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The Civil War

Dagger Interactive Technologies · Strategy First · 2020-09-08

Steam

Strategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: 1995 (DOS), Sep 08, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

This old-school turn-based strategy game covers the American Civil War from the years 1861 to 1865. Play as the North or South, and take over a certain amount of cities of the opposing side before the war ends.

The Civil War is a Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed sentiment based on 50% of 10 reviews.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
50%
positive of 10 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 20:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 500% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 98% of 14,087 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-03

All-time low: $0.39 at Steam (2023-02-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 9 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1120202025Week of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 20:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.392020-09-082026-07-092020-09-08 — best price $1.692020-11-02 — best price $1.992020-12-21 — best price $1.992021-02-15 — best price $1.992021-07-08 — best price $1.992021-10-27 — best price $1.992021-11-15 — best price $1.462021-11-30 — best price $1.992021-12-13 — best price $0.492022-01-07 — best price $1.792022-01-18 — best price $1.792022-01-27 — best price $0.492022-02-20 — best price $1.792022-04-05 — best price $1.462022-04-18 — best price $1.462022-04-29 — best price $1.462022-05-12 — best price $1.462022-05-23 — best price $1.992022-06-01 — best price $1.462022-06-15 — best price $1.462022-07-12 — best price $1.462022-08-17 — best price $1.792022-09-03 — best price $1.792022-10-31 — best price $1.992022-12-09 — best price $1.462023-02-13 — best price $0.392023-05-14 — best price $0.392023-10-25 — best price $2.992024-02-11 — best price $0.592024-03-21 — best price $2.992024-06-20 — best price $2.992024-08-02 — best price $1.462024-11-18 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-08-22 — best price $2.992025-11-20 — best price $2.992026-03-18 — best price $2.992026-05-28 — best price $1.472026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DStrategyDiplomacySingleplayerPixel GraphicsTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based Strategy

Census log

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

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