American Conquest: Fight Back

Buy72%

Mostly Positive · 627 player reviews · Medium confidence

Worth it for the right player.

GSC Game World · Strategy · Aug 26, 2011

Player review score
72%
Mostly Positive
Price
$4.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

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0
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Languages
1
Full audio0 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy American Conquest: Fight Back?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 10 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 6 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 23 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Interface: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 627 player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 208 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
40% of themes are praise20% are divided40% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
25 of 208 sampled reviews raised it
American Conquest: Fight Back, developed by GSC Game World and published by GSC World Publishing, is a standalone expansion that builds upon the foundations of the original American Conquest while pushing its large-scale real-time strategy formula even further.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
10 of 208 sampled reviews raised it
From the moment you dive into the game, you're greeted with stunning visuals that beautifully depict the landscapes, cultures, and conflicts of the Americas during the colonial era.
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
6 of 208 sampled reviews raised it
In addition to its engrossing single-player campaigns, "American Conquest: Fight Back" boasts robust multiplayer modes that enable players to engage in epic battles with friends and foes alike.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
6 of 208 sampled reviews raised it
It builds on classic Cossacks (same engine, basically just nicer looking sprites and effects) but lifts the musket/arrow/melee relation to the next level: Firearms load much slower, but every unit now has a moral value and gunfire impacts it much harder than arrows.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay25 reviews
Graphics10 reviews
Multiplayer6 reviews
Combat6 reviews
Divided opinion
Story
100% still recommend
Audio
75% still recommend
Players complain
Crashes
9% still recommend
Interface
38% still recommend
Bugs
25% still recommend
Difficulty
100% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

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Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
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The lowest we've tracked is $1.24.

7 points recordedtoday · $4.99