Nostalgic, timeless classic
Mentioned in ~2 in 3 positive reviews
“Classic. They just don't make them this way anymore.”
Steam review · 32 h played ↗
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Worth buying? What 290 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 290 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%Pyro Studios2007Stealth · Strategy · Action
$4.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
A brutally hard WWII stealth-tactics classic with great mission design, but clunky controls and shaky modern-PC compatibility. Skip it if you dislike trial and error or have no nostalgia.
Great for
Patient tactics fans and nostalgic veterans who enjoy puzzle-like stealth missions and heavy quicksaving
Main risk
Clunky dated controls plus save, crash or speed problems on modern PCs can make it frustrating
What players love
Challenging, rewarding tactical puzzles
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Highly challenging, extremely rewarding.”
Steam review · 40.8 h played ↗
Distinct specialist characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“You have a group of men to control each having an different expertise.”
Steam review · 28.8 h played ↗
Charming graphics, atmosphere and voices
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“I love the graphics, I love the voices, the animations..everything feels so well-polished to me, even to this day.”
Steam review · 320.4 h played ↗
Multiple ways to complete each mission
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“What I love most is the fact that I can finish a mission in at least five ways, maybe more”
Steam review · 320.4 h played ↗
Runs fine on modern systems
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 positive reviews
“You can easily play the game with that on a windows 10 PC with zero tinkering.”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Clunky, awkward controls and UI
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“having to use a bizarre array of random hoykeys (not changeble)”
Steam review · 39.7 h played ↗
Won't launch or black screen
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The game goes to the loading screen showing the Commandos logo and from there on nothing but a black screen with the music and fx in the background.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Save/load broken or unavailable
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“the save & load system dos not work”
Steam review · 24.8 h played ↗
Crashes and freezes
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“This game crashes and/or freezes constantly.”
Steam review · 9.7 h played ↗
Runs too fast or laggy on modern PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“I love this game, but it's almost unplayable due to it running way too fast.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Frustrating trial-and-error, save-scumming difficulty
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“It's so difficult that you end up save scumming constantly which takes away from the enjoyment.”
Steam review · 15.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown
Steam doesn’t list requirements for this game.
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