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Ultimate General: Civil War
Give it 7 hours
Gets good by 7h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 69% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 8,624
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (57%); after 20h it's 1 in 15 (7%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The opening is criticised more than in 86% of games we track.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 69% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 8,615 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 68.4h for positive, 6.5h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (69% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (39)
story milestone ending side
- The Civil War Campaign Medal Win a campaign battle 100%
- The War Service Medal 1st Level Union Medal 59%
- The War Service Medal 1st Level Confederate Medal 51%
- The Union Protector Star 2nd Level Union Medal 47%
- The Union Officer Medal 3rd Level Union Medal 40%
- The Homeland Defense Cross 2nd Level Confederate Medal 37%
- The Defense Superior Service Medal 4th Level Union Medal 34%
- The Confederate Officer Star 3rd Level Confederate Medal 31%
- The Meritorious Service Cross 5th Level Union Medal (can be achieved only on "Brigadier General" difficulty or higher) 28%
- The Meritorious Service Medal 4th Level Confederate Medal 26%
- The Distinguished Service Medal 5th Level Confederate Medal (can be achieved only on "Brigadier General" difficulty or higher) 21%
- The Distinguished Service Cross 6th Level Union Medal (can be achieved only on "Major General" difficulty) 21%
- The Roll of Honor Medal 6th Level Confederate Medal (can be achieved only on "Major General" difficulty) 17%
- The Medal of Honor 7th Level Union Medal (can be achieved only on "Major General" difficulty) 16%
- The Southern Cross of Honor 7th Level Confederate Medal (can be achieved only on "Major General" difficulty) 13%
- Confederate hero in Battle of Bull Run Win the historical battle of Bull Run as Confederate 10%
- Union hero in Battle of Bull Run Win the historical battle of Bull Run as Union 9.7%
- Union hero in Battle of Antietam Win the historical battle of Antietam as Union 7.5%
- Confederate hero in Battle of Gettysburg Win the historical battle of Gettysburg as Confederate 6.5%
- Confederate hero in Battle of Fredericksburg Win the historical battle of Fredericksburg as Confederate 5.8%
- Union hero in Battle of Shiloh Win the historical battle of Shiloh as Union 5.8%
- Union hero in Battle of Malvern Hill Win the historical battle of Malvern Hill as Union 5.7%
- Union hero in Battle of Gaines' Mill Win the historical battle of Gaines' Mill as Union 5.1%
- Union hero in Battle of Gettysburg Win the historical battle of Gettysburg as Union 5.1%
- Confederate hero in Battle of Gaines' Mill Win the historical battle of Gaines' Mill as Confederate 4.5%
- Union hero in Battle of 2nd Manassas Win the historical battle of 2nd Manassas as Union 4.5%
- Union hero in Battle of Fredericksburg Win the historical battle of Fredericksburg as Union 4.1%
- Confederate hero in Battle of 2nd Manassas Win the historical battle of 2nd Manassas as Confederate 4.1%
- Union hero in Battle of Stones River Win the historical battle of Stones River as Union 3.9%
- Confederate hero in Battle of Malvern Hill Win the historical battle of Malvern Hill as Confederate 3.8%
- Confederate hero in Battle of Chancellorsville Win the historical battle of Chancellorsville as Confederate 3.5%
- Union hero in Battle of Chancellorsville Win the historical battle of Chancellorsville as Union 3.2%
- Confederate hero in Battle of Antietam Win the historical battle of Antietam as Confederate 3.0%
- Confederate hero in Battle of Shiloh Win the historical battle of Shiloh as Confederate 3.0%
- Union hero in Battle of Cold Harbor Win the historical battle of Cold Harbor as Union 2.6%
- Union hero in Battle of Chickamauga Win the historical battle of Chickamauga as Union 2.5%
- Confederate hero in Battle of Stones River Win the historical battle of Stones River as Confederate 2.5%
- Confederate hero in Battle of Cold Harbor Win the historical battle of Cold Harbor as Confederate 2.2%
- Confederate hero in Battle of Chickamauga Win the historical battle of Chickamauga as Confederate 1.9%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.