Ultimate General: Civil War

Buy89%

Very Positive · 9k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Unsupported
  • Windows
  • macOS

Game-Labs · Wargame · Jul 14, 2017

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Price
$29.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
39
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
8
Full audio1 of 8
Subtitles8 of 8

Should I buy Ultimate General: Civil War?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 74 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 55 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 36 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 9k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
46% of themes are praise27% are divided27% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
74 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game feels right in terms of playability, historical accuracy, fun, and replayability.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
55 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Better weapons can noticeably improve combat effectiveness, but there is rarely enough premium equipment to supply everyone equally.
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The atmosphere is good, the limited campaign offering is nice in what it does, the game runs nicely and I really enjoyed the battles in Gettysburg, so I'm extra disappointed that this just seems crushingly difficult on its normal setting, you shouldn't have to debuff the AI side to get a normal experience.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The graphics are beautiful – best rendering of environments and battlefields I’ve ever seen.
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
There are some tweaks that I hope are still coming on the movement - sometimes it's hard to get a unit *exactly* where you want it - but the interface makes this game easy to pick up.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay74 reviews
Combat55 reviews
Story35 reviews
Graphics19 reviews
Interface8 reviews
Divided opinion
Crashes
60% still recommend
Audio
67% still recommend
Co-op
100% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty
78% still recommend
Multiplayer
86% still recommend
Bugs
50% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckUnsupported
SteamOSUnsupported
Steam MachineUnsupported

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$29.99

The lowest we've tracked is $11.99.

8 points recordedtoday · $29.99

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