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About How Empires Work

How Empires Work is a game tagged Strategy, Incremental and Historical by Crow Cottage, launching on Steam on Nov 3, 2026. That is a packed week for games like it, with 123 similar games launching the same week. The quietest week ahead for games like it starts Nov 30. The Steam games most like it include Dawn Of Imperialism, Imperial Ambitions and Between Empires.

An incremental grand strategy game about building the machinery of empire. Tax, trade, conquer, and civilise subjects and foreigners alike. Automate it all into institutions that run themselves across centuries of history. Her Imperial Majesty expects results.
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Busiest weeks for games like this one in the next 12 weeks:

  • Week of Nov 2, 2026 — Packed, 123 similar games
  • Week of Oct 26, 2026 — Packed, 108 similar games
  • Week of Nov 9, 2026 — Packed, 108 similar games

Quietest: Nov 30, Dec 7, Jan 11.

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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for How Empires Work · record updated 1 day ago

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Overview

App ID4663730
Release dateNov 3, 2026
Last change number40175609
Last record update1 day ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
Crow Cottage
Publisher
Crow Cottage

Platforms

Windows macOS Linux

Features

3
Single-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Data from public Steam pages, updated daily; 4 days of history. LaunchRivals is not affiliated with Valve or Steam.