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In American Conquest, Players set sail from Europe to discover new world and conquer its innumerable riches.

American Conquest is a strategy, rts and historical game developed by GSC Game World and published by GSC World Publishing.
Released on August 26th 2011 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 627 reviews of which 424 were positive and 203 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.5 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 1.24€ on Steam with a 75% discount.

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Windows

Operating system:Windows® XP / Vista™ / Windows® 7
Processor: 1.4 GHz CPU
Memory: 512 MB
Hard disk space: 3.5GB
Video:Video Card with 64MB dedicated memory and DirectX 9 Compatible
Sound:Sound card with DirectX 9.0 support
DirectX®:9.0 or higher

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March 2025

I've been playing this for years now - I only paid Steam the £1 for the convenience of getting it running on Windows 11 (with Windows XP service pack 2 compatibility on for better stability) instead of a Windows 2000 VM. It's a fairly stable and bug-free game - only a couple things come to mind, like often ships will refuse to fire upon specific buildings, but I never read the manual or patched it so maybe I'm missing something. If you like games where you can have thousands of units moving around at once, and like the complexity that can emerge from relatively simple game mechanics, this is a blast. For £1 it's a no-brainer, and my review is doing it a disservice - I just don't play that many RTS games so I haven't got much to compare it with!

Jan. 2025

Addictive to me. So many different outcomes....

Jan. 2025

American Conquest is an ambitious RTS that tries to capture the chaos of history, and to be fair, it succeeds… almost too well. While the game offers epic battles, expansive maps, and a surprising amount of strategic depth, there are a few things that can turn the experience from exhilarating to downright maddening. First off, why do wild animals have such a personal vendetta against my workers? I swear, the enemy's not even my biggest threat – it's the packs of Animals that seem determined to wipe out my peasant population. Nothing like watching a hard-earned workforce get dismantled by nature itself. Then there's the European recruitment system. One building to recruit all my units? Seriously? The stress of building an army while waiting for units to slowly trickle out of the Fort is enough to make me question my life choices. The enemy's already got Armies rolling in, and I'm over here queuing up musketeers one by one. Some maps are just merciless. Normal difficulty? More like "hope you survive the first 10 seconds." Natives will charge your base the moment you blink, sprinting past everything just to assassinate your peasants and torch your mills. And let's not forget the joy of realizing your soldiers are blue, but your map color is red – thanks, France. Speaking of frustration, I once sent 600+ Native Warriors to capture a garrison defended by 15 men. Out of those 15, four fell. The other 11 apparently had plot armor, because my warriors disintegrated like they'd signed up for the wrong battle. The AI is relentless. Constant pressure, wave after wave of heavy attacks. Meanwhile, I'm stuck recruiting from one or two buildings that double as defensive structures – except they magically lose their defensive capabilities if I'm recruiting. Guess that feature only works if I'm the enemy. The difficulty curve can be jarring. One moment, it's fun and challenging. The next, it's stress-inducing and borderline unfair. I don't mind a good challenge, but there's a fine line between exciting and "why am I doing this to myself?" And can we talk about the lack of walls? This game desperately needs walls. My peasants need walls. I need walls. The initial panic of starting a mission with a sprawling base and getting attacked before I can even figure out where my units are is not fun. Oh, and ships. I wanted to love ships, but they move slower than my motivation after losing that garrison fight. Expensive, cumbersome, and even firing their cannons costs a fortune. Despite the frustrations, American Conquest is a unique experience for hardcore RTS fans who love large-scale warfare. But be warned – it’s not for the faint of heart, or for those with a soft spot for their poor, defenseless peasants. Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INzodEdWAA8&list=PLKuVMkePc-_OmPHGEbgTdI8z6RtuLycmU

Dec. 2024

When it comes to strategy games, this is probably one of the best you can find. For its time the graphics and gameplay are amazing. The different civilizations you can play require different kinds of skill levels. Though it can sometimes feel like the game is a bit unbalanced. (Britons fight with guns and mounted musketeers, Aztecs fight with bows and spears). By having the opportunity to mass up a huge army of spearmen as a native American against a Briton that can only have a limited amount of musketeers, you can still fight quite a fair battle. The campaigns are also really well made. The maps look absolutely beautiful and the kind of strategy you'll have to apply to each campaign can get you some more variety than just a random map game. There's definitely plenty of stuff left for you to find out when you'll start playing this game. You're going to love it if you're into strategy games

Dec. 2024

Evil Age of Empires. Cursed game and hard to beat the AI.

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-75% 4.99€ 1.24€

6.5

424

203

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Developer

GSC Game World

Publisher

GSC World Publishing

Release 26 Aug 2011

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