Combat Mission Black Sea

Battlefront / Jan 21, 2021 / Simulation, Strategy

windows
Steam Deck Unsupported

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Combat Mission Black Sea is a military grade simulation depicting a fictional series of escalations between Russian and Ukraine which results in open conflict in the summer of 2017

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What's new

Combat Mission Black Sea - Update v02.18.00

2023-03-03

We are proud to announce the release of pbem+++ and tournament support for Combat Mission: Black Sea. You will soon be able to participate in official tournaments and play multiplayer matches to test your skills against other players. Here is the changelog: NEW • ADDED: Matrix/Slitherine PBEM++ and Tournament feature BUG FIXES • Corrected a problem with T-90 frontal armor • FIXED: Multi-team HQ units block out UI information at end-of-game • FIXED: AI gets confused with two targets and enters a cycle of turning the turret back and forth and never choosing a target We are excited to offer these new features to the dedicated community of Combat Mission players. Thanks for your patience and have fun.

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What players say

Very Positive

84% positive, 393 reviews

Recommended49 hrs played

This is a hard game, but rewardingly so, much like the old tactical shooters of yesteryear, see the first Ghost Recon game (from 2001). The core fundamental gameplay is very good, but there are a lot of quality-of-life, tangential/peripheral problems like bad performance, janky interface, outdated engine code, etc. The game teaches you how modern warfare works at battalion/company level to a pretty realistic degree,...

7 found this helpful, 2025-11-16

Not recommended1 hrs played

Short version: Dated Engine, Dated Graphics, Dated UI, and Overpriced. Longer Version: Combat Mission relies on an aging engine, with graphics and a user interface that fall short of contemporary standards. At its premium price point, the lack of meaningful modernization is difficult to justify. A past experience with Battlefront’s customer support further undermined confidence in the product and should have served...

25 found this helpful, 2026-02-05

Recommended141 hrs played

Very interesting setting but unfortunately abandoned by the devs. Too little content and extras in comparison to Shock Force 2.

5 found this helpful, 2025-10-05

Recommended15 hrs played