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Crusade in Europe cover art

Crusade in Europe

Microprose · Atari · 2021-11-30

SteamGOG

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: 1985 (Apple II), Jun 02, 1986 (DOS), 1985 (Atari 8-bit), 1985 (Commodore C64/128/MAX), Nov 30, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Crusade in Europe is a classic real-time simulation game from the 80s designed by Sid Meier and Ed Bever. The first title in the "Command Series" of tactical wargames from Microprose, the game features real-time battles that test your skills as a commander.

0
playing now
91%
positive of 11 reviews
Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$1.04
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Crusade in Europe is a computer wargame published by MicroProse in 1985 for the Apple II, Atari 8-bit computers, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS. It was designed by Sid Meier and Ed Bever.

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  • · Top 98% of 6,714 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

GOG$1.05-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.05-85%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.04 at Steam (2026-07-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 30 of 55 observed days · $0.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$1.042021-11-302026-08-302021-11-30 — best price $6.992022-06-23 — best price $3.492022-11-04 — best price $6.992022-12-19 — best price $3.492023-03-23 — best price $6.992023-08-28 — best price $2.792023-11-06 — best price $6.992023-12-14 — best price $3.492024-02-12 — best price $6.992024-03-14 — best price $3.492024-04-17 — best price $2.372024-06-10 — best price $6.992024-07-19 — best price $6.992024-09-18 — best price $2.792024-10-28 — best price $2.092024-12-12 — best price $1.742025-02-13 — best price $2.092025-03-20 — best price $6.992025-05-14 — best price $6.992025-07-10 — best price $6.992025-08-07 — best price $1.392025-09-25 — best price $1.392025-10-08 — best price $6.992025-11-06 — best price $1.392025-12-03 — best price $6.992026-01-15 — best price $1.392026-02-20 — best price $6.992026-03-27 — best price $1.392026-05-23 — best price $1.392026-06-17 — best price $1.392026-07-20 — best price $6.992026-08-25 — best price $1.052026-08-30 — best price $1.05
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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