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Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars

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

SteamGOG

Strategy

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

Releases: Apr 15, 2005 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 26, 2005 (Linux)

Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars sends the player into the heroic XIX century where they assume the role of a commander to take part in the massive historical battles for the supremacy over Europe.

Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars is a 2011 Strategy title priced at $4.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (57% of 655 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000.

11
playing now
57%
positive of 655 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
65/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars is a real-time strategy game and the second installment in the Cossacks series, released in 2005. This game focuses exclusively on the Napoleonic era, meaning it has a much shorter time span than others in this series, which spanned several centuries. Therefore, fewer technologies can be researched than in other Cossacks games, and there aren't as many different unit types for each country as before. On the other hand, Cossacks II allows a large number of units to be trained and it has many tactical options and an updated graphical engine.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 29 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 14,088 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 26k–52k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 655 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 63 of 78 observed days · $0.51 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3002026-09-15 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 10 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 10 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 15 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 14 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 17 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 17 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 10 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 30 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
174Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 5 · peak 16Dec 2012 — avg 5 · peak 22May 2013 — avg 5 · peak 19Oct 2013 — avg 4 · peak 18Mar 2014 — avg 6 · peak 18Aug 2014 — avg 6 · peak 19Jan 2015 — avg 7 · peak 27Jun 2015 — avg 8 · peak 22Nov 2015 — avg 8 · peak 25Apr 2016 — avg 7 · peak 21Sep 2016 — avg 10 · peak 31Feb 2017 — avg 7 · peak 19Jul 2017 — avg 6 · peak 25Dec 2017 — avg 7 · peak 27May 2018 — avg 5 · peak 15Oct 2018 — avg 5 · peak 18Mar 2019 — avg 9 · peak 27Aug 2019 — avg 10 · peak 27Jan 2020 — avg 13 · peak 38Jun 2020 — avg 10 · peak 30Nov 2020 — avg 14 · peak 39Apr 2021 — avg 13 · peak 38Sep 2021 — avg 12 · peak 32Feb 2022 — avg 13 · peak 35Jul 2022 — avg 9 · peak 26Dec 2022 — avg 12 · peak 32May 2023 — avg 11 · peak 30Oct 2023 — avg 11 · peak 35Mar 2024 — avg 13 · peak 36Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 41Jan 2025 — avg 13 · peak 36Jun 2025 — avg 9 · peak 29Nov 2025 — avg 11 · peak 32Apr 2026 — avg 9 · peak 27Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 22
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.742015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.492016-07-04 — best price $4.992017-09-08 — best price $4.992018-08-30 — best price $1.002019-04-19 — best price $4.992019-12-19 — best price $1.242020-05-25 — best price $4.992020-07-03 — best price $4.992020-08-21 — best price $4.492020-10-01 — best price $4.492020-11-07 — best price $4.492020-12-16 — best price $1.442021-02-10 — best price $1.062021-03-20 — best price $4.142021-04-23 — best price $4.142021-06-21 — best price $1.142021-11-05 — best price $4.992022-02-05 — best price $4.992022-05-30 — best price $1.242022-10-03 — best price $1.242023-01-20 — best price $1.002023-05-01 — best price $4.992023-07-26 — best price $1.202023-11-04 — best price $4.992024-02-19 — best price $3.662024-06-12 — best price $3.662024-09-07 — best price $3.662024-12-30 — best price $4.992025-05-06 — best price $3.892025-08-18 — best price $1.252026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-04-27 — best price $1.252026-08-10 — best price $1.252026-10-14 — best price $1.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5492026-05-31 — 30 pageviews2026-06-04 — 20 pageviews2026-06-08 — 18 pageviews2026-06-12 — 14 pageviews2026-06-16 — 20 pageviews2026-06-20 — 16 pageviews2026-06-24 — 27 pageviews2026-06-28 — 33 pageviews2026-07-02 — 28 pageviews2026-07-06 — 30 pageviews2026-07-10 — 11 pageviews2026-07-14 — 9 pageviews2026-07-18 — 16 pageviews2026-07-22 — 20 pageviews2026-07-26 — 27 pageviews2026-07-30 — 9 pageviews2026-08-03 — 17 pageviews2026-08-07 — 20 pageviews2026-08-11 — 12 pageviews2026-08-15 — 12 pageviews2026-08-19 — 21 pageviews2026-08-23 — 23 pageviews2026-08-27 — 27 pageviews2026-08-31 — 17 pageviews2026-09-04 — 23 pageviews2026-09-08 — 21 pageviews2026-09-12 — 18 pageviews2026-09-16 — 12 pageviews2026-09-20 — 28 pageviews2026-09-24 — 25 pageviews2026-09-28 — 20 pageviews2026-10-02 — 47 pageviews2026-10-06 — 9 pageviews2026-10-10 — 40 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Russian, German

Player tags

RTSStrategyHistoricalSingleplayer

Census log

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

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