Cossacks (video games series)

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Cossacks
Genre(s) Real-time strategy
Developer(s) GSC Game World
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)
First release European Wars
30 March 2001
Latest release Cossacks 3
20 September 2016

Cossacks is a series of real-time strategy video games developed by Ukrainian video game developer GSC Game World for Microsoft Windows.

Contents

Games

Timeline of releases
2001 Cossacks: European Wars
Cossacks: The Art of War
2002 Cossacks: Back to War
2003
2004
2005 Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars
2006 Cossacks II: Battle for Europe
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016 Cossacks 3

Cossacks: European Wars (2001)

Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars (2005)

Cossacks 3 (2016)

Reception

Aggregate review scores
As of June 21, 2021.
Game Metacritic
Cossacks: European Wars (PC) 74 [1]
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars (PC) 73 [2]
Cossacks 3 (PC) 63 [3]

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References

  1. "Cossacks: European Wars (pc 2001): Reviews". Metacritic . Archived from the original on 22 February 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  2. "Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars". CBS Interactive. Metacritic . CBS Corporation. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  3. "Cossacks 3 for PC Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved August 27, 2017.