Civil War: 1863
Turn-based Civil War battles commanding Union and Confederate forces
HexWar Games · Published by Hunted Cow Games · Released Jun 21, 2016
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 59% of 51
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 0
- peak 24h 2
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update
- 1 month ago
- Aug 19, 2026
What is Civil War: 1863?
Civil War: 1863 is a single-player, turn-based strategy game built around missions based on American Civil War battles. You command either Union or Confederate forces, moving units such as infantry, cavalry, and artillery while changing formations and using generals to support troops.
For you if...
- +you enjoy planning flanking attacks in turn-based battles
- +you prefer separate missions across multiple campaigns
Not for you if...
- −you want real-time combat instead of turn-based battles
- −you need multiplayer rather than a single-player campaign
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Civil War: 1863 system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD equivalent
- Graphics
- OpenGL 2.1 supporting graphics card
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 28
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
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Recent updates
- Aug 19, 2026 · Game Update v6.1.0
- Aug 11, 2026 · Game Update v6.0.1
- Nov 1, 2024 · Game Update 5.0.3
- Nov 18, 2021 · Civil War: 1863 - version 5.0.2 update
- Oct 13, 2021 · Civil War: 1863 Version 5.0.1 Update
