Cossacks: European Wars
Cossacks: European Wars
Game
Game2011
Cossacks: Art of War
Developer GSC Game World
Cossacks: The Art of War continues the history of the great battles of XVII–XVIII centuries From the Steam store page
172 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Nov 1, 2026 · last updated Nov 1, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
74
Fresh
86 positive · 30 negative
95% range 65–81%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 86 | 30 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 11 | 0 | 44 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
121 of 153 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
74% recommend · 87 yes, 30 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 117 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (314 of 382 positive).
Players praise the game's massive scale, with unit counts reaching over 24,000. [1][2][3] Some reviewers warn that the expansion is obsolete due to a superior standalone version. [4][5][6] Several players report compatibility issues on modern operating systems. [7][8][9]
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An expansion for Cossacks: European Wars that becomes immediately irrelevant because Cossacks: Back to War includes the content from both of the games. Get Cossacks: Back to War instead. This is a waste of money.
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Lovingly detailed sprite based RTS. I've had populations of over 24,000 units (villagers in mines included) on my side alone on a huge skirmish map with 6 other computer controlled players. You must farm or fish (food), chop wood, quarry stone, mine coal, Iron and gold to supply your army. I love this game and will die playing this game. Easily my favorite RTS of all time. Its cheap no reason not to add it to your …
- [2]
A classic RTS, its major distinction being the nearly unattainable 8000 unit capacity. Map options are quite versatile, as are the nations to choose from. The one downside is that MOD1, which brings many imporvements, is unavailabe for the Steam version. Nevertheless, Cossacks is an excellent game.
- [3]
A classic RTS, its major distinction being the nearly unattainable 8000 unit capacity. Map options are quite versatile, as are the nations to choose from. The one downside is that MOD1, which brings many imporvements, is unavailabe for the Steam version. Nevertheless, Cossacks is an excellent game.
- [7]
I have played this game times in the past, even played it on Windows 7, but since I have updated to Windows 8.1 the message advises not to run the game because of resolution issues and there is no way, that I can find to correct this issue.
Summarised from 34 of the 172 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
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Cossacks: Art of War sits at 74% positive across 116 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 172 · most liked firstLovingly detailed sprite based RTS. I've had populations of over 24,000 units (villagers in mines included) on my side alone on a huge skirmish map with 6 other computer controlled players. You must farm or fish (food), chop wood, quarry stone, mine coal, Iron and gold to supply your army. I love this game and will die playing this game. Easily my favorite RTS of all time. Its cheap no reason not to add it to your RTS library. Give it a go!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Intro from "WarCraft 2000: Nuclear Epidemic", a 1998 real time strategy game developed by Ukrainian company GSC Game World who eventually became known for their S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Cossacks game series. #UkrainianVideogames 🇺🇦
neutral · AI labelView post →Game designer of S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Volodymyr Yezhov, was killed in action near Bakhmut in 2022 after volunteering to fight. He worked on ‘Cossacks 2’ and ‘S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky’. His talent lives on in a game dedicated to Ukraine’s defenders. Heroes never die. 🇺🇦 #Ukraine #STALKER2
neutral · AI labelView post →I present to you this morning's BREAKFAST MAGNIFICENCE! Peter Capaldi (DR WHO!) VS Matt Berry (TOAST!) reading out a slanging match between the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and some Zaporozhian Cossacks after a battle in In 1675. I need to up my insult game!😂 www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW8O...
neutral · AI labelView post →Working on some more models for 'Retreat From Moscow' rules that I'm looking forward to running at the club. An interesting co-op skirmish game. Russian Cossacks and Fusiliers. 28mm Front Rank.
neutral · AI labelView post →An expansion for Cossacks: European Wars that becomes immediately irrelevant because Cossacks: Back to War includes the content from both of the games. Get Cossacks: Back to War instead. This is a waste of money.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Glorious game! if you don't have it already GET IT!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I will leave the cat here, so that everybody who passes by can pet it and give it a thumbs up and awards ／＞ フ | _ _ l ／` ミ＿xノ / | / ヽ ﾉ │ | | | ／￣| | | | | (￣ヽ＿_ヽ_)__) ＼二つ
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hi Bluesky 👋 I’m Den, a solo dev making Sich: Cossacks Tale, a low-poly city-builder where you grow a Cossack colony on the 1748 Ukrainian steppe. Devlogs, clips and early builds ahead! #gamedev #indiedev #godot #citybuilder #strategy #games
neutral · AI labelView post →December 1812, Cossacks pick off French stragglers as the remains of the Grand Armeé retreat through the snow. 4 player game using a bespoke D12 system devised by one of my friends.
neutral · AI labelView post →I have fond memories of this game so I'm probably pretty biased. But it's definitely one of my favorite RTS games of all time. Highly recommend to anyone and everyone.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got the Perry Cossacks based up, really like how they look with the snow. They’ll be used in the Pazoot skirmish game 1812 the retreat from Moscow.
