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Ultimate General: Civil War

Ultimate General: Civil War is a tactical war-game. Experience the bloodiest period of U.S. history - the American Civil War of 1861-1865.

78 14 July 2017

Ultimate General: Civil War is an indie developed by Game-Labs, released 14 July 2017 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Ultimate General: Civil War is

Ultimate General: Civil War is an indie game developed by Game-Labs and released in 2017. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Game-Labs is a Ukrainian strategy and simulator video game developer based in Kyiv. It is best known for the Ultimate General and Ultimate Admiral series of games among others. In 2021, the studio was purchased by Stillfront, a Swedish holding company.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 39 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Ultimate General: Civil War holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 59% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 7 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel i3, 2 GB RAM and 512Mb VRAM, Minimum 1366x768 resolution, Intel HD 4000 and higher, GeForce 8800 and higher, AMD Radeon X1600. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Ultimate General: Civil War launched on 14 July 2017, within three weeks of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Diablo III: Eternal Collection, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Splatoon 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Diablo III: Eternal Collection, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Splatoon 2.

Cheats and codes

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Quick answers

Ultimate General: Civil War — frequently asked questions

When did Ultimate General: Civil War come out?
Ultimate General: Civil War was released on 14 July 2017 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Ultimate General: Civil War?
At minimum, Ultimate General: Civil War needs Intel i3, 2 GB RAM, 512Mb VRAM, Minimum 1366x768 resolution, Intel HD 4000 and higher, GeForce 8800 and higher, AMD Radeon X1600 graphics, 2 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Ultimate General: Civil War?
The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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