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Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)
Take command of the Union or the Confederacy. Prepare your nation for war, recruit and organize great armies and fleets under legendary commanders like Grant, Lee, Jackson or Farragut, plan cunning maneuvers on an epic campaign map and defeat your enemies in real-time battles!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
What reviewers agree on
40 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“15/10 with whiskey and lemons DLC. 5/10 base game only The reason to get this game is Whiskey and Lemons. That is the be all and end all. But its worth it for that and that alone. If you want to buy the base game, you…”
“https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3658336845 In my opinion, it is the best American Civil War Online Strategy game available at the moment. It allows the player to refight the entire war from 1861…”
“You can manipulate the settings and make it challenging. Either side can win easily if you buy small cav units and use them to confuse the AI. Deep raids make armies chase them everywhere as you build the weapon…”
5 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“Just finished my first campaign, playing as the Union. No idea how the economy works(!) so tried to auto-manage everything; but I really like the period 'paper maps' used in the battles, the fog of war forcing you to…”
3 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“15/10 with whiskey and lemons DLC. 5/10 base game only The reason to get this game is Whiskey and Lemons. That is the be all and end all. But its worth it for that and that alone. If you want to buy the base game, you…”
“Over 1800 hours playing this game and I can't get enough... replay ability is off the chain and this game never gets old to me. Don't make a mistake strategy wise or you will be punished. The DLC is also great!”
3 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“15/10 with whiskey and lemons DLC. 5/10 base game only The reason to get this game is Whiskey and Lemons. That is the be all and end all. But its worth it for that and that alone. If you want to buy the base game, you…”
“A bit daunting at first, but the use of influence and poltics to rise through the ranks (in Whiskey and Lemons) is indicative of the age...”
3 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“Over 1800 hours playing this game and I can't get enough... replay ability is off the chain and this game never gets old to me. Don't make a mistake strategy wise or you will be punished. The DLC is also great!”
24 of the 74 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
“A game that had so much potential but is not only unfinished but still heavily unpolished and has now been announced as to be abandoned for their second title. The battle AI is next to useless, movement is clunky and…”
21 of the 74 reviews raise this · 17 of them still recommend the game.
“https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3658336845 In my opinion, it is the best American Civil War Online Strategy game available at the moment. It allows the player to refight the entire war from 1861…”
“A little slow to learn the game but its really good. I like how you can command the army from General to battalion, not many military games give you that one both campaign and battle map. Cant wait for the Napoleon…”
21 of the 74 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“A game that had so much potential but is not only unfinished but still heavily unpolished and has now been announced as to be abandoned for their second title. The battle AI is next to useless, movement is clunky and…”
“Not good, like the concept and map. was hoping for a good game but it is rubbish. difficult to see your troops hard to control the units and map and navigate around. very little control and takes units out of location…”
14 of the 74 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“A game that had so much potential but is not only unfinished but still heavily unpolished and has now been announced as to be abandoned for their second title. The battle AI is next to useless, movement is clunky and…”
“Not good, like the concept and map. was hoping for a good game but it is rubbish. difficult to see your troops hard to control the units and map and navigate around. very little control and takes units out of location…”
8 of the 74 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Not good, like the concept and map. was hoping for a good game but it is rubbish. difficult to see your troops hard to control the units and map and navigate around. very little control and takes units out of location…”
“1. The tutorial is broken. You get to the battle section and cannot progress because you are the Union and it wants to you select Stonewall Jackson. That's if you can figure out that the "Issue Orders Button" is only…”
Counted across 74 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 75.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-14
“Fantastic game! Epstein didn't kill himself”
— a player, Steam review · 84 hrs played“The game has a lot of bugs and at times it can get a little boring. However, I always have a lot of fun and it is worth it. The game doesn't do a great job showing you how to do everything, but once you figure it out it is great.”
— a player, Steam review · 147 hrs played“The "finished" state is so buggy and unpolished, and now that they have announced a new game meaning this on is going to be left abandoned like this. You WILL have a major bug every single battle, and it will probably cause you to quit the battle and start again to hope that RNG…”
— a player, Steam review · 40 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Grand Tactician Sequel Announced
Mon Général! We are excited to officially announce a sequel to Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861–1865), expanding Grand Tactician into a full game series! The new title is GRAND TACTICIAN: NAPOLEON
DevBlog #5: Command and Control
In “GT2” (working title), in the reworked battle layer, we’ve adjusted the command and control logic a bit to allow further tactical flexibility in the gameplay. Like before, order delays (couriers ca
DevBlog #4: Combat Systems Pt.2.
This is the 4th DevBlog in a series where we discuss the work currently being done in developing a new game in the Grand Tactician -series. The new game and the conflict it covers has not yet been ann
DevBlog #3: Combat Systems Pt.1.
In this third dev diary of the upcoming Grand Tactician sequel, as well as the next ones, I’ll discuss the main changes made in the game’s combat systems. In short, this will bring a lot of further de
DevBlog #2: New Unit System.
This is the 2nd blog in our new series, which discusses developing our updated engine that will power the next title in the Grand Tactician-series. We're keeping some details, like historical setting,
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Historical · RTS · Grand Strategy · War · Real Time Tactics · Wargame · Singleplayer · Tactical · America (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | http://www.grandtactician.com/thecivilwar/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64bit Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: 2 GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 10 GB available space Sound Card: supported