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Lead the Union or Confederacy, manage the war effort and armies, then command real-time battles across a changing campaign.
Released 24 Sep 2021
Choose Your Side
Supply Armies by Rail
Build Corps and Brigades
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!
Developed by Grand Engineer Corps · Published by Grand Engineer Corps
Choose the Union or Confederacy and guide its war effort through campaigns spanning 1861 to 1865. Play one of five campaign start dates with historical objectives, or select from standalone battles; campaign choices can also lead to alternate-history outcomes.
Manage national finances, policies, diplomacy, morale, recruitment, and weapons procurement while organizing commanders and troops into armies. Build and use rail lines to move forces and supplies, and use blockades, raids, sieges, or blockade runners to pressure the opposing side.
When armies meet, command troops in real-time battles on historical battlefields, with engagements that can last multiple days. Coordinate formations and reserves through a chain of command, account for commanders’ attributes and delayed orders, and use engineers to dig trenches or build pontoons as reinforcements arrive.
Among the supplied reviews, players who enjoy the game often value its detailed Civil War campaign, combining national management and military logistics with real-time battles. They also praise organizing and customizing armies, the historical commanders and command systems, and the period atmosphere created by maps, reports, music, and battle sounds. These strengths are not shared by every reviewer, and many describe substantial frustrations with execution.
Choose your side in the American Civil War: Real-time campaign, spanning from Secession to the end of the war, with historical objectives for both sides.Five campaign scenarios (Pre-War, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864) and twenty (20) stand-alone battles from 1st Manassas in 1861 to Appomattox Court House in 1865.Change history: What if European superpowers intervened to end the war, or Lincoln lost the presidential election of 1864?Scott’s Great Snake: Lay siege, raid and blockade your enemy on land and sea or use blockade runners to keep the life-lines to Europe open.From Fort Sumter to Appomattox: Watch closely the morale of your citizens and troops. As the war drags on, fervor turns to fatigue, the treasury threatens to run dry, and measures like drafting will cause unrest.Keep the armies marching: Build and manage the flow of supplies to your armies. Utilize and expand railroad lines to supply and move armies for the first time in history!Pivotal battles: Fight battles lasting multiple days on historical battlefields. Use engineers to build pontoons and dig trenches, see reinforcements change the tide and commit your reserves to defeat the enemy.Grant vs. Lee: Manage hundreds of historical commanders with personal attributes and specialization. Famous commanders inspire soldiers and citizens alike and loss of reputation can be irreparable.Command Great Armies: Huge armies of infantry, cavalry and artillery, with realistic command structures and historical Order of Battle.Bring the Civil War to life: Amazing Civil War re-enactment and combat footage from LionHeart FilmWorks, and an original soundtrack of old time music and drum and fife band.| Platforms | Windows |
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| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 3 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
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