neutral · AI labelView post →I remember this was the first RTS I played (a long time ago) and even though it has simple graphics and gameplay I still find it very fun. But this game is pretty difficult and its different than most RTS games and time is of the essence and you have to be on top of everything from mining to building troops to farming from beggining to end and if you don't quite simply your gonna lose. I sometimes find myself building up a huge army and getting ready to invade the enemy but forgetting to make…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do you ever feel like you should control an army? Would you like each soldier to keep track of how many enemies they kill? Well you better be able to pay them! This is Cossacks a no nonsense RTS for those who like an indepth game but still casual capable. Game play wise this is easy to pick up if you ever played the AoE series or Rise of Nations. Excpet you only live in the 17th and 18th C. Build a town or more, control citizens and put them to work, build army, build defences, build navy, and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Releasing new content for the Witcher 3 out of context truly is a statement I respect. I had a lot of issues with story tropes in the game, as I have with the book and also Cyberpunk. Still I found parts of W3 revolutionary back then, and played 400 hours being my favorite part the Cossacks DLC.
neutral · AI labelView post →Get Cossacks: Back to War (which is stand-alone that was multiplayer-only with some more nations) along with DLC that includes campaigns both from original European Wars and expansion Art of War and you will have a complete package on a slightly better working engine. There are some exclusive stand-alone singleplayer missions that aren't part of campaigns on both sides, I think, but eh. And I guess you won't have intro movie which doesn't work anyway, peek at it on YouTube. Though Back to War,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →protect personnel and prevent the enemy from imposing their game through drones. 🇺🇦Long live the Cossacks! 🇺🇦Muchnoy Jugend | #UkraineNews
neutral · AI labelView post →♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, this game is too good for so little of people to have enjoyed it
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →points. The situation is dynamic: both sides are playing a game of nerves, waiting to see who will first succumb to the pressure. 🇺🇦 Our Cossacks are holding their ground and working from position to position, without making a fuss, but with cold calculation. 🇺🇦 Muchnoy Jugend | #UkraineNews
neutral · AI labelView post →And we really ask for help in the fundraising for 6 Schmidt & Bender scopes, so Ukrainian nationalism, which so outrages some game commentators, remains not only in the form of matches, but above all in our people, our Cossacks, who carry the Ukrainian spirit and culture of our people. 3/5
neutral · AI labelView post →A classic RTS, its major distinction being the nearly unattainable 8000 unit capacity. Map options are quite versatile, as are the nations to choose from. The one downside is that MOD1, which brings many imporvements, is unavailabe for the Steam version. Nevertheless, Cossacks is an excellent game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I great use cossacks is easy to play.I like very much
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Big target, so not a mini raffle. What's to win? - One jar of Maslotom peanuts spread, taste black chocolate & salt 🤤 - One Kraken 🐙 coin - One set of UA stickers - One box of Cossacks matches, seen in the game S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 But also... 🧵2/6
neutral · AI labelView post →The developers of Stalker, GSC Game World, will tell you their first game was the #RTS Cossacks They don't want you to know they first made WARCRAFT 2000: NUCLEAR EPIDEMIC youtu.be/bEvE-oo2MxY
neutral · AI labelView post →I am trying to improve graphics. Check out my discord to get early access to the game! discord.gg/KwshUMb8n7 #gamedev #cossacks #poles #graphic #UnrealEngine
neutral · AI labelView post →The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 8 Cossacks: The Art of War #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #PromoSky #IndieDev
positive · AI labelView post →A game of Napoleon's Battles (Avalon Hill) with French, Baden, Austrians, Cossacks and British?! against Prussians. All we've got is a fast play sheet and the French statistics to go from - the game box is lost somewhere in the loft maybe.
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't you even think about purchasing this one. If you wanna feel the best Cossacks 1 experience — just buy Cossacks: Back to War. It's the best expansion for European Wars, and much better than Art of War, which is an expansion too. In general: many bugs, little missions, and zero fun.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Classic RTS must have for any RTS fan!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →How much do you know about the conflict between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Zaporozhian Cossacks? Look no further — this is your game, featuring one of the largest battles in 17th-century Europe. Original theme+original system = what more could you ask for? Author: Krzysztof Dytczak
neutral · AI labelView post →"Cossacks: Art of War" is an ancient game from 2001. It's a whopping 23 years old at the time of this review. The game lacks support for any modern gaming display resolutions (or widescreen monitors), hasn't been modernised or updated to run smoothly on modern gaming PCs. Despite this lack of modernisation, it carries a pretty high price tag for such an ancient game. This seems to have been put on Steam as a nostalgia gouge, or just a cash grab to try profit from abandonware. Before we get…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A smattering of photos from Monday's game of 'War in our Homeland' - 17th century Cossacks (and tartars!) versus poles! Not a period I know anything about but an exciting game all the same! #nerdlings #wargaming
neutral · AI labelView post →We've been working hard (okay, with a few breaks here and there) to bring you the first public build of the game! Most of the new features have already been showcased in our shorts, but today, we’re excited to give you a sneak peek at our new inventory screen concept. #gamedev #cossacks #art
neutral · AI labelView post →Us again, with more screenshoots, now our new main menu. Hope you like it! If you're not on our Discord yet, here’s the link: discord.com/invite/zxu3bHp… Check it out to access a VERY limited game build! Just ask the devs! #gamedev #multiplayer #indie #cossacks
neutral · AI labelView post →Team Deathmatch Mode in My Historical Indie Game #gamedev #cossacks #poles #unrealengine
neutral · AI labelView post →Modern day Cossacks game where you sack the remaining safe spaces of billionaires.
