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Games Like Civil War: 1861

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Wargame, Historical, Turn-Based Strategy.

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Civil War: 1861 covers the opening battles of the American Civil War. The game covers both the small and large actions of that momentous year, starting with the battle at ‘Big Bethel’, on to the comparatively vast engagements at ‘Bull Run’ and ‘Wilson’s Creek’.

Reviews: Mixed — 66% — of 53 reviews
Released: 2017-02-01
Developer: HexWar Games
Publisher: Hunted Cow Games
Genres: Strategy
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 36 min
Mean playtime: 6.6 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 47%

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    Windows

    For the first time in the series’ history, Strategic Command will be taking you to the 19th century battlefields of the American Civil War. You will control the armies, research, production and diplomatic policy of either the Union or the Confederacy during a time of innovation and dramatic battles.

    Why similar: Strategy 30.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.3%, Wargame 24.1%, Historical 18.1%, Singleplayer 1%

  2. #2 Civil War: 1863
    97% matchMixed58% of 50 reviews2016
    Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%

    Relive iconic battles of the American Civil War. Take command of both the Union and Confederate forces in this exciting turn-based strategy game.

    Why similar: Strategy 44%, Wargame 21.1%, America 20.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%

  3. #3 Civil War II
    96% matchMostly Positive78% of 345 reviews2014
    Dev: AgeodPub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows

    You take the part of the military and political leadership, trying to lead your nation to victory, in the midst of some of the toughest operations of the Civil War. You will build, organize and command your armies over one of the largest maps of the USA ever made for a Civil War game.

    Why similar: Strategy 35.3%, Historical 20%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.6%, Wargame 14.7%, America 9.7%

  4. #4 Civil War: Battle of Petersburg
    95% matchVery Positive82% of 243 reviews2017
    Dev: Cult Software
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Crush the Confederates near Petersburg and Richmond in 1864. Bring peace to a nation divided.

    Why similar: America 24.1%, Wargame 20.4%, Strategy 15.6%, Historical 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%

  5. #5 Ultimate General: Civil War
    94% matchVery Positive89% of 8,396 reviews2017
    Dev: Game-Labs
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 46.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Ultimate General: Civil War is a tactical real time strategy war-game. Experience the bloodiest period of U.S. history - the American Civil War of 1861-1865.

    Why similar: America 29.6%, Wargame 25.3%, Strategy 16.5%, Historical 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%

  6. #6 Vietnam ‘65
    94% matchVery Positive83% of 433 reviews2015
    Dev: Every Single Soldier
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    It is 1965 and the US ground war in Vietnam is in full swing. As a US Army commander, wage a counter-insurgency (COIN) war to secure the Ia Drang valley, on the border with Cambodia.

    Why similar: Strategy 34.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.2%, Historical 20.1%, Wargame 16.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%

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    91% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,322 reviews2021
    Dev: Grand Engineer Corps
    Windows
    Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 83.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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!

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  8. #8 Battleplan: American Civil War
    93% matchMixed47% of 300 reviews2014
    Dev: The Mustard CorporationPub: KPL
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    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.

    Why similar: Strategy 73.5%, Historical 26.5%

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    92% matchMixed67% of 66 reviews2017
    Dev: Shenandoah StudioPub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows

    Gettysburg: The Tide Turns is a hex-based wargame set in one of the most decisive and iconic battles of the Civil War. 150 years ago, brave soldiers fought across this idyllic battlefield, and, now, we put you in their shoes.

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  10. #10 Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
    91% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,012 reviews2012
    Dev: 2x2 Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    Unity of Command is an innovative and refreshing operational-level wargame that covers the entire 1942/43 Stalingrad Campaign on the Eastern Front.

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  11. #11 Commands & Colors: The Great War
    90% matchMixed46% of 102 reviews2017
    Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    The Great War allow players to portray important engagements throughout WWI history. The battles focus on the historical deployment of forces and important terrain features of trench fighting in scale with the game system.

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  12. #12 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
    89% matchVery Positive81% of 2,701 reviews2014
    Dev: Game-Labs
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    A Tactical Battle Simulator that allows you to command thousands of soldiers as a Union or Confederate General. The game features the most accurately created map, a non-linear battle campaign, complex morale, innovative control mechanics and smart AI.

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    88% matchMixed65% of 75 reviews2020
    Dev: Forced March GamesPub: Lock 'n Load Publishing
    Windows

    Victory and Glory: The American Civil War is a game of grand strategy and fast-play tactical battles where you take the role of either the Union or the Confederates and attempt to win.

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  14. #14 Strategic Command: World War I
    86% matchVery Positive92% of 464 reviews2019
    Dev: Fury SoftwarePub: Matrix Games
    Windows

    Strategic Command: World War I is a new chapter in the Strategic Command Franchise. Relive this momentous conflict from the opening shots of 1914 to the final offensives. Strategic Command: World War I covers all the main aspects and theatres of the war.

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  15. #15 Ironclads: American Civil War
    89% matchMostly Negative25% of 55 reviews2010
    Dev: Totem GamesPub: Strategy First
    Windows
    Median: 6 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 26%

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    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  16. #16 Commander: The Great War
    87% matchVery Positive80% of 292 reviews2014
    Dev: The Lordz Games StudioPub: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows

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    86% matchMostly Positive77% of 105 reviews2018
    Dev: polynation games ltd
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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    85% matchMixed57% of 126 reviews2016
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    Windows
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    Windows

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    84% matchMixed62% of 58 reviews2016
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    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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    80% matchVery Positive92% of 125 reviews2022
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    Windows
    Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%

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    77% matchVery Positive88% of 14,527 reviews2018
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    Windows
    Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 90.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

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    81% matchMixed49% of 214 reviews2014
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    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%

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    76% matchMostly Positive79% of 226 reviews2023
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    70% matchVery Positive92% of 3,127 reviews2025
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    Windows
    Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%

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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows

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    75% matchMixed52% of 71 reviews2019
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    74% matchVery Positive85% of 362 reviews2014
    Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%

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    73% matchVery Positive90% of 579 reviews2015
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    Windows
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 49.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%

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    Windows
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    72% matchVery Positive91% of 424 reviews2017
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 801 reviews2020
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    71% matchVery Positive87% of 462 reviews2015
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    Windows
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    70% matchMostly Positive76% of 453 reviews2015
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    70% matchMixed59% of 80 reviews2015
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    66% matchVery Positive84% of 595 reviews2018
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    Windows

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