One of the reasons that history is filled with tales of empires, both past and present, is because it was an “ideal scenario” for certain countries to grow and become something grander. However, every empire has fallen in one form or another, and history loves to tell why. Now, Crow Cottage is letting you take the reins in their incremental strategy title, How Empires Work. You’ll be tasked with building and running an empire for a queen, and failure is not a desirable option. The game is out on Steam right now, and you can find out more about it below:

“Empires are systems of power, and Her Imperial Majesty has entrusted you with building one. Do not disappoint her.

In How Empires Work, you manage the development of a state, from local lordships to enormous networks of trade and conquest. Discover systems of taxation, trade, colonization, labour and more. As your state grows, unlock automation features that turn repeated actions into complex interlocking institutions. Build the economic and political machinery of empire, then employ your aristocracy to manage the bureaucracy that keeps it running.

Explore and expand across a hand-painted world that comes alive with flows of capital, commodities, and armies.
Employ both diplomatic influence and conquest to bring new lands into your imperial system.”

It won’t be the easiest task, but if you’re up to the challenge, you might just find something that you can call your own, and fight hard to keep it standing! Here are some key features for you to think about as you plan your empires domination:

• Incremental Grand Strategy: Start with the humble click of a button and expand into the management of an Early Modern
• state of tax collectors, traders, armies, colonies and bureaucrats!
• Explore new regions, build roads, manage provinces, and project influence far and wide.
• Build your economic engine and let it propel you into new eras along the long arc of history!
• Lean on your aristocracy and growing bureaucracy to create the systems that sustain expansion!
• Turn profit into power, and power into profit, just like real life!
• Receive firm, helpful and always perfectly reasonable guidance from Her Imperial Majesty!

Ready to step up to the queen’s challenge? Get the game on Steam today and see how long your empire lasts!