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Civil War: 1861 cover art

Civil War: 1861

HexWar Games · Hunted Cow Games · 2017-02-01

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 01, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 24, 2016 (iOS), Apr 04, 2017 (Android)

Civil War: 1861 covers the opening battles of the American Civil War. The game covers both the small and large actions of that momentous year, starting with the battle at ‘Big Bethel’, on to the comparatively vast engagements at ‘Bull Run’ and ‘Wilson’s Creek’.

0
playing now
68%
positive of 53 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 78% of 5,944 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3k–3.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 53 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2019-06-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$2.492017-02-012026-08-212017-02-01 — best price $8.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $4.992018-11-21 — best price $4.992019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-06-26 — best price $2.492019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-03-09 — best price $8.992020-04-28 — best price $9.992020-06-25 — best price $3.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $4.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $3.392022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-07-11 — best price $2.492022-08-22 — best price $9.992022-11-22 — best price $2.492023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-08-28 — best price $7.492023-11-20 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $7.492024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $4.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-04-28 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-08-21 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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