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Battleplan: American Civil War
Battleplan: American Civil War introduces you to fastplay wargaming, a new kind of strategy game experience. Take command of either Confederate or Union troops and fight your way through eleven of the American Civil War’s most famous battles.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“If only Osprey had taken a bit more control over this fine but terribly loose tactical game, they might have had the next twenty years of historical PC wargames in their pocket and beaten quite a few shabbier developers who came after, making the World if not a better place then…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 21:51 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Battleplan: American Civil War Version 1.4 is Now Available!
Patch notes are below: Added Fredericksburg, Seven Pines and Chattanooga battles All quick battles are now unlocked without having to play through the campaign Units can no longer cross destroyed brid
Battleplan: American Civil War Version 1.4 is Now Available!
Patch notes are below: Added Fredericksburg, Seven Pines and Chattanooga battles All quick battles are now unlocked without having to play through the campaign Units can no longer cross destroyed brid
Battleplan: American Civil War Version 1.3 is now available!
Patch Note: Limits pontoon positioning, so they can't accidentally be built too close to one another. Enables players to stop pontoon building midway. Adds nifty tool tips. Thanks for your continued s
Battleplan: American Civil War Version 1.3 is now available!
Patch Note: Limits pontoon positioning, so they can't accidentally be built too close to one another. Enables players to stop pontoon building midway. Adds nifty tool tips. Thanks for your continued s
Version 1.2 of Battleplan: American Civil War is now available
Version 1.2 of Battleplan: American Civil War is now available! Update Includes: Various bug fixes Enable + and - keys on keyboard allow players to speed up and slow down the game speed, bypassing the
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Casual, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Simulation · Casual · Historical · America (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Stats · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 95 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.battleplanseries.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: Pentium 4 or Athlon 64 Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: GL 2.1 Storage: 400 MB available space Sound Card: Integrated