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Civil War: 1862 cover art

Civil War: 1862

HexWar Games · Hunted Cow Games · 2016-10-06

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Strategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 14, 2013 (iOS), Oct 06, 2016 (Mac), Oct 06, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Relive iconic battles of the American Civil War. Take command of both the Union and Confederate forces in this exciting turn-based strategy game.

Civil War: 1862 is a Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (56% of 36 reviews).

2
playing now
56%
positive of 36 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 62% of 14,126 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $2.49 at MacGameStore (2016-02-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320162026Week of 2016-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20Oct 2016Sep 2024Oct 2016 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2017 — avg 2 · peak 5Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2017 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 2Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Feb 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Feb 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2024 — avg 1 · peak 3Sep 2024 — avg 1 · peak 3

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Sep 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$2.492015-01-012026-08-212015-01-01 — best price $9.992016-01-04 — best price $4.992016-02-22 — best price $9.992016-10-06 — best price $8.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-01-16 — best price $7.492017-03-06 — best price $9.992017-06-23 — best price $4.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-04-26 — best price $9.992018-12-20 — best price $4.992019-02-12 — best price $9.992019-11-27 — best price $4.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-05-11 — 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 $9.992023-08-31 — best price $7.992023-10-03 — best price $6.392023-10-30 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-06-28 — best price $2.492024-08-05 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-12-28 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-21 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

StrategyHistoricalTurn-Based Strategy

Census log

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

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