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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89%Audience ScoreBased on 102 reviews

stability5 negative mentions

Unique and fun grand strategy gameplay with the ability to draw custom administrative borders and design nations.
Lots of creative freedom and scenarios, including alternative history setups and a wide historical timeline.
Promising indie game with deep mechanics, ongoing updates, mod support, and an engaging challenge for strategy fans.

Frequent crashes and bugs that sometimes corrupt save files, affecting gameplay stability.
Unpolished user interface and graphics, with confusing and incomplete tutorials that make learning the game difficult.
AI behavior and diplomacy systems are flawed, with overly aggressive AI and limited diplomatic options that reduce immersion.

gameplay
19 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
16% positive mentions, 68% neutral mentions, 16% negative mentions
The gameplay offers deep and unique mechanics with considerable strategic depth, especially in nation building and map customization. However, the experience is hindered by frequent crashes, unclear or poorly explained systems, and a steep learning curve due to lack of tutorials and tooltips, which can lead to player frustration. Despite these issues, the gameplay holds strong potential for those willing to invest time in mastering its complexities.
- “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 has a lot of mechanics I find unique including the ability to draw administrative borders and custom borders.”
- “All of my save games have been bricked after about 30 minutes of gameplay.”
- “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
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33% positive mentions, 34% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions
The graphics in the game are generally regarded as basic and unimpressive, often described as outdated or unpleasant compared to competitors. However, the developers appear to be aware of this and are working on improvements, including options for simplified visuals to accommodate different preferences. Overall, while the graphics could benefit from an update, the gameplay and mechanics continue to attract players despite the visual shortcomings.
- “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.”
- “There are, of course, some more features I would like to see, like a 2022-2026 scenario, and another one I would love is being able to buy and sell land without ultimatums or wars, but I see the option to send a trade offer to other nations is a feature that's coming soon, so I have my hopes up, and maybe a graphics update someday. It's still in early access with an indie dev, so I don't expect a triple-A game.”
- “Although the graphics look like they were made in Paint.”
- “The honest review is that it's very good gameplay-wise and mechanics-wise, but it crashes a lot and the graphics are not very good compared to competitors like Age of History 3.”
- “What the game is really missing is bug fixing, more content, and perhaps some more modern-looking graphics.”
stability
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
The game currently suffers from numerous bugs, glitches, and frequent crashes, making it unstable and frustrating to play. However, as it is still in early access, improvements in stability are expected over time. Players interested in a polished experience should wait for future updates.
- “This game is barebones and ridden by bugs and glitches which make them annoying to play.”
- “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.”
grinding
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions
Grinding in the game is notably tedious, requiring constant manual clicking and micromanagement, especially when managing a large nation. The UI complicates this further by hiding important information, making the overall experience feel repetitive and laborious.
- “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.”
story
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 75% negative mentions
The game lacks a story, with users consistently noting the absence of any narrative elements.
- “No story”
- “No story”
- “No story”
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions
The game offers good value for fans of grand strategy but suffers from performance issues like crashes and stuttering even on modest setups. Optimization appears lacking, and some users hope for developer fixes to improve stability and smoothness.
- “Very great game, however it crashed and was stuttering even for a small game. Please fix it, maybe devs? I have no idea what was causing it. Here are my PC specs for better understanding.”