Dominion (2024)

Developer: Temple Gates Games
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Strategy
Rating: 4.3 of 5, 2,243 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 19 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

Playing Dominion feels like carefully assembling a machine of cards, where each decision shapes your engine and the tension builds as you race opponents to victory points.

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What players say

Players say the AI is either too dumb or too fast, making single-player feel like a race. The online community has shrunk since the browser version introduced a clock timer that players prefer. Complaints about technical bugs like assertion errors and bots deleting cards are common, though the base game is free to try.

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