How Empires Work — Steam game overview

Stored observation / content update: 2026-11-07T13:14:37.000Z

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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