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Ultimate General: Gettysburg cover art

Ultimate General: Gettysburg

Game-Labs · 2014-10-16

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

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

Releases: Feb 21, 2015 (iOS), Oct 16, 2014 (Mac), Oct 16, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 04, 2023 (Xbox One), Aug 04, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 04, 2023 (PlayStation 4)

A Tactical Battle Simulator that allows you to command thousands of soldiers as a Union or Confederate General. The game features the most accurately created map, a non-linear battle campaign, complex morale, innovative control mechanics and smart AI.

Ultimate General: Gettysburg is an Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (80% of 2708 reviews).

7
playing now
80%
positive of 2.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
3.67★
PlayStation Store rating (266 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 68k–162k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,708 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at Humble Store (2019-05-23) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 54 of 61 observed days · $14.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420172026Week of 2017-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1412026-09-14 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 14 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 9 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1376Jun 2014Aug 2026Jun 2014 — avg 94 · peak 183Oct 2014 — avg 84 · peak 282Feb 2015 — avg 79 · peak 159Jun 2015 — avg 125 · peak 507Oct 2015 — avg 58 · peak 114Feb 2016 — avg 65 · peak 153Jun 2016 — avg 59 · peak 137Oct 2016 — avg 44 · peak 96Feb 2017 — avg 41 · peak 83Jun 2017 — avg 40 · peak 118Oct 2017 — avg 27 · peak 92Feb 2018 — avg 24 · peak 50Jun 2018 — avg 27 · peak 77Oct 2018 — avg 16 · peak 37Feb 2019 — avg 16 · peak 37Jun 2019 — avg 16 · peak 41Oct 2019 — avg 14 · peak 35Feb 2020 — avg 15 · peak 35Jun 2020 — avg 16 · peak 49Oct 2020 — avg 13 · peak 38Feb 2021 — avg 15 · peak 37Jun 2021 — avg 13 · peak 30Oct 2021 — avg 11 · peak 27Feb 2022 — avg 13 · peak 31Jun 2022 — avg 11 · peak 30Oct 2022 — avg 9 · peak 26Feb 2023 — avg 10 · peak 27Jun 2023 — avg 12 · peak 22Oct 2023 — avg 9 · peak 31Feb 2024 — avg 10 · peak 28Jun 2024 — avg 11 · peak 25Oct 2024 — avg 8 · peak 19Feb 2025 — avg 8 · peak 19Jun 2025 — avg 10 · peak 19Oct 2025 — avg 9 · peak 19Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 19Jun 2026 — avg 7 · peak 15Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-06-11 — best price $5.992015-11-25 — best price $7.492015-12-22 — best price $7.492016-06-23 — best price $3.742017-06-06 — best price $3.792017-11-22 — best price $3.742018-03-23 — best price $14.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-10-02 — best price $14.992018-11-22 — best price $1.492019-02-06 — best price $1.492019-06-18 — best price $14.992019-11-28 — best price $1.492020-05-04 — best price $14.992020-07-25 — best price $14.992020-12-01 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-07-07 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-12-30 — best price $9.992025-04-28 — best price $9.992025-10-15 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $7.992026-07-27 — best price $13.992026-09-02 — best price $14.992026-09-08 — best price $14.992026-09-14 — best price $14.992026-09-20 — best price $14.992026-09-26 — best price $14.992026-10-02 — best price $14.992026-10-08 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

3
achievements tracked
83.5%
earned "Battle of Gettysburg medal"
15.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,4118%3
Xbox One (Xbox)8211%23
PS4 (PlayStation)4434%23
PS5 (PlayStation)3619%23
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RTSWarIndieAmericaWargameMilitaryStrategyTacticalHistoricalSimulation

Census log

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

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