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Ironclads: American Civil War
Developer Totem Games
Ironclads: American Civil War (Russian: Броненосцы: Эпоха стальных гигантов) is a 3D naval historical turned-based strategy game based on the American Civil War. The player operates a squadron of warships of the United States Navy or the Confederate States Navy: broadside ironclads, ironclad rams, ironclad turret ships, monitors, sloops-of-war, gunboats and screw commerce raiders. The player is tasked with… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
41 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Feb 15, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
22
Rotten
7 positive · 25 negative
95% range 11–39%
| Source | + | − | = |
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| Steam reviews | 7 | 25 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
9 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mostly Negative
14 of 56 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
41 of 41 · most liked firstYeah.... um, kinda boring spending half your time waiting for the little ships to chug chug chug around the screen. Add in wierd ships that suddently get three movement phases, really odd damage effects, and a REALLY irritating sound score and you're going to want to avoid this one.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hello and welcome to my review of Ironclads: American Civil War. Where do I begin with this piece of crap. First things first, a key feature that is in every modern game is not there, an options menu. Without the ability to a just sound, resolution, and other normal options, this game is a pain as the music is way too loud. When you start a level, you have to click a button to begin loading, I sat there for 7 minutes thinking somthin was wrong with the game, I would understand if you had to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't recomend buying this game. Don't buy it unless it is below $2.00. It's pretty bad. The gaphics are horrible. The gameplay was evan worse. It wouldn't let me finish my turn every now and then. I had to re-load the game over and over. There ais no way to change the controls or sound level. On the first level it just threw you in the game. It took me 2 hours to complete the first level. The only reason i kept playing was because I was determined to beat the first level. I read the other…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is just going to sit in the "Zero Playtime" section of my steam library, never to be installed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hi everyone, After two enchanting weeks with covid (screw you, pal), I finally felt well enough for a game, yay! I played Ironclads with my ImagineNations, Freedonia and Sylvania (I named them when I was a kid, so sue me😊). I rolled up an encounter scenario using what ships I wanted. #wargaming
unlabelledView post →PU Monthly Report is out now. - Work progressed on the Railen - The Hull-B entered greybox - Ironclads and command module are at their greybox reviews - Galaxy in pre-production - Kraken whitebox review planned for February Full post here: robertsspaceindustries.com/en/comm-link... #StarCitizen
unlabelledView post →Yet another Russian shovelware. Released at the same exact day with Ironclads: High Seas and using the same exact assets. Which means that it looks almost identical. Surprisingly, though, while Ironclads: High Seas felt very scumish with lack of proper campaign and the most basic features, this one is more like an updated version of it. The real-time combat was replaced with the turn-based one (which, ironically, makes the game way, way more faster, even though it's still slow as heck), there…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bad interface, bad graphics, bad gameplay. I though the next gen Ironclad games (Chincha Islands, High Seas, Schleswig War, Anglo-Russian War) would be better. Well, they're almost good ones, but NOT enough.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ironclads American Civil War HD Edition Official Steam Patch. Originally developed and re-imagined in high definition by Totem Games. 1. download the self-extracting patch http://www.totemgames.ru/Totem_Games_IACW_HD.exe (created with 7zip, virus-free). 2. extract to "<Steam Installation Path>/SteamApps\common\Ironclads American Civil War", overwrite files where needed and you're done. 3. start game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Space 1889 + Soldier’s Companion + Ironclads and Ether Flyers to run a steampunk Imagi-Nations wargaming with role-playing game? Would it require much hacking? Are there decent alternatives? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruritan...
unlabelledView post →Oh man. This is a tough one. Shogun 2's Boshin War DLC was alright. There was a naval strategy game I played that was themed on the Boshin War called Ironclads 2, which *tried,* but never quite got there, because of a clunky UI. I haven't played it yet but Like a Dragon: Ishin probably does well.
