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Cossacks: Back to War

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

SteamGOG

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Cossacks: Back to War is a Strategy game released in 2010, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 2987 reviews).

60
playing now
89%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
IGDB user rating (43 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$4.99
steam price (US)

60 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Cossacks: Back to War trailer thumbnail

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 60 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 8% of 14,312 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 120k–239k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,993 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GamersGate$1.25-75%

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 53 of 68 observed days · $0.51 above the all-time low (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

320562026-09-16 06:00 — 89 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 218 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 160 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 89 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 202 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 187 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 72 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 151 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 300 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 68 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 151 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 237 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 76 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 176 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 320 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 84 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 136 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 261 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 131 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 115 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 176 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 160 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 60 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
17423Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 27 · peak 66Dec 2012 — avg 35 · peak 96May 2013 — avg 28 · peak 71Oct 2013 — avg 27 · peak 70Mar 2014 — avg 42 · peak 104Aug 2014 — avg 42 · peak 103Jan 2015 — avg 75 · peak 209Jun 2015 — avg 74 · peak 203Nov 2015 — avg 84 · peak 196Apr 2016 — avg 86 · peak 205Sep 2016 — avg 110 · peak 278Feb 2017 — avg 88 · peak 206Jul 2017 — avg 71 · peak 166Dec 2017 — avg 83 · peak 196May 2018 — avg 71 · peak 153Oct 2018 — avg 70 · peak 155Mar 2019 — avg 83 · peak 190Aug 2019 — avg 76 · peak 146Jan 2020 — avg 103 · peak 233Jun 2020 — avg 108 · peak 220Nov 2020 — avg 128 · peak 292Apr 2021 — avg 131 · peak 267Sep 2021 — avg 106 · peak 218Feb 2022 — avg 142 · peak 345Jul 2022 — avg 119 · peak 232Dec 2022 — avg 135 · peak 277May 2023 — avg 124 · peak 256Oct 2023 — avg 129 · peak 264Mar 2024 — avg 151 · peak 325Aug 2024 — avg 141 · peak 296Jan 2025 — avg 171 · peak 349Jun 2025 — avg 146 · peak 285Nov 2025 — avg 160 · peak 328Apr 2026 — avg 163 · peak 325Aug 2026 — avg 155 · peak 313
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.742015-01-012026-10-122015-01-01 — 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 $1.242026-10-12 — best price $1.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

002026-10-03 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 06:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2011-01-21 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RTSWarClassicStrategyNostalgiaHistoricalMultiplayerFree to PlaySingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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