How Empires Work
An incremental strategy game about history, expansion and development. Grow from humble beginnings to take your place on the world stage!
Time until release
How Empires Work is an indie developed by Crow Cottage, releasing 3 November 2026 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What How Empires Work is
How Empires Work is an unreleased indie game in development at Crow Cottage, currently scheduled for 3 November 2026. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Godot.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game follows the approximate path of development of the British Empire, from its expansion within the British Isles to its position as the world's largest empire.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-2400 @ 3.1 GHz or AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5 GHz or equivalent, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 or AMD R9 270 (2GB VRAM with Shader Model 5.0 or better). An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 1GB.
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