Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) (2021)

- Developer
- Grand Engineer Corps
- Platforms
- Windows
- Genres
- Strategy
- Rating
- 3.8 of 5, 2,367 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 28 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A slow-burning, cerebral real-time strategy game that makes you feel like a 19th-century general managing logistics, armies, and large-scale battlefield maneuvers.
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What players say
Players praise its depth and historical atmosphere but are sharply divided: many say battles are janky, the UI is buggy, and the command delay makes every order feel like a fight against the game itself. Reviews with hundreds of hours recommend it for history buffs, while shorter ones call it broken and not worth the price.
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