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Cossacks: European Wars cover art

Cossacks: European Wars

GSC Game World · GSC World Publishing · 2011-08-26

Steam

Strategy

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

Releases: Apr 24, 2001 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

This game is devoted to the key events of the XVII–XVIII centuries.

Cossacks: European Wars is a Strategy game released in 2011, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (74% of 636 reviews).

11
playing now
74%
positive of 636 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (67 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Cossacks: European Wars is a real-time strategy video game for Microsoft Windows made by the Ukrainian developer GSC Game World. It was released on 28 November 2000. The game has an isometric view and is set in the 17th and 18th centuries of Europe. It features sixteen playable nations each with its own architectural styles, technologies and no limit on unit numbers.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 29 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 14,296 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–51k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 636 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 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 71 of 86 observed days · $0.51 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120172026Week of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4502026-09-15 16:00 — 21 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 13 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 21 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 34 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 10 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 16 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 28 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 17 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 14 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 43 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 34 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 10 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 31 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 32 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 15 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 26 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 35 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 28 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 39 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 29 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
354Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 4 · peak 12Dec 2012 — avg 5 · peak 20May 2013 — avg 5 · peak 16Oct 2013 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2014 — avg 7 · peak 21Aug 2014 — avg 8 · peak 23Jan 2015 — avg 13 · peak 39Jun 2015 — avg 11 · peak 31Nov 2015 — avg 13 · peak 41Apr 2016 — avg 14 · peak 44Sep 2016 — avg 15 · peak 41Feb 2017 — avg 14 · peak 32Jul 2017 — avg 13 · peak 32Dec 2017 — avg 14 · peak 42May 2018 — avg 14 · peak 34Oct 2018 — avg 12 · peak 32Mar 2019 — avg 16 · peak 39Aug 2019 — avg 13 · peak 34Jan 2020 — avg 20 · peak 49Jun 2020 — avg 19 · peak 42Nov 2020 — avg 25 · peak 57Apr 2021 — avg 24 · peak 55Sep 2021 — avg 16 · peak 39Feb 2022 — avg 27 · peak 57Jul 2022 — avg 19 · peak 45Dec 2022 — avg 24 · peak 60May 2023 — avg 20 · peak 46Oct 2023 — avg 22 · peak 47Mar 2024 — avg 25 · peak 55Aug 2024 — avg 24 · peak 49Jan 2025 — avg 27 · peak 59Jun 2025 — avg 25 · peak 56Nov 2025 — avg 25 · peak 61Apr 2026 — avg 24 · peak 57Aug 2026 — avg 24 · peak 53
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.872015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $2.492016-07-04 — best price $4.992017-04-24 — best price $4.992018-05-16 — best price $4.992019-02-04 — best price $1.492019-11-11 — best price $4.992020-04-13 — best price $0.942020-06-16 — best price $4.492020-08-05 — best price $4.992020-09-10 — best price $4.992020-10-15 — best price $0.942020-11-18 — best price $4.992021-01-09 — best price $4.142021-02-22 — best price $4.992021-03-29 — best price $1.042021-05-04 — best price $4.992021-06-14 — best price $0.942021-10-23 — best price $4.142022-02-10 — best price $4.992022-05-31 — best price $3.662022-10-31 — best price $1.242023-02-06 — best price $1.242023-05-08 — best price $0.992023-08-07 — best price $1.042023-11-21 — best price $1.242024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-07-15 — best price $1.252024-10-08 — best price $3.892025-01-27 — best price $1.252025-05-29 — best price $1.242025-09-06 — best price $3.662026-02-05 — best price $1.242026-06-02 — best price $3.892026-08-18 — best price $1.242026-10-15 — best price $1.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

128462026-05-31 — 77 pageviews2026-06-04 — 73 pageviews2026-06-08 — 61 pageviews2026-06-12 — 74 pageviews2026-06-16 — 54 pageviews2026-06-20 — 56 pageviews2026-06-24 — 115 pageviews2026-06-28 — 58 pageviews2026-07-02 — 71 pageviews2026-07-06 — 68 pageviews2026-07-10 — 71 pageviews2026-07-14 — 65 pageviews2026-07-18 — 60 pageviews2026-07-22 — 77 pageviews2026-07-26 — 86 pageviews2026-07-30 — 50 pageviews2026-08-03 — 78 pageviews2026-08-07 — 66 pageviews2026-08-11 — 46 pageviews2026-08-15 — 51 pageviews2026-08-19 — 99 pageviews2026-08-23 — 103 pageviews2026-08-27 — 77 pageviews2026-08-31 — 58 pageviews2026-09-04 — 77 pageviews2026-09-08 — 73 pageviews2026-09-12 — 72 pageviews2026-09-16 — 75 pageviews2026-09-20 — 68 pageviews2026-09-24 — 68 pageviews2026-09-28 — 62 pageviews2026-10-02 — 65 pageviews2026-10-06 — 49 pageviews2026-10-10 — 109 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RTSClassicStrategyHistoricalSingleplayer

Census log

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

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