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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
89% of 2,992
Recent reviews
Very Positive
88% of 17 in 30 days
Playing now
153
right now
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Last update
Unknown
no patch notes found

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

89% of 2,992 reviews are positive · 88% of 17 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.

Screenshots and trailer

Cossacks: Back to War

Cossacks: Back to War system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

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

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, French, German, Russian.

Tags

1 DLC available.

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