Empires in Ruins (2021)
- Developer
- Hammer & Ravens
- Publisher
- Hammer & Ravens, WhisperGames
- Platforms
- Windows
- Genres
- Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
- Rating
- 3.9 of 5, 145 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 5.5 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A cynical grand strategy game where you juggle empire management, tower defense, and turn-based combat, guided by a darkly humorous story about a grumpy sergeant's revenge.
darkly funnystrategicgrimnarrative drivenpunishingmanagement focusedmilitarycampaign based
What players say
Players praise the writing and humor, but many find the tower defense half undercooked and the UI clunky, with loading screens and repetitive notifications. There is a split: some enjoy the novel twist of destructible towers and worker units, while others call the resource management tedious and the campaign short, around 10 hours.
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