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American Conquest

Historical real-time strategy with large armies and colonial-era campaigns

GSC Game World · Published by GSC World Publishing · Released Aug 26, 2011

Strategy

Reviews
Mixed
68% of 698
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Playing now
8
right now
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Last update
Unknown
no patch notes found

Metacritic: 76/100 (critic reviews)

What is American Conquest?

American Conquest is a historical real-time strategy game set in the Americas from 1492 to 1813, as European arrivals lead to conflicts among nations and tribes. Across historical campaigns and standalone missions, you command infantry, cavalry, and artillery, defend buildings, and form alliances with neutral tribes.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy commanding large armies in historical campaigns
  • +you like deliberate strategy with morale and diplomacy

Not for you if...

  • you want fast-paced strategy instead of slow nation-building
  • you prefer simple combat without formations and supply concerns

What players say

68% of 698 reviews are positive

Players praise the historical setting, battle scale, and army morale mechanics. The most common complaint is trouble running the game on modern PCs, including launch failures, crashes, and graphics issues.

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American Conquest

American Conquest system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS
Windows® XP / Vista™ / Windows® 7
Processor
1.4 GHz CPU
Graphics
Video Card with 64MB dedicated memory and DirectX 9 Compatible
Memory
512 MB
Storage
3.5GB

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Unsupported

  • Not supported on SteamOS

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English.

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