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Cossacks: Back to War

Historical real-time strategy with massive battles across early modern Europe

GSC Game World · Published by GSC World Publishing · Released Sep 2, 2010

Strategy

Reviews
Very Positive
88% of 2,928
Recent reviews
Very Positive
100% of 12 in 30 days
Players
83
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Last update on Steam
Unknown
no patch notes on Steam
Minimum PC
GMA 950
0.5 GB RAM · 0.5 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 60/100 (critic reviews)

What is Cossacks: Back to War?

A real-time strategy game set in Europe from the 16th through 18th centuries. You command one of 20 nations in large battles, with 100 single missions, AI skirmishes on randomly generated maps, and multiplayer.

For you if...

  • +you like large-scale battles in historical settings
  • +you want many missions and repeatable AI skirmishes
  • +you enjoy strategically challenging games with a learning curve

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer simple strategy games with forgiving campaigns
  • −you want small battles with limited unit counts

What players say

88% of 2,928 reviews are positive · 100% of 12 in the last 30 days

Players praise the challenging strategy, large armies, and music. The most common complaints are bugs, crashes, and difficulty getting the game to run reliably on modern Windows systems.

Players over time

▲ +0% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 194 players on Sep 21, 2026.

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Oct 4, 202673
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Oct 2, 202674
Oct 1, 202678
Sep 30, 202679
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Sep 27, 202681
Sep 26, 202670
Sep 25, 202653
Sep 24, 202671
Sep 23, 2026153
Sep 23, 202681
Sep 22, 202663
Sep 21, 2026194

Screenshots and trailer

Cossacks: Back to War screenshot 1

Cossacks: Back to War system requirements

Minimum: GMA 950, 0.5 GB RAM, 0.5 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Microsoft Windows XP Home (Service Pack 3)
Processor
Intel Atom N270
Graphics
Intel GMA 950
Memory
512MB RAM
Storage
550MB space free

Does Cossacks: Back to War have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: multiplayer (mode not specified). It also has a single-player mode.

Does Cossacks: Back to War 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
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Family Sharing
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Russian.

Does Cossacks: Back to War 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 7, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

Tags

1 DLC available.

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