Ultimate General: Gettysburg

Buy80%

Very Positive · 3k player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Steam Deck Unrated
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Game-Labs · Strategy · Oct 16, 2014

Player review score
80%
Very Positive
Price
$19.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

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

Achievements
3
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy Ultimate General: Gettysburg?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 60 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 29 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 3k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise50% are divided8% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
60 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The gameplay itself is actually quite simplistic and very easy to use.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Immersive game-play, stunning visuals (just love the little puffs of gun-smoke), a dedicated dev team whom engaged frequently with the steam community throughout duration of early access and developed a game, for gamers.
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer is also fun to do, but there are not nearly as many scenario's as there are in single player, which can be good or bad, depending on your view point.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
26 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Union units are more technologically advance while Confederate units excel at close quarter combat.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
There's not much music, but the opening/title screen theme is nice, and the sound effects in gameplay are realistic.

Theme by theme

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

Players love
Gameplay60 reviews
Graphics31 reviews
Multiplayer28 reviews
Combat26 reviews
Audio12 reviews
Divided opinion
Story
82% still recommend
Interface
69% still recommend
Bugs
67% still recommend
Co-op
100% still recommend
Crashes
33% still recommend
Servers and matchmaking
67% still recommend
Players complain
Difficulty
76% still recommend

What you get

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

Play modes

  • Multi-player
  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Stats
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Leaderboards
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$19.99

The lowest we've tracked is $7.99.

8 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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