Rebel Reenactment: Battle of the Wilderness

Rebel Reenactment: Battle of the Wilderness

Cult Software · 2020 · Historical, War, Action, Simulation, Shooter

PC
Mostly Positive75% · 16 📉 Recent reviews down 67%
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About Rebel Reenactment: Battle of the Wilderness

Battle of the Wilderness was fought in the dense underbrush of the Wilderness of Spotsylvania, where it marked the first encounter between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant. Close-quarters fighting among the thick woods created high casualties, men died by the thousands.

The confederate and union armies fought without mercy and bloodied each other on a battleground that was described at the time as “hell itself.”.

Features:

  • Massive line battle in an impenetrable forest. Chaos is ensured!
  • Badass Civil War beards. Authentic facial hair inspired by Jenkins, Burnside & Grant - face enemy volleys in style!
  • 15 beard styles like Muttonchops, goatees, long beards.
  • Patiently reload your Springfield Model 1861 while bullets fly.
  • First-person or third-person viewpoint.
  • Command your squad to victory!
  • Visceral melee combat with bayonets.
  • Fallen corpses on the battlefield.
  • Command the Model 1857 12-Pounder Napoleon Field Gun.
  • Split screen local co-op for two players!
  • Play co-op on the same keyboard or with two controllers.
  • Battle simulator with as many troops as your PC can handle!
  • Conquest mode with 1000 tickets.
  • Just like the real battle, Lee has 11,033 tickets and Grant 17,666 tickets to spend in the Meat Grinder game mode.
  • 19th century warfare with gore and blood!
  • Play as a confederate or union soldier in one of the most brutal battles of the American Civil War.

Uniforms:


Confederate and Union uniform variations:
  • Hardee hats
  • Butternut uniforms
  • Sky blue trousers
  • Knapsacks,
  • Blanket rolls
  • Slouch hats.

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Rebel Reenactment shows promise with its unique large-scale line battle mechanics and splitscreen multiplayer appeal, but the game suffers from significant technical issues including frequent crashes, poor performance, and unresponsive melee combat that undermine the experience. Players praise the core concept of commanding units across sprawling battlefields, yet criticize the boring map design, confusing layouts, awkward aiming mechanics, and overall lack of depth, with the game feeling more like an unpolished prototype than a finished product.

Not recommended Jan 23, 2026
[h1] At most a rough prototype [/h1] I bought this game for the couple of cents I had left when it was in sale. So I didnt paid full price and I am kinda glad I didnt. Rebel Reenactment is rought. The game crashes every two times i load into the map or the main menu. The game is rather boring. Spawn in run till you encounter the enemey shot, reload with a mini game and shoot again. Every now and than you die. The game indeed offers various game modes. Which meat grinder sure is a punishment for playing through with more than 10k tickets on each side. The problem is rather easy to spot. The game consist of the core mechanics. The gameplay and control feel weird. You cant aim via ironsights and you only lower or raise your weapon. The battle is just poorly written AI shooting at each other and it gets boring pretty fast. It lacks depth, detail in immersion. The map has audio boxes scattered that play random soldier screaming, there is sound of burning wood although nothing burns on the map directly and there are bullets flying by. Its redicules to hear bullets fly by at spawn within the first 10 seconds of the map with no enemy in sight. Overall Id say its either a prototype tha…
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Recommended Aug 23, 2025
Played splitscreen with my dad and we played the whole war as Union for the hell of it. Even though the game is janky it made up for the fun line battles and all the units on the field. I wish you guys updated this game just a tad bit when it comes to melee cause the melee don't register half the time. Update this game guys, it really is unique and if you all gave it a little more love, I can see it taking off. You can even add more stuff with the money aspect, like if I am on a kill streak I can buy or unlock a new cosmetic or gun. Thanks for the fun little games you guys make.
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Recommended Jul 30, 2021
dang this game is good
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 24, 2025
There is no depth to this game. The maps are incredibly boring and devoid of character. Moreover, 'Rebel Reenactment' has some pretty jarring performance issues. Appreciate the effort, but this is a big no from me.
Recommended Feb 4, 2022
IDK why there so many up vote I just have the problem with the canon just can't see anything so IDK what to shoot and the map confusing as heck
Recommended May 1, 2021
its is so fun

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