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Cossacks: Back to War cover art

Cossacks: Back to War

GSC Game World · GSC World Publishing · 2010-09-02

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Oct 17, 2002 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 01, 2002 (Linux)

Cossacks: Back to War contains all of the gameplay features of Cossacks: European Wars and Cossacks: The Art of War, this is a complete care package for all current and future Cossacks fans. This add-on contains two new nations: Switzerland and Hungary.

75
playing now
89%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
IGDB user rating (43 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

75 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 75 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 144 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity up 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 119k–239k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,982 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at GamersGate (2021-07-13) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 60 of 77 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
383820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

267542026-08-06 22:00 — 104 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 94 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 191 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 119 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 91 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 258 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 152 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 98 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 255 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 110 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 87 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 185 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 96 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 91 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 199 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 104 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 85 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 247 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 141 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 90 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 219 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 222 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 71 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 229 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 267 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 64 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 169 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 224 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 75 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.742015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $2.492016-07-07 — best price $2.002017-07-05 — best price $4.992018-07-30 — best price $1.252019-04-11 — best price $1.242019-12-05 — best price $4.992020-05-07 — best price $0.942020-06-26 — best price $3.662020-08-18 — best price $4.492020-09-23 — best price $4.492020-10-26 — best price $4.492020-12-03 — best price $4.992021-01-21 — best price $1.062021-03-05 — best price $4.142021-04-10 — best price $4.992021-05-16 — best price $4.992021-08-20 — best price $4.142021-12-04 — best price $4.992022-04-04 — best price $0.842022-07-08 — best price $3.892022-11-02 — best price $4.992023-02-17 — best price $1.002023-05-12 — best price $1.002023-08-07 — best price $1.042023-11-21 — best price $1.242024-03-22 — best price $3.892024-07-22 — best price $4.992024-10-11 — best price $0.942025-02-03 — best price $3.892025-05-10 — best price $3.662025-08-18 — best price $1.252025-12-22 — best price $1.252026-04-20 — best price $3.592026-08-03 — best price $1.242026-08-24 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian

Player tags

RTSWarClassicStrategyNostalgiaHistoricalMultiplayerFree to PlaySingleplayer

Census log

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

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