and I don't think they will put efforts in updating this "DLC" in future.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had hope beyond hope that maybe, just MAYBE Relic could do something right. Instead I have to refund this as well. Once again they prove they are some of the most incompetent and greedy people in the world. How do you fumble something that's a slam dunk so hard. Like it baffles the mind how out of touch these creators are that they produce something like this when there is mods that do it so much better... for free. Also for some reason they wanted to release this with no online co-op match…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately it is not as good as I was thinking it was going to be. Camera is locked, options are limited within the game mode, everything is .... lacking content. To me this should have been a free DLC.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got it the moment it came out, and since I already had CoH3 installed, I was honestly surprised that it only took around 500 bytes to download and update (not KB, not MB, but bytes). That’s like a few lines of code. You make an empty Microsoft Word document and it takes up more space, lol. We’re talking about an almost €30 DLC here. If this isn’t insulting to the players, I really don’t know what is. This feels even worse than EA FC with its small incremental upgrades every year. I’ve…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →COH3 - Final Stand is a fun and small add-on to the main game. It doesn´t track the time correctly, I´ve got ~6 hours of fun out of this. After that, it´s just tedious grind. Why? It´s only FIVE maps, which aren´t even that different. After 6 hours, you´ve beat them all at least once on expert with one faction. After that it´s just raising the stats (chosen via "perks" system) and playing on higher difficulties against buffed enemies. 15€ would be a fair price for this, 30€ is just too much.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am not a fan of Company of Heroes 3. I was a hardline Company of Heroes 2 and 1 enjoyer and I just wasn't too interested in what I thought was too much of a cartoony vibe I got from 3. I however always enjoy coop defenses in almost every RTS I have played with my friends and a game built around the concept is highly enjoyable to me. I understand the sentiment about this game and how it probably should have just been a DLC but for someone who does not own CoH 3 I found the experience…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This objectively sucks, and its a cash grab and is somehow worse looking than CoH and CoH 2 even tho they are almost 20 years old. The bar is staight up below the floor for any half decent RTS tho, so here we are
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game allows 4 player parties, the maps have 4 starting points. Yet they decided to only allow 2 player coop. Hell the D-day mod for CoH2 allowed 4 players or more. Extremely disappointing showing from relic. All told it has great potential but in its current form, its not worth the money!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do NOT buy this game at full price. The amount of content or lack of it in this game is outrageous. The game should cost no more than 10 Euros.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For the people talking about "tryhards being the only ones hating"; this "standalone" game is objectively unacceptable. Think of any other $35 game/DLC, what do they usually entail? What can $35 get you on steam on a sale weekend. This isn't even on par with the coh 2 mod. They don't understand the community but what they do understand is that we will not allow this genre to die. As soon as DOW4 comes out let the franchise rot. As a community we have to stop allowing this slop to be fed to us.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unless this gets a substantial amount of free content, this dlc is absolutely not worth the price, there is a few hours of fun here at most. Maybe get this if you like co-op and its 8$ or so.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An absolute dose of CoH fun, screw PVP & its balance concerns, this is pure fun with the best mechanics in the RTS realm (CoH's). The game mode could be more, custom sound tracks come to mind most of all, a cple more maps... But the 4 factions & perks already fill up the replayability meter. Perks can be reset & re-assigned at will, which is amazing to switch from one faction to another, the abilities unlock during the game can feel oddly thematic and are of course absolutely cinematically…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →More PvE RTS is needed The most fun I've had playing any RTS ever has been with friends against AI. Whether it be custom maps on Starcraft 2, CnC3 skirmish, AoE 3 skirmish, CoH1 wave defense mode, or even CoH2 with mods. PvE modes for RTS games should be heavily expanded upon, as it allows us to play with our toys and not have to chase the ever-fleeting meta that plagues every PvP mode in every RTS. I'm in general an above average skilled RTS player, but I have neither the time nor the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mods did this better.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The concept had enormous potential, but Relic somehow converted my enthousiasm into disappointment with remarkable efficiency, again. During CoH3's launch Relic served a bowl of hot water and insisted the soup was coming in a future update. The promised soup finally arrived; one overpriced Cup-a-Soup packet at a time, with each sachet marketed as a premium dining experience as if a Michelin-starred chef personally stirred the powder themselves. With Final Stand they've hit a new low;…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Up to a max of 2 player co-op + 5 maps + $30 price = cash grab. Avoid at all costs.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →LMAO THEY ARE ACTUALLY SELLING A GAME MODE FROM THE STEAM STORE AHAHAHAHA
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →a buggy mess with too few units and abilities, after a short while the runs start to feel the same
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its honestly fun but just after awhile it gets boring like 25-30 dollars for a one game mode, clone of the main game and the skins are the same price of the game itself . where you can spend 60 dollars to get so much more. would not buy
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Way to expensive for the amount of the conent we have so far. But as always, Its a CoH, youll get more content in the upcoming years, that you have to pay for, to get more content...And it goes on and on and on.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#SeptemberWorldbuilders 29 When I’m in the writing flow, i don’t read much, unfortunately. Inside as Game Playing, Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector (i love it). Company of Heroes 3 (It’s relaxing). Valheim (it’s challenging, but i just want to grow my crops 😂) 🪡
positive · AI labelView post →A very underwhelming addition to the troubled story of CoH3 that is far too overpriced for the content on offer at any level. Many of the upgrades are too similar, there are too few units and upgrades, and the maps are also too few and uninspired. I would firmly suggest you stay away from any prices above $20.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's alright it's been pretty fun solo, like usual want to see more stuff added.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is nothing but a cheap cashgrab. Looks and plays like there was no thought put into this. 5 maps, "coop" with one player and the most basic roguelike elements for 30€... Not even mod support. You could do most of this with some modding back in CoH1.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I may give this a thumbs up, but this review deserves to have a nuanced approach with my criticisms attached. $30 is way too much for this expansion for what content exists in this game mode. Even if Relic bumps the price down to $20, it still feels pricy and lack-luster compared to the content provided by Ardennes Assault for Company of Heroes 2 - mind you, that standalone expansion still has more content enjoyment despite its buggy mess. If you're going to buy this, do it during a sale as…
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