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real-time strategy
Cossacks 3
By GSC Game World, released 1 Jan 2016
- Linux
- Microsoft Windows
What it is
Cossacks 3 is a real-time strategy game from GSC Game World, released in 2016 for Windows and Linux. It places you in command of historical armies, with five single-player campaigns built around events of the 17th and 18th centuries. Their battles include defending Mogilev, fighting at Khotyn and Edgehill, and contesting la Manche. The core loop combines gathering resources, managing crops and town growth, constructing buildings, researching technologies, and directing troops across land and sea. The game describes forces of up to 32,000 units on the battlefield, with 20 nations, 120 unit types, more than 220 historic buildings, and 100 research opportunities. Beyond the campaigns, multiplayer supports up to eight commanders, with competition or alliances. Steam features also list PvP, online PvP, co-op, online co-op, Workshop, Cloud, achievements, and trading cards.
What players like, and what they don't
- Five campaigns based on historical events
- Battles can include up to 32,000 units
- Twenty nations and 120 unit types
- Online co-op and PvP are listed
- Steam Workshop and Cloud are listed
- Listed platforms are Windows and Linux only
- Multiplayer supports up to eight commanders
Who it suits
It suits RTS players who want historical campaigns alongside large-scale battles and resource management. Multiplayer groups can compete or form alliances, with up to eight commanders.
Cossacks 3 combines campaign battles with city development, research, and large armies. Its multiplayer supports both competition and alliances, while the listed platform options are Windows and Linux.
