Relic Entertainment rolls out Company of Heroes 3: 3.0, a massive free update, as the game hits its 20th anniversary and lands on PC via Steam.

The update delivers extensive visual and environmental upgrades, including snow and rain effects, dynamic terrain moisture, enhanced lighting and animations, and new industrial, winter, and autumn environments, plus reworked weapon fire, impacts, explosions, and vehicle destruction sounds.

Audio gets a broad refresh with improved weapon firing, impacts, explosions, and vehicle destruction, complemented by a wider music lineup featuring tracks from Company of Heroes and Company of Heroes 2.

Final Stand mode receives the 3.0 overhaul, adding three-player co-op support and introducing the new Battleground Dam Busters with weather-driven visibility and unit-range changes.

Final Stand, Relic’s roguelike standalone, also gains new enemy units, abilities, passive technologies, balance fixes, and co-op play for up to three players.

AI improvements refine late-game behavior and retreat decisions, while balance and QoL tweaks broaden strategic options; the Italian campaign sees progression fixes, clearer maps, refreshed visuals, and readability improvements.

Four premium cosmetic sets ship with the update: Climb to Glory (US Forces), Edelweiss (Wehrmacht), Bloody Baltic (British Forces), and Cold Snap (Deutsches Afrikakorps).

The 3.0 update overhauls nearly all aspects of the game—weather, visuals, audio, AI, balance, maps, and the Italian dynamic campaign—and includes a major content drop for Final Stand.

Five new multiplayer maps join the roster: Ancona Rail Yard, Vire River Valley, Foggia Airfield, Turin Steelworks, and Radar Station Mammut, with Langres Winter, Mignano Summit, and Rapido River Crossing receiving extensive updates.

Relic characterizes the 3.0 update as the largest since launch, marking a significant impact across visuals, audio, AI, gameplay, maps, and campaigns.

Dam Busters introduces weather-influenced line of sight and unit-range changes, along with new enemy units, abilities, and passive skills.

As part of the 20th anniversary, Relic signals ongoing support for the Company of Heroes franchise and teases upcoming content, including Company of Heroes: Definitive Edition and the Operation Torch DLC due later in November 2026.