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Cossacks 3

Historical real-time strategy with vast armies and economic management

GSC Game World · Released Sep 20, 2016

ActionAdventureStrategy

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Reviews
Very Positive
82% of 13K
Recent reviews
Very Positive
88% of 67 in 30 days
Players
297
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Last update on Steam
8 years ago
Sep 25, 2018
Minimum PC
HD 4830
3 GB RAM · 6 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Cossacks 3?

Cossacks 3 is a historical real-time strategy game set in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe. You gather resources, build towns, research upgrades, and command land and naval forces in five historical campaigns or generated single-player and multiplayer matches.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy managing economies alongside large-scale battles
  • +you want historical campaigns and competitive or cooperative matches
  • +you prefer classic base-building real-time strategy

Not for you if...

  • −you dislike balancing several resources while commanding armies
  • −you want small, tightly controlled tactical battles

What players say

82% of 13,184 reviews are positive · 88% of 67 in the last 30 days

Players praise the large battles, detailed resource management, range of nations, and gameplay close to the original. The most common complaints are crashes, launch and loading failures on current systems, and unstable multiplayer; players also report bugs, weak pathfinding, and limited improvements over the first game.

Players over time

▲ +4% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 1,121 players on Sep 21, 2026.

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Sep 21, 20261,121

How many players finish Cossacks 3?

5.2% of Steam players have unlocked «To punish the king», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

Cossacks 3 screenshot 1

Cossacks 3 system requirements

Minimum: HD 4830, 3 GB RAM, 6 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows XP/7/8/10
Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz / Core i3 1.6GHz / AMD Athlon II X2 280
Graphics
nVidia GeForce 9600 GT / Radeon HD 4830 / Intel HD5000
Memory
3 GB RAM
Storage
6 GB available space
DirectX
Version 9.0c
Notes
Screen Resolution - 1280x768

Recommended

OS
Windows XP/7/8/10
Processor
Intel Core i5-3470, 3.20GHz or AMD FX-6300, 3.5Ghz
Graphics
nVidia GeForce 560 / ATI Radeon HD 7900 Series
Memory
6 GB RAM
Storage
8 GB available space
DirectX
Version 9.0c
Notes
Screen Resolution - 1920x1080

Does Cossacks 3 have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op online; PvP online. It also has a single-player mode.

Does Cossacks 3 run on Steam Deck?

Unsupported No: Valve rates it Unsupported on Steam Deck.

  • Not supported on SteamOS

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Third-party account
GSC Account
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, Linux
Achievements
103
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Czech, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish.

Does Cossacks 3 use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

8 DLC available.

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