Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)
Civil War grand strategy with national management and tactical battles
Grand Engineer Corps · Released Sep 24, 2021
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 75% of 2,413
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 66% of 18 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 72
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 2 years ago
- Feb 2, 2024
What is Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)?
A single-player real-time strategy game set during the American Civil War, combining a national campaign map with tactical battles. You choose the Union or Confederacy, manage armies, commanders, supplies, railroads, morale, and finances, then command troops on historical battlefields across five campaign scenarios or standalone battles.
For you if...
- +you want detailed Civil War strategy across campaign and battlefield
- +you enjoy managing armies, supplies, policies, and national morale
- +you prefer deep single-player wargames with historical detail
Not for you if...
- −you want a simple strategy game with a short learning curve
- −you prefer multiplayer competition over solo campaigns
- −you want fast, straightforward battles with little micromanagement
What players say
75% of 2,413 reviews are positive · 66% of 18 in the last 30 days
Players praise the detailed campaign management, Civil War presentation, historical officers and weapons, and the link between national strategy and tactical battles. The most common complaints are persistent bugs, weak battle AI, clunky unit movement and interface controls, and a steep learning curve made worse by an inadequate tutorial.
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Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 64bit
- Graphics
- 2 GB
- Memory
- 6 GB RAM
- Storage
- 10 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 64bit
- Graphics
- 2 GB
- Memory
- 6 GB RAM
- Storage
- 10 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
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: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
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Recent updates
- Feb 2, 2024 · Patch 1.14 Released!
- Dec 17, 2023 · Patch 1.13 Released!
- Aug 26, 2023 · Whiskey & Lemons Hotfix Out!
- Jan 5, 2023 · Patch 1.11 - AI, Fixing, Rebalancing, Quality of Life
- Oct 30, 2022 · Patch 1.10: Fixes, Community Wishes & AI
3 DLC available.
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