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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.

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

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 99% of 5,944 Strategy games in the census by review count.

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

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 10 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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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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