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The Seven Years War (1756-1763)
Lead your nation through the trials of the first world war in history! Play huge campaigns with 5 playable nations or fight historic realtime battles. Beside of beating the enemy on the battlefield you now have to set up a working economy to supply your troops and your people!
What players say
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“Why did they release two pointless DLCs when the campaign, which is the very heart of the game, is a complete mess? The AI is totally nonexistent, so there's no point in playing the campaign. It's a total rip-off. Don't buy this game!”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs playedLatest official news
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Grand Tactician is Out Today in Early Access!
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Steam page opened!
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Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) Announced!
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · RTS · War · Economy · Historical (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German, French, Spanish - Spain |
| Official site | http://www.thesevenyearswar.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10 Processor: 1,5 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 1 GB VRAM, Directplay DirectX: Version 7.1 Storage: 4 GB available space