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The Price of Empire
Grand strategy on the real Earth: found your nation anywhere you like, build cities and mines, wage war with tanks and artillery and forge alliances – against up to 20 AI rivals or with friends. But every new territory comes at a price.
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About this game
Developer description
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The whole world. Your nation.
The Price of Empire is a grand strategy game on the real Earth – with no historical script and no ready-made countries. Pick any free territory on the globe, give your nation a name and a color, and build it up from there: territory by territory, against up to 20 AI rivals with exactly the same plan.A world built from real data
More than 150,000 land hexes, each about 40 km across, with real elevation, climate zones, forests, rivers and lakes
Mountains, deserts, rainforest and tundra decide where your armies advance quickly – and where they don't
A freely rotating 3D map that wraps around the whole planet from east to west
Territories ignore today's borders – the world is up for grabs
Every empire has its price
Each new territory brings land, resources and room for cities – and costs administration. The larger your realm, the faster those costs climb. Grow too fast and you will soon lack the money to pay your troops. An empire has to be paid for.Economy
Produce wood, iron, coal and oil, grow cities through five stages, build mines and harbors…
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Specs
System requirements
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minimum
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5/i7 10th gen (4 cores) or equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel Iris Plus Graphics (G7) or better, DirectX 12 (DirectX 11 fallback)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: onboard
- Additional Notes: Lowest graphics preset at 1600x900
recommended
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10/11 (64-bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5-11400 / AMD Ryzen 5 5600 (6 cores) or better
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 / AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT or better, DirectX 12
- DirectX: Version 12
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: onboard
- Additional Notes: High graphics preset at 1920x1080, 60 fps
FAQ
Common questions
When was The Price of Empire released?+
Steam lists the release date as Oct 28, 2026 (not yet released).
What platforms is The Price of Empire available on?+
Windows
How is The Price of Empire reviewed on Steam?+
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