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Imperialism

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4.6/5

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4.6

87 Reviews

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Imperialism
Description
Do you have the necessary ambition and skills required to carve up underdeveloped nations and expand your country’s sphere of influence? Then go forth and conquer the world using any and all means available to you. Exploit the New World for its cornucopia of riches and resources as you race towards...
Genre:
Strategy - Turn-based - Historical
Tags:
Strategy, Turn-Based, Classic, Management, Historical, show 7 more... Resource Management, War, Procedural Generation, Military, Grand Strategy, Politics, 4X
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4.6/5

( 87 Reviews )

4.6

87 Reviews

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Product details
1997, Frog City Software, ESRB Rating: Everyone...
System requirements
Windows 7, 1 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9...
Time to beat
23 hMain
-- Main + Sides
-- Completionist
23 h All Styles

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Description
Do you have the necessary ambition and skills required to carve up underdeveloped nations and expand your country’s sphere of influence? Then go forth and conquer the world using any and all means available to you. Exploit the New World for its cornucopia of riches and resources as you race towards imperial supremacy over the entire world. You won’t be alone in your endeavors, however, as your Ministers are there to give useful advice whilst you retain the ultimate control over the fate of your nation and, eventually, the entire world.

Imperialism offers turn-based strategic gameplay in either a randomly generated world or in a scenario based on historic events. Choose from seven industrial powers including Great Britain, Hungary, Sardinia, Italy, Russia, and the Ottoman Empire and three different points of historical interest: the very beginnings of imperialism in 1820, in 1848 which was the year of tumultuous revolutions, or in 1882 and the nascent beginnings of the arms race that led up to the Great War. Take the reins of command and remake history as you dominate the world in Imperialism!
  • An ingenious AI provides and maintains a unique strategic personality for each of the Major Powers.
  • Cabinet Ministers assist you in various ways with advice and direction, depending on the difficulty level.
  • Use the subtle art of diplomacy or the equally effective art of trade as you forge alliances or dominate your enemies.

© 1997 Strategic Studies Group. © 2004 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Ubisoft and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the US and/or other countries. Imperialism is a trademark of Strategic Studies Group. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective holders.

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manual quick reference card soundtrack (mp3) soundtrack (FLAC)
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Time to beat
23 hMain
-- Main + Sides
-- Completionist
23 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Strategy - Turn-based - Historical
Tags:
Strategy, Turn-Based, Classic, Management, Historical, show 7 more... Resource Management, War, Procedural Generation, Military, Grand Strategy, Politics, 4X
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
{{'1997-08-31T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Company:
Frog City Software / Ubisoft
Size:
116 MB
Links:
Forum discussion
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Everyone (Animated Violence)
Game features
Multi-player
Single-player
Languages
English
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User reviews

Posted on: May 8, 2025

stealth-zz

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Games: 4 Reviews: 1

Still the best grand strategy

So many years have passed, but no one has been able to beat this game.

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Posted on: May 25, 2025

cazmaru

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Games: 35 Reviews: 2

An old pleasure

Somehow, this isn't the best game you've seen, But I come back to it every year since I was released. A bit in a robotic manner nowadays as turns can seems like that, but somehow it still does the "one more turn" magic for me. A few concepts handled with simplicity, a good intro to strat game, or a little pause after a few hundred hours of EU4

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Posted on: September 6, 2024

von_Turbo

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Games: 1 Reviews: 1

IMPERIASLISM

one of the best strategic, turn-based games ever written.

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Posted on: September 23, 2024

bogdantudor

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Games: 50 Reviews: 1

Imperialism 1

One of the best turn based grand strategy games.

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Posted on: December 4, 2024

psjohnhotmail.com

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Games: 2 Reviews: 2

Great game

Odd quirks though. I've played it way too much.

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