Like most strategy games Cossacks adopts a formula that offers you a large amount of campaign content through 5 separate base campaign stories but also allows players to challenge themselves with a large list of random maps that offer customisable settings. Expanded with several expansion packs all of these were made available in on collection marketed as the Cossacks Anthology. With over a dozen nations that bring their own uniqueness the strategy elements of this first game in the Cossacks franchise offers a wealth of tactical options.
Cossacks: European Wars is a real time strategy (RTS) game developed for Windows and released in 2001 that explores the European 17th and 18th eras and draws inspiration from the popular strategy titles of the day.