neutral · AI labelView post →Takes me back to simplier times when the biggest stress in my life was a studying for a spelling test
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Currently playing "Napoleon at the Berezina". A bit fiddely and with two pages of errata, but the challenge is quite neat. How often do you get to conduct horrible river crossings in a tactical Napoleonics game, while being harassed by swarms of Cossacks? #wargaming #napoleonics
neutral · AI labelView post →Nostalgic game which still has plenty of replay potential Diplomatic Centre/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →thing. Fighting, crafty, adaptable and commited Ukrainian Cossacks is a completely other ball game. In a way, the soul of the Cossacks should be our main war aim. 3. The redemption arc The history of the Cossacks has dark pages indeed. Few darker than those written in the 20th century. But
neutral · AI labelView post →A classic RTS, its major distinction being the nearly unattainable 8000 unit capacity. Map options are quite versatile, as are the nations to choose from. The one downside is that MOD1, which brings many imporvements, is unavailabe for the Steam version. Nevertheless, Cossacks is an excellent game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you're thinking of voting for the Nebulas/Hugos & want to play my Jewish historical fantasy interactive fiction game "The Ghost and the Golem" (demons, mystical journeys, kugel, Cossacks, Talmudic debates, arranged marriages, bandits, sexy anarchist klezmers...) lemme know & I'll get you a key!
neutral · AI labelView post →Monday’s Eagles game starting right at break fast on Yom Kippur is the greatest win my family’s had since escaping the Cossacks
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a great land party game. I was introduced to the game 20 years ago.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Never played any Cossacks game actually! Kinda missed them in my being bad at RTSes phase. Love the concept of zones of danger for early modern infantry tho.
neutral · AI labelView post →🖥️ Cossacks: European Wars (2000) This is a must play for any classic RTS fan. Fondly remembered game in Europe, probably less so in the US. At the time, it was groundbreaking due to the sheer number of possible units on the map - you started small, but longer games would end up with huge armies.
positive · AI labelView post →This is the best strategy game for old people like me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very relaxing and, most importantly, quite light game (about 0.5 GB).
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i can't change speed of LAN game! Units moving too fast. It's unplayeble speed for lan game! if you r playing singleplayer its possible to adjust a speed, but the game closes suddenly at any time without any errors ((((((((
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is nowhere near the quality of AoE or AoE2, sadly it's missing something that would keep me playing and returning. Strange balance with enemies being able to take over your buildings and enslave your units so quickly. Huge numbers as far as resource quantities, which makes no sense, just use smaller number, as the overall balance is really weird. It's not a bad game, it's just very mediocre and has no longevity for me. Got bored after 15 minutes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Impossible to play on windows 8.1 ( there should be a warning or they should be removed from steam ) those games ( every single one of them ) are currently unplayable on windows 8.1
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have played this game times in the past, even played it on Windows 7, but since I have updated to Windows 8.1 the message advises not to run the game because of resolution issues and there is no way, that I can find to correct this issue.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I saw screenshots i thought that it is Cossacks 2 but its not, its the 1st one
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good fun, a classic RTS.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ukrainian children begin their performance of a patriotic military game which originated in the 16th century culture of the Cossacks, #OTD October 26, 2018 in Luhansk, Ukraine.
neutral · AI labelView post →Cossacks 3 is the only game I've seen successfully manage the 2D-but-in-3D look. Simply amazing! Stronghold Crusaders 2 was pretty close tho.
positive · AI labelView post →#retrogaming game of the day is Ukrainian Cossacks: European Wars (2001) by GSC Game World www.uvlist.net/game-45120 in 2001, Ukrainian Studio GSC was talking about wars in Europe, especially with Cossacks. RTS games were a hype and it was a good one.
positive · AI labelView post →GOG remembers Empire Earth, and has run it through their Preservation Program www.gog.com/en/game/empi... (They also sell all the sequels. And all the Cossacks games too)
neutral · AI labelView post →Cossacks: Art of War, developed by GSC Game World and published by GSC World Publishing, builds upon the grand strategic foundations of Cossacks: European Wars and expands them with additional content, refined mechanics, and broader replay potential. Set once again during the volatile conflicts of the 17th and 18th centuries, the game retains its commitment to historical authenticity while amplifying the scale and scope that made its predecessor notable. Rather than reinventing the formula, Art…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an old game and a simple format - easy to play but with a challenge. You get to build towns, armies etc, defend them and attack your enemies. Graphically it could be better but later in this series they did make the graphics better but it was more difficult to play and to build armies and weapons etc. The pace of Art of War, for the most part allows the player the time to prepare for war. ts a great way to pass the time without being frantic. A no stress game which sustains your…
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