Cossacks: Art of War
Fair · Strategy · 2011
The verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $4.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 26.1h
- Value
- $0.19/hr
- Reviews
- 82% of 381 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
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About the game
Cossacks: The Art of War continues the history of the great battles of XVII–XVIII centuries
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 128 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible or better video card with pixelshader 2.0, 102 MB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
79 discounts in the 14 years on record, a median of 75 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 9 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 80 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Those Who Rule ($17.99, scores 68) beats it on value, while it beats WARSAW RISING: City of Heroes (free, scores 15).
More about Cossacks: Art of War
Of the 213 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 2 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to August 2026.
What players say
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...
1 more review
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...
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Cossacks: Art of War scores 60/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/4870/cossacks-art-of-warReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 27, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.