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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 · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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’.

Civil War: 1861 is a Strategy game released in 2017, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 54 reviews).

0
playing now
67%
positive of 54 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 53% of 14,082 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.4k–3.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 54 total reviews — how this is computed.

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)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220172026Week of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
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).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
67.9%
earned "On a roll"
20.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

AmericaWargameHex GridStrategyHistoricalSingleplayerTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based Strategy

Census log

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

Recent updates

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