Cossacks II: Battle for Europe on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Cossacks II: Battle for Europe is a standalone add-on for "Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars" presenting new nations with the possibility to wage multiplayer battles.

Cossacks II: Battle for Europe is a strategy, rts and historical game developed by GSC Game World and published by GSC World Publishing.
Released on August 26th 2011 is available only on Windows in 2 languages: English and Russian.

It has received 1,101 reviews of which 889 were positive and 212 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.7 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.10€ on K4G.

The Steam community has classified Cossacks II: Battle for Europe into these genres:

Strategy RTS Historical Singleplayer War

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System requirements

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Windows
  • Operating system:Windows® XP and higher
  • Processor: 1.4 GHz CPU
  • Memory: 512 MB
  • Hard disk space: 1.8GB
  • Video:Video Card with 128MB dedicated memory and DirectX 9 Compatible
  • Sound:Sound card with DirectX 9.0 support
  • DirectX®:9.0 or higher

User reviews & Ratings

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21 hours played
April 2026
Probably the best of all the cossacks series in terms of graphics. Looks like painted battles at times. Good game for its time and nothing else out there. Blitzkreig is good but this has vastly more soldiers. Hopefully the programmers come up with other games one day.
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30 hours played
Dec. 2025
For thoose wondering, the game works fine on a Linux PC with Proton 4.11.13 with very little RAM, so there's still ways to play the game today even if you do not have a PC that run Windows Vista. I do not think you can play the game with windows 11 though according to other reviews. As for my opinion of the game, this is an old classic that I really enjoyed as a kid and still enjoy now.
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1057 hours played
Oct. 2025
This is one of the best Napoleonic RTS games ever created. It incorporates both base building and combat on very scenic maps in isometric projection, Infantry are formed into companies and cavalry into squadrons and both may be used in formations to battle the enemy. The battles are fought on maps with roads and with villages that give resources. The villages are strategic targets to capture and hold to add their resource supply to your economy. One of the games best features is that it includes morale and energy levels, if the morale of your soldiers gets too low they run away. Eventually they will return to your barracks and you can re-use them. The uniforms of the soldiers are accurate representations of the actual uniforms and the method of combat with line, column and square formation is also accurate for the period. The economy aspect is minor, the emphasis of this game is the strategy and tactics.
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41 hours played
Sept. 2025
Best Strategy game of this era. It has mechanics that are suited for the battles from this era. Morale based squads, formations and combat advantage of holding a position. These mechanics make it unique from other RTS games, the battles are more strategic and slow paced. Not just making more troops and more robust economy. Using roads and capturing villages make it also more realistic and unique. Leveling up the squad (increasing morale) is satisfying and the loss of an elite squad is painful. The generals (heroes) could have been more useful (abilities, passives) to create a special squad - more attachment to the squad/general and more engaging combat. Use F7 for distant view -> this camera feature alone makes it better than Cossacks 3. In no means is it a perfect game, it crashes frequently. The story and the voice acting is bad. I didn't care about the story at all. The most interesting was reading the bios of individual generals. The small action video box is cringe (turn it off). I hope GSC Game World revisits and gives a little love for this forgotten masterpiece. Cossacks 3 is a reboot of Cossacks 1. Hopefully Cossacks 4 will give a shot to the ideas implemented in Cossacks 2.
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40 hours played
June 2025
Underrated classic. Looks less like a game and more like a 19th century oil painting! Probably the prettiest RTS ever made.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Cossacks II: Battle for Europe is currently priced at 4.99€ on Steam.

No, Cossacks II: Battle for Europe is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 4.99€ on Steam.

Yes, Cossacks II: Battle for Europe received 889 positive votes out of a total of 1,101 achieving a rating of 7.70.
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Cossacks II: Battle for Europe was developed by GSC Game World and published by GSC World Publishing.

Yes, Cossacks II: Battle for Europe is playable and fully supported on Windows.

No, Cossacks II: Battle for Europe is not playable on MacOS.

No, Cossacks II: Battle for Europe is not playable on Linux.

Cossacks II: Battle for Europe offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Cossacks II: Battle for Europe offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

No, Cossacks II: Battle for Europe does not currently offer any DLC.

No, Cossacks II: Battle for Europe does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Yes, Cossacks II: Battle for Europe supports Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Yes, Cossacks II: Battle for Europe is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Cossacks II: Battle for Europe.

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Cossacks II: Battle for Europe PEGI 12
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Rating
7.7
889
212
Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
44
Developer
GSC Game World
Publisher
GSC World Publishing
Release 26 Aug 2011
Platforms
Remote Play
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