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Battle Cry of Freedom
Battle Cry of Freedom brings brutal real-time first and third-person combat set in the 19th Century America, presenting players with the opportunity to re-fight the American Civil War as either the Union or the Confederates.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“wish it had more players so fun, I love the bot fights but before I play it more It needs more players I was too late :(”
— a player, Steam review · 77 hrs played“It's the best Civil War game I've ever played. I've never had a bad experience with the game except for maybe one or two crashes”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“take away the best game mode AND abandon it? crazy work”
— a player, Steam review · 33 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:04 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Over The Top: WWI alpha Playtest!
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The Future of Battle Cry of Freedom
Dear Battle Cry of Freedom Community, It is with heavy heart that we share the decision to discontinue development on Battle Cry of Freedom for the foreseeable future. When we initially launched the g
Game Updated! - Bot Commanders
Hello there! We have just released a new patch, adding a number of new features such as Bot Commanders! Here is the full Changelog: Version 150418R2 We have just updated the game, you might have to re
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Shooter · Combat · 3D · Real Time Tactics · Third-Person Shooter · FPS · Historical · Multiplayer · First-Person · Action · Simulation · Military (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Ukrainian, Romanian, Turkish * |
| Achievements | 27 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.fsegames.eu/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 8 64-bit or Windows 10 64-bit Processor: 3.5 GHz Quad Core Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 960 DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 30 GB available space