A Demo for a Strategy Game
This is something that I've been working on on-and-off in my spare time for the last few years. I started in 2020 during Covid trying to do a Mount and Blade style map in UE4, and it grew from there until where it is now - I would just add a feature, then another, until it came together. Since the start of the year I've really been trying to polish it some more. I've got the full thing planned for a Q3 25 release. Github release if you don't have Steam: https://github.com/joe-gibbs/fall-of-an-empire-release
A Demo for a Strategy Game launched on October 2, 2024 with 109 votes, #480 of 5,185 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
A Demo for a Strategy Game is a Mount and Blade-inspired strategy title built in Unreal Engine 4. Players manage large-scale maps and engage in tactical gameplay. The project developed organically over several years with incremental feature additions. A full release is planned for Q3 2025, with a demo currently available on Steam and GitHub for players interested in early access to the evolving strategy experience.
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From the sources
In a crumbling realm, hold back collapse in this grand strategy epic. Fall of an Empire has you balance deadly politics, manage resources, and command battles to survive invasions and intrigue in a vast, Roman-inspired world.
The empire is dying. Survival is victory. Seize control of an ailing empire, clinging to echoes of its former glory. Unlike traditional grand strategy games of expansion and conquest, Fall of an Empire challenges you to try to survive in an empire on the brink of collapse. Face invading barbarian hordes, manage internal revolts, and engage in relentless political intrigue. Your rule will not last forever. How long can you defy history and halt its decline? Perhaps you have seized power in a violent coup, crowning yourself Emperor of a crumbling realm. Perhaps you rule a province and you will make your way to the top as the world collapses around you. Millions await your orders, but your…from store.steampowered.com
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