How Empires Work

About the game

An incremental grand strategy game about building the machinery of empire. Tax, trade, conquer, and civilise subjects and foreigners alike. Automate it all into institutions that run themselves across centuries of history. Her Imperial Majesty expects results.

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Tue, Nov 3, 3:00 PM

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Game details

Developer: Crow Cottage
Publisher: Crow Cottage
Release date: Nov 3, 2026, 3:00 PM
Languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian
Platforms: Windows
macOS
Linux
Features: Feature names
Single-player
Steam Achievements
Custom Volume Controls
Playable without Timed Input
Mouse Only Option
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Steam Cloud
Family Sharing
Tags: Strategy Incremental Historical Automation Grand Strategy