unlabelledView post →It's not good. It looks bad, there is only music on the title screen (which is one track and repetitive) and none in the game, there is some basic sound effects in the levels but it gets annoying hearing the sounds of the ships over and over. There is a 'help' screen to learn the controls but it's a bit confusing at first. The game is slow and boring. It crashes a lot. There are missions where you need to destroy coastal batteries but you have to come very close to the shore to get a shot -…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really bad ship real time strategy
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This might be one of the worst games i've ever played.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hi darlings, yes it's Patricia and no, I'm not selling anything.🤪 Today was a holiday round these parts so I made time to actually play a game rather than sell them. Wow! I had a game of Ironclads and it was big fun. It was a clash of two ImagineNation fleets. I even had a beer. 🥳 #navalwargaming
unlabelledView post →Best game ever made, it blows Portal 1 and 2 out of the water.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BEST GAME I HAVE PLAYED IN AGES. I AHVE NEVERR SEEN SUCH A DESIGHNED GAME WHERE MAN AND WOMAN HAVE PUT SO MCH SWEAT AND GENDER EQUALITIES INTO ONE PACK ABOUT HISTORICAL GUN BOAT FIRE SHIP THING. I GET SPANWRD INTO BATTKLE W9ITH SUBMARIENES...WAIT ISNT IT 1861 BUT APPERINTLY I WAS WRONG ITS ACTUALLY HITLERS SECRET PLAN O0F USING A TIME MACHINE TO DESTORY AMERICA. THE STORY GETS DEEPER WITH THE AMERICANS DEFEDNINF THE FREEDOME FROM THE FAT HITLER THAT HAS SPACE TROOPERS INSDAVDING YOUR HAWAING…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fuck Yes the retvrn of the Ironclads and ehh.. catapults (?) What kind of game of civilization is this
unlabelledView post →Just a bad game with completely outdated graphics, no depth, no fun to play out all.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No options menu, no skirmish mode, no tutorial. I go, you go type turnbased gameplay isn't suitable for naval combat. Very very very bad game. It's bad, awfull, did i say it's bad? This actually is one of the worst games i ever played.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Beyond bad, graphics so bad its hard to tell what is even going on, no tutorial, minimail instructions and the UI is nonsensical. Probably the worst game I've played on PC which is saying something....
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hi everyone, Just a quickie to let you know all of 4P Models STL files are on sale until Tuesday, December 2. It's our Not Black Friday to Not Cyber Monday sale, and all models are 25% off. Okay, I'm off to the wargaming table for a game of Ironclads. Bye!❤️ www.wargamevault.com/en/browse?pw...
unlabelledView post →This game is a lot of fun despite the bad soundtrack and waiting for all the other ships to move. I've enjoyed it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Total waste of money, Part two the sea battle is still a waste but marginally better than this one.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Intro: Hello Fediverse! I'm a life long historical miniatures gamer looking for a like minded community. My interests include #Ancients, #AgeOfSail, #Ironclads, and #18thCenturyConflicts. I also dabble in #Scalemodels specifically #CardModels of ships.
unlabelledView post →Interesting maneuver and fire type game that made me pull out my old Ironclads wargame from Yaquinto Publishing back in the 80s. Promising start..curious to see how the other games expand on what has been started in this initial effort.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Complete junk, terrible gameplay.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Boring... boring.... boring...... BORING§ Just, don't, buy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got it for free in an indy pack. Huge POS.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/Gn3Gvz_nyHM Nearly impossible to parse either due to the age of the title or the structure, but the high seas here are low fun.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"A naval game that was actually fun", what kind of wisecrack was that? Ironclads! is a naval game that is actually quite fun indeed, and it's the Deal of the Day right now. What luck! #wargaming #wargamevault #navalwargaming #4ppress www.wargamevault.com/en/product/5... Thank you darlings!❤️
unlabelledView post →Turn-based ship combat. Seems to have come out at that awkward phase between 2D and 3D. Kinda feels like a blue tablecloth thrown on an endless table - throw some simple token-based boat model game on top, and this is what you get. Game soft locks my PC if I alt-tab out. Doesn't look that great, and music is pretty generic. I'd pass.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice idea but very poorly executed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The only action of this game is rounding around other vessels an fire cannonballs at them until you or him are sunk. Nothing else. No good...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is useless junk, spent last half hour just trying to end turn, kept getting error message saying to complete movement for all shipsfirst. I had it just refused to recognize it, clicked on all ships clicked on move button. Also game is rigged against player. The other side move several times as far, canstop infront of you fire then move on while you can barely move an unknown distance and can't fire as you pass right in front of enemy. The guessing which guns on able to fire on a ship is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →MAJOR LEAGUE POS. 3 or 4 Crashes to Desktop per night, and am running on 32 Windows XP, old Direct X9, old hardware from the era, so, it can't be "...cause you're running it on Windows7 or up.".
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yes, this game has some pretty BAD flaws However if you are a Civil War buff there are some pretty good moments I would reccomend buying it on sale or at a discount price
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tags: Tactical - Squad & Military Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: While I appreciate the historical accuracy that might had went into this, it has no value as a PC Gaming Entertainment Product. It is very micromanagement intensive, audiovisually poor. Information overloads you, user interface is clunky and rigid, gameplay is frustrating and slow.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No one problem is the help locks up; the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Of the various Totem games in this series (Ironclads collection), I found this one the most playable. I believe this was the first one they issued. The interface allows the ships to be separated into individual squadrons. While historically inaccurate, it renders the game much more playable, plus helps illustrate just why ships of this era used the line tactics. Later games of this series only allow grouping the ships, and once a ship is heavily damaged, it (uncontrollably) breaks off.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not worth a fig.
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