Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand Wiki

This page is the dated status record for Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand on Steam, AppID 4836540. It keeps a narrow rule: an update belongs here only when it can be tied to the exact Final Stand product and an attributable official source. A Steam Community comment, a review, a price change, a SteamDB ChangeNumber, or a patch for Company of Heroes 3 is not automatically a Final Stand patch.

The canonical Steam Store page currently identifies Final Stand as a released standalone game from Relic Entertainment, with a July 29, 2026 release date. It confirms the product’s core published features but does not display a public semantic version label in the information checked for this page. The Steam News Hub remains the right follow-up location for announcements and patch notes. During this audit, it did not return a safely attributable latest patch-title record, so this page does not invent one.

ProductAppID 4836540Only this standalone Steam product belongs in this timeline.

Release stateReleasedThe Store page shows July 29, 2026; check the Store again for changes to current metadata.

Public versionNot statedDo not call a backend ChangeNumber a player-facing patch version.

Patch statusNeeds official titleNo safely attributable latest patch-title entry was collected on 2026-08-13.

Current status snapshot

Final Stand is a full-release Steam product, not a Demo, Playtest, or DLC page in this site’s scope. Steam describes it as a standalone wave-defense experience that does not require a previous Company of Heroes title. Its Store listing also shows a bundle that contains Final Stand and the separate Company of Heroes 3 product. Keep the bundle in a purchase comparison, not in the game’s update history.

The released status changes how this site handles evidence. A published gameplay fact should apply to the current AppID and state its source date. A pre-release trailer description, a planned feature, or an announcement for the base game can be historically interesting but cannot override the released product’s Store page. If the Store and a historical post disagree, retain both dates and describe the later official record as current rather than silently merging them.

How an update earns a timeline entry

Every new entry needs five pieces of information: the publication date, the official URL, the exact title shown by the official source, the product scope (AppID 4836540), and the platform or branch if the source states one. Add a public semantic version only when the official post gives one. If it names a DLC, a separate AppID, a test client, or a Company of Heroes 3 base-game patch, label that relationship instead of folding it into Final Stand.

Official product update

Record it when Relic, the Company of Heroes official channel, or the exact Steam product’s News Hub identifies a change for Final Stand.

Store status change

Record a release, availability, language, or requirement change only with the Store check date and source URL. It is not automatically a balance patch.

Community signal

Use a discussion or review to discover a player question. Do not place it in the official timeline or present it as a confirmed fix.

Keep the parent game outside this record

Company of Heroes 3 uses AppID 1677280. It is a separate product even when a Store bundle lists it next to Final Stand or an official franchise announcement mentions both. Do not transfer its DLC announcements, balance changes, battlegroups, unit behavior, server issues, campaign updates, or console information here without an explicit Final Stand scope.

This guard is especially important in search. A post can use “Company of Heroes 3” in the title while discussing Final Stand, or it can discuss only the parent game. Check the linked Store URL, the named product, and the text of the announcement. If all three do not identify Final Stand, it belongs in a related-products note at most, not in this update feed.

The same applies to historic Last Stand or Endure & Defy material. Similar naming is not an identity match. Readers should never have to reverse-engineer whether a claimed patch applies to their current Final Stand installation.

Record facts that may change without overclaiming

Some Store fields are useful but volatile. The number of supported languages, system requirements, feature tags, price, discount, review total, and store artwork can change. A durable update record says what was observed, where, and when. It does not freeze a launch discount as a permanent price, turn a changing review score into a quality verdict, or call a storefront image change a gameplay patch.

Likewise, SteamDB can help an editor find an AppID or inspect third-party metadata, but its ChangeNumber is not a public semantic version. It should not be placed beside a player-facing patch title as if the developer named it. If an official post later gives a version label, retain that exact label and its source instead.

For a gameplay correction, link the affected guide rather than repeating the entire guide in the timeline. If a public patch changes a verified difficulty rule, point readers to the difficulty page after that page is revised. This keeps Updates chronological and lets the relevant evergreen guide explain the player decision.

What to do when there is no new verified patch note

An empty patch list is not evidence that support has ended or that no work is happening. It means the page has no newly collected official Final Stand patch-title record. State the last checked date, link the Store and News Hub, and avoid scheduling imaginary updates. This is more useful than filling the page with vague “stay tuned” cards.

Players who need help now should choose the guide that matches their question. The Guides hub covers a first run and mode boundary; Defense covers waves and Endless Mode; Setup covers published Windows requirements and language support. The update page only answers whether an attributable official status record changed.

If a player reports a new issue, preserve the exact error text, current Steam branch if visible, Windows version, hardware context, and the date. Search the official Final Stand sources first. A community workaround can be linked as community-reported evidence only after it is clearly separated from an official fix and checked against the correct product.

Timeline

2026-08-13 — official product status rechecked

Type: Store status review

The canonical Store page for AppID 4836540 identifies Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand as released on July 29, 2026, developed and published by Relic Entertainment. The page describes a standalone wave-defense game and lists single-player and online two-player co-op among its features. No public semantic version label was displayed in the checked Store content.

Scope: Steam Windows PC base game AppID 4836540.
Not a patch note: this is a dated Store status check, not evidence of a balance change.
Follow-up: check the exact product’s Steam News Hub before adding a patch or hotfix title.

Source: Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand on Steam

2026-07-29 — Steam release date displayed

Type: Release milestone

The official Store page displays July 29, 2026 as the release date for Final Stand. This establishes the release milestone for the exact product. It does not establish a launch-hour, preload size, a public version label, or a future patch cadence.

Scope: Steam AppID 4836540, standalone product.
Related product boundary: Company of Heroes 3 AppID 1677280 remains separate.
Maintenance: replace or supplement this entry only with a dated official post that clearly identifies Final Stand.