Command: Modern Operations
Worth it · Strategy · 2019
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $27.99.
- Length
- 25h
- Value
- $1.12/hr
- Reviews
- 85% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, (32-bit) DX 9.0c compatible video card with 128MB+ VRAM, 40 GB of storage. Windows only.
Command: Modern Operations is the next generation in cross-domain modern wargaming. It enables you to simulate every military engagement from post World War II to the present day and beyond. The scale is primarily tactical/operational, although strategic scale operations are also possible.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $27.99. That was September 2026. 50 discounts in the 7 years on record. They run about 55 percent off, roughly 6 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 4 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 88 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Wargame: Airland Battle ($19.99, scores 74) beats it on value, while it beats SuperPower 3 ($7.49, scores 0).
Of the 462 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 10 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026. That is more refunded reviewers than 8 in 10 paid games this site has sampled to the same depth, and among the 2,725 games in its genre sampled this deeply, 302 have a larger share. The typical game sits near 5 in 1,000, so the score docks it. 1 of the 10 refunded reviewers was past Valve's two-hour window when they wrote the review. Inside the two-hour refund window, 63 percent of the 164 reviews written there were positive, against 85 percent overall, and those are 12 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 25 hours; clearing it takes 300, which is 12 times the campaign.
Players
102 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 17:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
This is not a game. this is a sandbox for mil enthusiasts who could not enlist. Insane depth of knowledge, weapon systems and tactics. UI is dated and getting started is a journey, but so worth it. Not everyone's cup of tea, needs you to focus and learn the sim like a proper software. As a naval ASW player, this is the best I could ask for. I just hope they give programmatic access to connect AI agents to CMO for...
I was early on playing the original Harpoon game in around 1989'ish. CMO is a strategic game on a real-world platform. The developers have taken almost every country that has a military, researched its military weapons and support equipment and put it all together. There is no shortage of playable scenarios built by the developers and way-many player-inspired games. If you are like me, I enjoy developing (scenario...
Extremely complex and dialed in when it comes to war simulation. Hard learning curve but very fun once you get it.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Command: Modern Operations scores 68/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1076160/command-modern-operationsReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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