Nations

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Nations is a single player real-time strategy game with a historical theme. It was developed by Krzysztof Steiner and was released on August 17, 2025. It received positive reviews from players.

Nations is a real time strategy game focused on ruling a country through the history. The game provides a range of mechanics, such as economy, industry, society and wide lawmaking. You decide whether you focus on internal development of your state, or expending its territories – or maybe both of these things simultaneously. You must provide your people with food, consumer goods, and a sense of …

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Audience ScoreBased on 78 reviews

grinding3 negative mentions

Unique and engaging grand strategy gameplay with extensive customization options like drawing custom borders and designing administrative regions.
The game offers many scenarios spanning a wide timeline, providing great replayability and creative nation-building experiences.
Despite being in early access and developed largely by a solo dev, it shows strong potential with frequent updates, mod support, and a passionate community.

Frequent crashes and bugs disrupt gameplay, especially during saves and in late-game stages, causing frustration among players.
The tutorial and UI lack clarity, leaving players confused about core mechanics like diplomacy, economy, and military systems, hindering the learning curve.
AI behavior is sometimes unbalanced and aggressive, with issues like sudden troop surges and overly frequent wars that can overwhelm players unfairly.

gameplay
15 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay offers deep and unique mechanics with extensive nation-building and map customization, providing a rich strategic experience. However, it suffers from a steep learning curve due to a lack of clear explanations, guides, and tooltips, leading to confusion and frustration for players. Despite these issues, the complexity invites players to explore and experiment, making it a promising but somewhat inaccessible strategy game.
- “It is simplistic yet it has a lot of depth in terms of mechanics, nation building, and map painting.”
- “Despite the game looking like a plain pixel map game, the mechanics and systems are truly the most impressive and entertaining things I've seen in an indie strategy game.”
- “The game offers players a wide span of time to engage with, interesting and unique mechanics, and the potential to become something great.”
- “There are too many mechanics that even after 50 hours of gameplay I don't fully understand what's happening, possibly due to the lack of videos, proper explanations, and guides compared to games like HoI4.”
- “The biggest issue is that the game expects you to manage complex mechanics without giving you the tools or explanations to do so.”
- “The lack of explanations, missing tooltips, and unclear mechanics turn the whole experience into frustration instead of fun.”
graphics
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game’s graphics are considered functional but not impressive, lagging behind competitors like Age of History 3. While the visuals are basic and could benefit from a modern update, the option to toggle between simple and more detailed map graphics adds flexibility for different player preferences. The main focus for improvement lies in bug fixes and content rather than graphical enhancements at this stage.
- “What the game is really just missing is bugfixing, more content (I believe the developer is working on historical events), and perhaps some more modern-looking graphics.”
- “All I have to do is disable it in the map, which allows for both simple and more complex graphics for everyone.”
- “I don't expect a triple-A game since it's still in early access with an indie developer, but I hope for a graphics update someday.”
- “The honest review is that it's very good gameplay wise and mechanics, but it crashes a lot and the graphics are not very good compared to its competitors, such as Age of History 3.”
- “What the game is really just missing is bug fixing, more content (the developer is working on historical events), and perhaps some more modern-looking graphics.”
- “Maybe a graphics update someday; it's still in early access with an indie developer, so I don't expect a triple-A game.”
grinding
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Grinding in the game is described as tedious and labor-intensive, requiring constant manual input and micromanagement, especially when managing large nations. The user interface complicates the experience by hiding important information, making troop movement and resource gathering feel cumbersome.
- “You'll need a second life for grinding.”
- “Everything requires constant manual clicking, troop movement is tedious, and the UI hides important information behind unclear menus.”
- “I feel like the main gripe people might have is that the micromanagement can get really tedious when you have a large nation, which I can definitely agree with.”
stability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game currently suffers from bugs and occasional crashes, making stability a notable issue. While it shows strong potential and engaging gameplay, players seeking a smooth, stable experience should wait for future updates.
- “Nations is a peak game, sure it is very buggy and is quite prone to crashing, it is still very interesting.”
- “However, if you expect a stable, unbuggy game, wait a bit.”
- “Yes, it's buggy, yes, it's a little confusing and the tutorial can be improved, but this game has great potential for this genre.”
story
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game has no story, focusing entirely on gameplay without any narrative elements.
- “No story.”
optimization
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The game's optimization is considered reasonable, offering good value compared to other grand strategy titles that suffer from poor support and heavy monetization. However, some competitors are criticized for high prices, minimal updates, and worse performance despite graphical improvements.