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
- 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 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.
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