It depends on what you're after.
At $14.99. We haven't seen it on sale.
- Story and characters: 12 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Interface: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Combat: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 171 player reviews · updated 6 days ago
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At the moment there are two modes available: custom game, which is a skirmish mode in heart, with four difficulty levels and procedurally generated maps; and campaign, which already has enough levels to teach you how to play and show you some strategies.
Empire Architect is a promising game with a lot of depth, with some features inspired by the grand strategy genre, and an always evolving gameplay, with a lot of updates and bugfixes made by a developer who really cares for his creation and the community.
+For a game where having stellar graphics was obviously not the focus during development, buildings are decorated quite nicely, they show a definite attention to detail.
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Currently $14.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.
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