Ultimate General: Civil War

Real-time Civil War tactics with persistent army management

Game-Labs · Released Jul 14, 2017

Reviews: Very Positive; 89% of 8,609
Recent reviews: Mostly Positive; 78% of 33 in 30 days
Playing now: 258; peak 24h 441
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Last update: 8 years ago; Jun 5, 2018

What is Ultimate General: Civil War?

A single-player real-time tactics game set during the American Civil War. You command units through a campaign of linked battles while managing army composition, equipment, reinforcements, and advancing officers; historical battles are also playable separately.

For you if...

+you want a demanding single-player Civil War campaign
+you enjoy preserving veteran units across linked battles
+you prefer real-time command over turn-based play

Not for you if...

−you want an open campaign with freely chosen battles
−you dislike timed objectives and fixed mission structures
−you mainly want multiplayer competition

What players say

89% of 8,609 reviews are positive · 78% of 33 in the last 30 days

Players praise building and equipping armies, along with the tactical variety in battles. The most common complaints concern enemy scaling that makes major victories feel less consequential and clunky or inconsistent unit behavior.

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Ultimate General: Civil War system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 7 - 32 bit
Processor: Intel i3
Graphics: 512Mb VRAM, Minimum 1366x768 resolution, Intel HD 4000 and higher, GeForce 8800 and higher, AMD Radeon X1600
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 2 GB available space
DirectX: Version 9.0