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Cossacks 3 cover art

Cossacks 3

GSC Game World · 2016-09-20

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 20, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 20, 2016 (Linux), 2017 (Mac)

Cossacks 3 is the return of RTS classics. Obtain resources, build cities and research technologies while taking command of great armies, crushing enemies in grand historical warfares on land and sea!

1,311
playing now
82%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1,311 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Cossacks 3 is a real-time strategy video game for Microsoft Windows by the Ukrainian developer GSC Game World. It is a remake of the 2000 game Cossacks: European Wars and is once again set in 17th and 18th century Europe.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,311 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 717 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~90/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 403k–968k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,129 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.79-66%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.79-66%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.39 at GamersGate (2022-04-04) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 78 of 111 observed days · $3.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17317320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.3k2042026-08-06 21:00 — 758 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 227 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 683 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 801 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 266 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 830 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 869 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 318 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,001 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 704 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 212 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 727 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 615 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 242 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 690 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 668 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 205 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 925 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 974 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 207 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 697 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,274 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 257 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 935 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,218 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 216 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 569 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,190 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 288 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 1,311 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$5.992016-09-202026-08-302016-09-20 — best price $19.992017-04-03 — best price $15.992017-09-11 — best price $19.992018-03-23 — best price $19.992018-10-31 — best price $19.992019-04-25 — best price $19.992019-11-11 — best price $19.992020-03-16 — best price $7.992020-06-25 — best price $7.992020-08-14 — best price $19.992020-10-05 — best price $17.882020-11-15 — best price $19.992021-01-09 — best price $16.882021-03-06 — best price $19.992021-04-24 — best price $16.882021-07-09 — best price $16.882021-11-03 — best price $19.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-05-26 — best price $16.882022-08-29 — best price $6.392022-12-12 — best price $14.692023-03-16 — best price $7.992023-05-27 — best price $19.992023-08-25 — best price $14.692023-12-06 — best price $19.992024-03-07 — best price $6.792024-05-25 — best price $19.992024-08-12 — best price $13.492024-11-07 — best price $6.792025-02-24 — best price $13.492025-06-10 — best price $6.792025-09-27 — best price $19.992026-01-19 — best price $6.792026-04-24 — best price $19.992026-07-19 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $6.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

602026-08-29 19:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
70.9%
earned "Agrarian development"
21.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam Cloud8 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, German, Czech, Polish, Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,7451%103

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DPvEPvPRTSWarActionStrategyIsometricAction RTSHistorical

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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