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Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2009

Should you play it?

Company of Heroes®: Tales of Valor™ is the expansion to the Game of the Year winner and highest rated real time strategy franchise Company of Heroes®. Featuring new campaigns to overcome, units to command, and battlefields to conquer, Company of Heroes®: Tales of Valor™ delivers evolved gameplay mechanics and 3 episodic adventures...

What works

  • Intense and realistic wwii tactical gameplay
  • Well-balanced multiplayer with active community
  • Destructible environments and detailed physics
  • Varied factions and units with strategic depth
  • Strong mod support and replayability

Things to keep in mind

  • Short single-player campaigns in this expansion
  • Some ai and pathfinding issues
  • Multiplayer player base has declined over time
  • Lack of extensive unit customization
  • Some features feel rushed or underdeveloped

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition

  • Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

  • Company of Heroes 2

  • WARNO

  • Cossacks 3

  • Battlefield™ 1

More fantastical

Games that feels like Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor but with more imaginative fiction

Less intimate

Games that feels like Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor but with less focus on close relationships

  • CoH 2 - The Western Front Armies: Oberkommando West

  • Men of War: Assault Squad 2

  • Act of War: High Treason

  • Ancestors Legacy

  • Headquarters: World War II

  • Company of Heroes 2 - The British Forces

More exploratory

Games that feels like Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition

  • Rising Storm 2: Vietnam

  • Battlefield™ V

  • Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition

  • Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition

  • Battlefield 3™

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts

  • Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition

  • Company of Heroes 2

  • Company of Heroes

  • Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition

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Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Exploration, Relaxation.

Last update: 21/08/2026