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Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)

Civil War grand strategy with national management and tactical battles

Grand Engineer Corps · Released Sep 24, 2021

Strategy

Reviews
Mostly Positive
74% of 2,436
Recent reviews
Mostly Positive
73% of 15 in 30 days
Players
112
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
2 years ago
Jun 13, 2024
Minimum PC
2 GB
6 GB RAM · 10 GB disk
Full requirements

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

74% of 2,436 reviews are positive · 73% of 15 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.

Players over time

▼ -37% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 162 players on Sep 27, 2026.

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Screenshots and trailer

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Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) system requirements

Minimum: 2 GB, 6 GB RAM, 10 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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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

Does Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • 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

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Steam features
Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English.

Does Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) 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

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Recent updates

3 DLC available.

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