# Fort Sumter: The Secession Crisis

Summer DB entity ID: ce4e44c8\-72fa\-4bdf\-88ff\-3fe838ca3f3d

Steam App ID: 1041940

Can you drive the Secessionist into the Fort Sumter trap that gave Lincoln his historic victory? Can you successfully use the issue of States Rights to divide Northern opinion? Fort Sumter let’s you explore this seminal moment in American history in a fast\-playing, easy\-to\-learn game\.    The country is on the verge of being torn apart so how will you act? Fort Sumter: The Secession Crisis is set during the events that led to the bombardment of Fort Sumter and the start of the American Civil War\. The game takes the side of either a Unionist or Secessionist who must work to preserve the Union or follow the path to dissolve it\. Each player uses an area control mechanic to place, move, and remove political capital\. The location of political capital determines who controls each of the four crisis dimensions \- Political, Secession, Public Opinion, and Armaments\. After three rounds of play, the game culminates in a Final Crisis confrontation\.    Main Features    CDG \(Card Driven Game\) system designed by Mark Herman    Civil War Historical setting depicts the actual events of the crisis    Immersive voice over and audio that recreates the sound of that era    Asynchronous 2\-player online game play

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Playdek, Inc\.

- Publisher: Playdek, Inc\.

- Release date: May 21, 2019

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Strategy

- Categories: Single\-player, Multi\-player, PvP, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Shared/Split Screen, Cross\-Platform Multiplayer, Steam Achievements, Stats, Remote Play Together, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1041940/ss\_5c1c346d57059c874f61e60d47af0696530602cf\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1647894020, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1041940/ss\_d30da92637575d305c27633a7a8435edacc17488\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1647894020, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1041940/ss\_063d595cbfa2864cf2865c9a81cf58913655bc35\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1647894020, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1041940/ss\_448faa2c893c1f1638ab59fe89b86424ffdbedfb\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1647894020, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1041940/ss\_1f816ef7d271ab69f4ede525527c9410be408a6e\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1647894020, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1041940/ss\_4864e15c486a318fb651f01685a7b4d48bea1d6d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1647894020, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1041940/ss\_7f579659cbf008151d03dfb063ec53335e78ffa0\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1647894020, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1041940/ss\_d720194b90adf6e2f48a39ece9dfc172a82cbd41\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1647894020, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1041940/ss\_bf9d2442b93083155c1c8d3a48d43ff9effa4a30\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1647894020, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/1041940/ss\_6b7108de5ebc429e29f1b9411f61864db4a5dfad\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1647894020

- Price: 799 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 91

- Steam positive reviews: 77

- Steam negative reviews: 14

- Steam positive percentage: 84.61538461538461%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

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Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-24T03:35:37\.053766\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-24T03:35:38\.658935\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-24T03:35:38\.107498\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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