SGS Taipings (2023)

Developer: Strategy Game Studio
Publisher: Avalon Digital
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Genres: Strategy
Rating: 3.9 of 5, 230 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 16 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A slow, methodical wargame that recreates the grim strategic maneuvering of a 19th-century civil war.

tacticalhistoricaldeliberateatmosphericmilitaryconflict-drivenstrategicsingleplayer or multiplayer

What players say

Players praise the rare Taiping Rebellion setting, but the game is riddled with bugs that corrupt saves, cause cards to become unplayable, and let AI troops teleport behind lines. Reviews split on whether the clever event system and strategic depth outweigh the broken victory triggers and endless mopping-up of teleporting enemy remnants.

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