Cossacks 3

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HISTORICAL BATTLES The Standard edition includes five singleplayer campaigns, which are based on the historical events of the 17th and 18th centuries. Liberate Turin from the French garrison, overcome Ottomans in the Battle of Khotyn, defeat English rebels in the Battle of Edgehill, defend Mogilev against Polish troops, and establish your superiority at la Manche!

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Developer:
GSC Game World
Release date:
20 September 2016
Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive (85)
All Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (3321)

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Description

HISTORICAL BATTLES


The Standard edition includes five singleplayer campaigns, which are based on the historical events of the 17th and 18th centuries. Liberate Turin from the French garrison, overcome Ottomans in the Battle of Khotyn, defeat English rebels in the Battle of Edgehill, defend Mogilev against Polish troops, and establish your superiority at la Manche! Prove your strategic skills in battles that determined the course of history.

GRAND SCALE


Become the commander of a colossal force, leading your troops into mass fights with up to 32 000 units present on the battlefield at the same time. 20 unique nations, 100 research opportunities, over 220 different historic buildings, and 120 unit types are at your command. Besides the epic battles on land, you are welcome to build the greatest armada the world has seen and dominate your enemies at sea.

CLASSIC GAMEPLAY


Send your peasants down the mines, chop forests for wood, and don’t forget to manage the crops. Keep an eye on your town's prosperity and the field victories simultaneously, as if you are the true eminent hetman! Dive into the Golden Age of the RTS genre and explore infinite tactical options, including buildings construction and resource production, a broad selection of various units, and the landscape influence.

STRATEGIC CHALLENGE


Once the singleplayer campaigns are completed, advance to conquer the title of the Greatest General in the multiplayer! Up to 8 commanders can compete for the victory or forge alliances against an AI opponent. Do you have what it takes to outsmart the adversaries?

Game Features:


  • Historical campaigns on the territory of XVII-XVIII centuries Europe in singleplayer.
  • Grandiose battles with up to 32,000 units on the battlefield.
  • 20 playable nations.
  • 100 research opportunities.
  • 220 different historical buildings.
  • Battles on land and sea.
  • A significant influence of the landscape on the tactics of battles.
  • Flexible map generator for multiplayer and singleplayer.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows XP/7/8/10
Processor:
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz / Core i3 1.6GHz / AMD Athlon II X2 280
Memory:
3 GB RAM
Graphics:
nVidia GeForce 9600 GT / Radeon HD 4830 / Intel HD5000
DirectX:
Version 9.0c
Network:
Broadband Internet connection
Storage:
6 GB available space
Additional Notes:
Screen Resolution - 1280x768

recommended*

OS *:
Windows XP/7/8/10
Processor:
Intel Core i5-3470, 3.20GHz or AMD FX-6300, 3.5Ghz
Memory:
6 GB RAM
Graphics:
nVidia GeForce 560 / ATI Radeon HD 7900 Series
DirectX:
Version 9.0c
Network:
Broadband Internet connection
Storage:
8 GB available space
Additional Notes:
Screen Resolution - 1920x1080

User reviews

Lord of Guts
Not recommended | 05 Jul 2026
111h played

Sadly not playable on modern setups. I don’t know when it happened, but when I wanted to play a round (which I only do very occasionally), launching the game caused a heavy lag — several minutes — and when the game

Helpful: 5
maturedbull92
Recommended | 18 Jun 2026
45.4h played

Good Game, I hope it gets updates as AOE 2. I used to play the old one but this runs better in modern equipment. I saw a lot of complains about Balance in PvP, in this case i have to say welcome to RTS games, most of

Helpful: 2
Skmype
Not recommended | 05 Jul 2026
30.1h played

♥♥♥♥ this game. Crashes the second you build more than 200 troops, especially when playing with friends. For a game that came out 14 years after the first, this ♥♥♥♥ is worse in every way but the graphics. I've put in

Helpful: 1
Kemsyt
Recommended | 12 Jul 2026
42.5h played

An excellent RTS that deserves way more attention, but still leaves you wishing for a bit more depth. As a long-time strategy fan, I’d give it a solid 8/10. The Good: + Campaigns are incredible! Total praise here. They

Helpful: 1
Alex
Not recommended | 27 May 2026
51.6h played

Cossacks 3 has neither the grandeur of Total War nor the pace of AoE but wants to compete with both games. The result is a sluggish build-up of military forces to send to slaughter in an anti-climatic pathfinding

Helpful: 0
str1k6r
Not recommended | 08 Jun 2026
18.8h played

game is fine as long as you're ok with the fact you cannot remap to wasd, and you cant remap from mousewheel click to other mouse button or ctrl/alt its really a bummer

Helpful: 2