Company of Heroes 3 had a rough launch. Years later, Relic Entertainment is still shipping content — and enough players are still buying it to keep the charts warm.

Dare & Destroy, the latest Battlegroup DLC, landed May 14 on Steam at $24.99. It hit #8 on the Top Sellers chart and sits at “Mostly Positive” — 71% from 31 reviews. Not blockbuster numbers, but solid for a strategy DLC this deep into a game’s post-launch grind.

The pack delivers four new Battlegroups, one per faction, each with a distinct tactical identity. The US Forces get the Free French, built around defensive fortifications, the Char B1 heavy tank, and railway artillery that hits like a freight train. The Wehrmacht’s Siege Breaker brings flame halftracks and the Sturmtiger for cracking entrenched positions. British Forces field the Special Services group — commandos, snipers, and scorched earth tactics designed to punish overextension. The Deutsches Afrikakorps rounds it out with elite veteran infantry, the Command 8Rad armored car, and the Tiger Ace.

Relic shipped the free 2.4.0 update alongside the DLC, rolling balance tweaks and gameplay improvements out to all players — a smart move that keeps the base game alive while monetizing the dedicated core.

The top Steam reviews tell the story. One player praised specific additions — recon flare animations, SAS trucks, railway artillery — while conceding the game’s persistent audiovisual weaknesses: “SFX VFX GFX is STILL WEAK, I dont think we r comin back from that.” Another, a self-described veteran of the series since 2006, bought full price and dropped a one-line wishlist: a Japanese faction.

That’s CoH3 right now. The core never left. They’re buying content, grinding matches, and hoping each patch gets the game closer to what it should have been. Whether that’s a genuine comeback or just a dedicated niche keeping the lights on is a question the next few DLC drops will have to answer.

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