Company of Heroes 2

Company of Heroes 2

Developers
	Relic Entertainment
macOS (OS X)	Feral Interactive
Linux	Feral Interactive
Publishers
	Sega
OS X, Linux	Feral Interactive
Engines
	Essence Engine 3.0
Release dates
Windows	June 25, 2013
macOS (OS X)	August 27, 2015
Linux	August 27, 2015
Reception
Metacritic	80
IGDB	78
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Expansion pack, DLC
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view, Free-roaming camera
Controls	Multiple select, Point and select
Genres	RTS
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Europe, Historical, World War II
Series	Company of Heroes

Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes	2006
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts	2007
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor	2009
Company of Heroes 2	2013
Company of Heroes 2: The Western Front Armies	2014
Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault	2014
Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces	2015
Armor of Heroes	2020
Company of Heroes 3	2023

Company of Heroes 2 is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view and free-roaming camera RTS game in the Company of Heroes series.

As was the case with the first game, all players have the same files in their installations - purchasing the base game and/or standalone expansions determines which content is available to each player.

Multiplayer is cross-platform between OS X and Linux only.

General information

Official manual

Official forum

Port developer minisite

CoH2.org - home to the competitive multiplayer community, with tips and a replay repository

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Developer website
		Master Collection
Humble Store		Master Collection also available.
Mac App Store
Microsoft Store		Complete Edition
Steam
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)

Version differences

The Master Collection includes the base game, all standalone expansions, and three mission packs (Case Blue, Southern Fronts, Victory at Stalingrad). Other minor DLC is not included.

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	Minor DLC includes cosmetics, alternate commanders and small campaigns. All of these except the campaigns also can be earned in-game via random loot drops (which can not be purchased with real money).
Expansion pack	The expansion packs are advertised as standalone releases that are mutually compatible online with the base game and each other. In reality, they are the same game with different segments available to the player, but with all files on all players' computers. Full access to all content requires ownership on the player's Steam account, but no further downloads are required.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access. The base game includes multiplayer access to the Soviet Union and Ostfront factions, and a singleplayer campaign.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Launch the game with -nomovies parameter

Game data

In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes 2\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/CompanyOfHeroes2/

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes 2\Savegames\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Linux	$XDG_DATA_HOME/feral-interactive/CompanyOfHeroes2/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud		Approx. 954 MB available. Windows only.
Xbox Cloud

Video

In-game video settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			Multi-monitor HUD: Position Affects Gameplay
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Can also use -window parameter or toggle with Alt+↵ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use -window -fullwindow parameter.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Low (FXAA), Medium (FXAA + 2x SSAA), High (FXAA + 4x SSAA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		If refresh rate is higher than 144hz -refresh 144 must be used or game will fail to start.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration		No option. Follows Windows default behavior.
Mouse sensitivity		For scroll speed.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Music, Speech, SFX
Surround sound		Up to 8.1
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Only when in fullscreen.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish
Turkish				Fan translation available here

Network

Multiplayer is cross-platform between OS X and Linux only.

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
LAN play
Online play		8	Co-op, Versus Co-op is limited to 2 players.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Company of Heroes 2.

Issues fixed

Black screen starting from SEGA intro sound

Use command line parameter set
If the monitor refresh rate is higher than 144 Hz, go to the Steam launch options and type this in: -refresh 144 -nomovies -window -fullwindow -forceactive The refresh rate of 144 or lower must be used or the game will fail to start.[citation needed]

Lock mouse cursor to window

Launch the game with -lockmouse parameter[citation needed]

Disable replays for a performance boost

Make the replays folder read-only: %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Company of Heroes 2\playback[citation needed]

Main menu FPS fix

Delete/rename/move the following files flag_aef.lua, flag_west_german.lua, flag_german.lua, flag_british.lua, flag_soviet.lua[citation needed]

Crash fix

Edit configuration file[citation needed]
Go to the <path-to-game> Edit RelicCOH2.ini with a test editor Change line screendevice=DirectX9 rendering device to screendevice=DirectX11 rendering device Save the changes.

Skip endgame "lootbox" animation

Ingame press "Enter" and type in chat:/leave or /l

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	10, 11
OpenGL		OS X and Linux only.
Metal support		Since v1.3.
Shader Model support	5

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows			64-bit support added in January 2021. Steam versions can use the legacy_32bit beta in the game's properties for continued 32-bit support.
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	Miles Sound System
Interface	Scaleform
Multiplayer	Relic BattleServer

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Vista	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz	Intel Core i5 3.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	30 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 ATI Radeon HD 5850 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.13.5	10.14
Processor (CPU)	Intel 1.8 GHz	Intel 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	45 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 600 series AMD Radeon HD 7000 series Intel Iris Pro 1 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce 780M AMD Radeon R9 295X AMD FirePro D700 4 GB of VRAM

Linux
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	Ubuntu 14.04, SteamOS	Ubuntu 18.04
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.6 GHz	Intel Core i5 3.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	35 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 640 Intel Iris Pro 5200 1 GB of VRAM	Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon RX 470 4 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit OS is required.

Intel GPUs require MESA driver 10.5.2 or later, Nvidia GPUs require Nvidia driver 352.21 or later, AMD GPU's are only officially supported in the latest release.