Nations (2025)

Developer: Krzysztof Steiner
Publisher: Krzysztof Steiner Games
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Indie, Strategy, Early Access
Rating: 4.5 of 5, 127 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 14 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

Playing Nations feels like managing a delicate balancing act of internal needs and external expansion, where careful planning is constant.

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What players say

Players enjoy the realistic grand strategy systems and freedom in peace treaties and drawing borders, but consistently report frequent crashes, save file corruption, and other bugs typical of early access. Some also mention that the AI is poor at research and that the game lacks Chinese language support.

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