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Empires in Ruins

72% positive of 107 Steam reviews

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Released
2021
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam, itch.io

Made by Hammer & Ravens. Published by Hammer & Ravens, WhisperGames.

About the game

The bastard child of Grand Strategy and Tower Defense, with a black humor infused plot, set in a grim, disillusioned world. Quell the rebellion, tame the Western Marches, disobey your orders and save your brandy. Not strictly in this order.

Tagged by players

  • Grand Strategy
  • Wargame
  • City Builder
  • Tower Defense
  • RTS
  • Dark Humor
  • 2.5D
  • Isometric
  • Base Building
  • Sandbox
  • Turn-Based Strategy
  • Military

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Empires in Ruins is an unusual strategy experience that refuses to stay within the boundaries of a single genre. Developed by Hammer & Ravens and published by Hammer & Ravens alongside WhisperGames, it blends turn-based empire management with real-time strategy and tower defense. Instead of simply moving armies around a map or surviving predetermined enemy waves, players must think about territory, economics,…

    16 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    EDIT: In addition to giving a very chill response to my review, I noticed that they'd turned around a patch in under twelve hours tweaking some numbers, seemingly explicitly prompted by my feedback. That's worth big points in my mind, and while not enough to switch my vote, keep in mind while reading that the bits related to autoresolution and research times have been remedied. :) I'm always reluctant to give a…

    12 h played when written. 46 found it helpful.

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