Background image from the game Cossacks: European Wars (2001)
Game logo of Cossacks: European Wars (2001)

Cossacks: European Wars is a real-time strategy game developed by Ukrainian studio GSC Game World and released in 2001. The game offers large-scale battles with thousands of units on expansive maps, combining historical accuracy with deep gameplay.

The focus is on economic management, resource gathering, building armies of various unit types, and engaging in battles that reflect European conflicts of the 17th-18th centuries. The game features multiple nations with unique units and technologies, along with a variety of campaign and multiplayer modes.

Cossacks: European Wars was praised for its depth, scale, and complexity, becoming one of the classic RTS games of its time. Despite its age, it continues to attract strategy fans thanks to its refined mechanics and historical setting.

Modding is largely undeveloped, but patches are available that add support for modern systems.

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