Choose Ultimate General: Civil War
Choose Ultimate General: Civil War if you want an Indie and Simulation experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 88.6% positive across 5,516 reviews.
Ultimate General: Civil War vs The Great War: Western Front™
Ultimate General: Civil War and The Great War: Western Front™ both land in Strategy on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both are Strategy games on Steam. Ultimate General: Civil War (2017) is 6 years older than The Great War: Western Front™ (2023). Ultimate General: Civil War scores higher on Steam reviews (88.6% positive) than The Great War: Western Front™ (66.1% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose The Great War: Western Front™
Choose The Great War: Western Front™ if you want the Multi-player, Online PvP, and PvP side of the pairing. On Steam, it's the newer release (2023) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 1,819 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Ultimate General: Civil War and The Great War: Western Front™ sit in Strategy on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Ultimate General: Civil War |  The Great War: Western Front™ | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2023 |
| Genres | Strategy, Indie, Simulation | Strategy |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | 29.99 USD | 34.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 88.6% positive (5,516 reviews) | 66.1% positive (1,819 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Multi-player |
| Developers | Game-Labs | Petroglyph |
Side by side
- Both are Strategy games on Steam.
- Ultimate General: Civil War (2017) is 6 years older than The Great War: Western Front™ (2023).
- Ultimate General: Civil War scores higher on Steam reviews (88.6% positive) than The Great War: Western Front™ (66.1% positive).
- Ultimate General: Civil War is currently ~14% cheaper on Steam than The Great War: Western Front™ (29.99 USD vs. 34.99 USD).
- Both are Deck Unsupported.
Ultimate General: Civil War vs The Great War: Western Front™ — FAQ
- Which is better, Ultimate General: Civil War or The Great War: Western Front™?
- On Steam reviews Ultimate General: Civil War scores higher (88.6% positive) than The Great War: Western Front™ (66.1% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, Ultimate General: Civil War is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play Ultimate General: Civil War or The Great War: Western Front™ first?
- If you want chronology, Ultimate General: Civil War (2017) came out before The Great War: Western Front™ (2023). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Ultimate General: Civil War and The Great War: Western Front™ similar?
- They overlap on Strategy on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Does Ultimate General: Civil War have multiplayer like The Great War: Western Front™?
- No. The Great War: Western Front™ supports multiplayer on Steam (Multi-player), while Ultimate General: Civil War is listed as single-player only.