Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)
Released Sep 2021
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!
75% positive · 2,372 reviews
Done
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) reached version 1.0 on September 24, 2021 after a period in Early Access. The developers released one major paid expansion — Whiskey & Lemons — on August 25, 2023, which introduced a career mode and a new campaign scenario. That appears to be the last substantial content release for this game.
Since August 2023, the studio's focus has shifted decisively toward a sequel. Starting in November 2024, the developers published a blog post ("Engineers at Work") explaining that the team had undergone a reorganization and was working on something new. Beginning in January 2025, they launched a dev blog series explicitly describing the development of a next-generation engine and a new game in the Grand Tactician series. By November 2025, they officially announced the sequel: Grand Tactician: Napoleonic Wars (1792–1815), with its own Steam store page.
All post-2023 developer communications are focused entirely on the sequel — there are no announcements of new content, DLC, patches, or roadmap items for The Civil War. All three DLC listings for this game show as released, and none are marked as upcoming. The developer has made no statement promising future content for this title, and the studio's energy is clearly directed toward the next game in the series. The Civil War appears to be a completed product as of the Whiskey & Lemons release on August 25, 2023.
Evidence
Developer officially announces the sequel, Grand Tactician: Napoleonic Wars (1792–1815), confirming the studio's focus has moved to the next title in the series.
Whiskey & Lemons DLC released, introducing a career mode and new campaign. Last major content release for The Civil War.
Content
3 of 3 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Grand Engineer Corps
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) is a real-time strategy game combining a strategic campaign with tactical battle game-play. Run your nation, muster, manage and support great armies, and maneuver them to defeat the enemy. Once the opposing armies meet, command your troops to victory in battles fought on historical battlefields.
Features:
Choose your side in the American Civil War: Real-time campaign, spanning from Secession to the end of the war, with historical objectives for both sides.
Five campaign scenarios (Pre-War, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864) and twenty (20) stand-alone battles from 1st Manassas in 1861 to Appomattox Court House in 1865.
Change history: What if European superpowers intervened to end the war, or Lincoln lost the presidential election of 1864?
Scott’s Great Snake: Lay siege, raid and blockade your enemy on land and sea or use blockade runners to keep the life-lines to Europe open.
From Fort Sumter to Appomattox: Watch closely the morale of your citizens and troops. As the war drags on, fervor turns to fatigue, the treasury threatens to run dry, and measures like drafting will cause unrest.
Keep the armies marching: Build and manage the flow of supplies to your armies. Utilize and expand railroad lines to supply and move armies for the first time in history!
Pivotal battles: Fight battles lasting multiple days on historical battlefields. Use engineers to build pontoons and dig trenches, see reinforcements change the tide and commit your reserves to defeat the enemy.
Grant vs. Lee: Manage hundreds of historical commanders with personal attributes and specialization. Famous commanders inspire soldiers and citizens alike and loss of reputation can be irreparable.
Command Great Armies: Huge armies of infantry, cavalry and artillery, with realistic command structures and historical Order of Battle.
Bring the Civil War to life: Amazing Civil War re-enactment and combat footage from LionHeart FilmWorks, and an original soundtrack of old time music and drum and fife band.
Features:
Choose your side in the American Civil War: Real-time campaign, spanning from Secession to the end of the war, with historical objectives for both sides.Five campaign scenarios (Pre-War, 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864) and twenty (20) stand-alone battles from 1st Manassas in 1861 to Appomattox Court House in 1865.Change history: What if European superpowers intervened to end the war, or Lincoln lost the presidential election of 1864?Scott’s Great Snake: Lay siege, raid and blockade your enemy on land and sea or use blockade runners to keep the life-lines to Europe open.From Fort Sumter to Appomattox: Watch closely the morale of your citizens and troops. As the war drags on, fervor turns to fatigue, the treasury threatens to run dry, and measures like drafting will cause unrest.Keep the armies marching: Build and manage the flow of supplies to your armies. Utilize and expand railroad lines to supply and move armies for the first time in history!Pivotal battles: Fight battles lasting multiple days on historical battlefields. Use engineers to build pontoons and dig trenches, see reinforcements change the tide and commit your reserves to defeat the enemy.Grant vs. Lee: Manage hundreds of historical commanders with personal attributes and specialization. Famous commanders inspire soldiers and citizens alike and loss of reputation can be irreparable.Command Great Armies: Huge armies of infantry, cavalry and artillery, with realistic command structures and historical Order of Battle.Bring the Civil War to life: Amazing Civil War re-enactment and combat footage from LionHeart FilmWorks, and an original soundtrack of old time music and drum and fife band.Are these done yet?
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