Empires in Ruins

I tried to play the game after leaving it for a while, it has some interesting aspects, but overall it is lackluster. It seems that not much thought went into the UI and the game isn't good enough to make up for this. To give an example, when you click to get to your research, it has to go to a loading screen and then you have to "Press a key to continue". Why do I need to press a key to continue to just get to the research screen? Just load the damn screen!!

3/10 most of the time you do nothing and end your turn....... this game is trying to be sooo many things at once that it just all around fails + music - garbage city builder - garbage tower defense game that can be skipped. - garbage story - you have a notification!!!! click here. is it the one i just read??? YUP!!! ok you saw it a 2nd time its read now - most my play time is afk card farming - ran into a few minor bugs - ran into game breaking bug where i need to build 2 levels of infastructures in Rumpiltz and thats all i need to reach the next chapter but the game strait up WONT let me. unlocked every single research and played past day 600 and i still cant. im done, uninstalling

Love the humour / writing, really laughed out loud several times.. The music is ridiculous fun too.. The tower defense twists are welcome and looks like fun to research through the skill tree and manage the conquered areas.. The only disturbing thing is, that it's all pretty tiny on Steam Deck, but the Major told me it's my bad.. I recommend.

Fun game, interesting writing with sometimes rather juvenile humor - I quite liked it. The tower defense part is solid, the resource management was sometimes tedious but not too bad. I had lots of fun until the end!

Empires in Ruins is an unusual strategy experience that refuses to stay within the boundaries of a single genre. Developed by Hammer & Ravens and published by Hammer & Ravens alongside WhisperGames, it blends turn-based empire management with real-time strategy and tower defense. Instead of simply moving armies around a map or surviving predetermined enemy waves, players must think about territory, economics, technology, politics, and battlefield defenses as interconnected parts of the same campaign. It is an ambitious combination that occasionally feels rough, but the willingness to experiment gives the game an identity of its own. The campaign follows Sergeant Hans Heimer, an irritable and frequently intoxicated soldier who has little patience for authority or bureaucracy. He is sent to deal with rebellion in the Western Marches, territories that have broken away from the Principality of Koth. What initially appears to be a straightforward military assignment gradually develops into a broader story involving political schemes, neighboring powers, questionable leadership, and personal conflicts. The writing embraces dark and cynical humor rather than treating its medieval-inspire…

Mixing grand strategy with tower defense sounds like an odd combination, but Empires in Ruins makes the two systems work well together. Managing provinces and expanding your empire gives the battles some purpose, while the dark humor keeps the campaign from feeling like another overly serious strategy game.