NationWar2:Chronicle

NationWar2:Chronicle

Yiming · October 22, 2024 · Simulation, Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Grand Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics

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About NationWar2:Chronicle

Introduction

NationWar 2.0 is a big strategy game based on the theme of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period. There are more than 60 countries to choose from in the game. The game incorporates historical celebrities during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period, a hundred controversies, economic and trade culture, and war strategy. Map 1: 1 restores the mountainous landscapes and rivers of China. Three civilizations (Huaxia, primitive, nomadic), and the competition of eight cultures. Can you rule the world like Qin Shihuang?

Game background

The game started on the Chinese earth in the eighth century BC. At this time, the once powerful Zhou royal family, due to the faintness of the emperor and the constant civil strife of the royal family, has gradually declined. The most terrible disaster that the royal family will face soon, but everything has not been settled yet. Whether it is the ZTE Zhou Dynasty, rebuilding order, restoring Zhou Li, or competing for the Central Plains, replacing it, or even changing the summer into the Central Plains, all in the hands of players.

Rich countries

The game contains the vast majority of countries in the Spring and Autumn Period, including their respective arms, characteristics, and culture.
A strategic map contains all, players can either raise the perspective to overlook, or pull down the perspective to view the details.

Close to history

1. Classic technology tree: After research, the technology tree made according to the development history of Chinese science and technology, each technology has related verses or sentences quoted from Chinese classics.
2. Trade resources: In the Spring and Autumn period, countries traded quite frequently, and businessmen like the "Jiranjia" genre and Fan Li were born. The game is close to history and specially designed. Players can manipulate trade, appoint businessmen, and collect profits.
3. Hundred schools of contention: Various thinkers appeared frequently during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods. In National War 2.0, doctrine and thought became the core play point of the game, including not only the unique play of various doctrines, but also the need to consider characters when appointing or removing official positions The accompanying doctrine attributes.
4. Character system: Character avatars are randomly generated and will not be repeated. Players can register queens, harem harems, multiple heirs, exchange captives, buy hearts, and suppress dissidents. There are also many historical celebrities in the game that can be recruited by players.
5. Changeable heir system: Players need to register the queen at the right time and set up the prince (which is not suitable too early and too late) to maximize the simulation of historical scenarios.
6. Rich historical events: Players need to make timely and reasonable decisions on some unexpected situations, can you become a Mingjun?
7. Complex battles: including impassable mountains, rivers, strategic locations, military supplies, morale, and mutual restraint of arms, the coordination of various tactics, and the advantages of various arms under different terrains are different.
8. Realistic diplomacy: Players can find allies, marry with other countries to prevent aggression, and can also provoke opponents, far and near attacks, trading materials, cutting land for mercy, and late-game diplomatic talents such as Su Qin and Zhang Yi are available for recruitment.

NationWar2:Chronicle — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players praise NationWar2's ambitious grand strategy concept with deep historical setting and systemic complexity similar to Europa Universalis IV, but are severely frustrated by the lack of development support, with complaints of over a year without updates suggesting the game may be abandoned. Common gameplay frustrations include poor vassal control mechanics and difficulty managing military tactics, though some players find it rewarding despite its rough, passion-project presentation.

Not recommended Nov 15, 2022
+ good concept like EUIV, BUT: - more than 5 months no update, so looks like its is abandoned before release actually 1/10 and hope the development will continue... UPDATE after another 7 months - IT IS SCAM, nothing more=12 month zero update.
6 found this helpful
Recommended Oct 13, 2025
NationWar2, developed and published by Yiming, is an ambitious grand strategy game set during one of the most turbulent and fascinating eras of Chinese history—the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. It seeks to capture the complexity of that time, when dozens of kingdoms rose and fell through a mixture of war, diplomacy, reform, and philosophy. In doing so, it offers a sandbox experience that emphasizes freedom of approach and long-term planning over spectacle or linear storytelling. Rather than being a polished AAA production, NationWar2 feels more like a passion project—one that values historical depth and systemic interconnection above flashy presentation. The result is a game that is both rewarding and occasionally frustrating, but undeniably full of ambition and cultural flavor. Players begin by selecting one of more than sixty nations, each with distinct starting conditions, resources, and political situations. The overarching goal is simple: expand your influence and survive in a constantly shifting landscape of alliances, rivalries, and ideological clashes. However, achieving this goal requires managing a complex network of systems that touch every aspect of gov…
4 found this helpful
Not recommended Aug 31, 2024
will not recommend or as gift to my friends anymore.
2 found this helpful
Not recommended Jul 3, 2026
Needs to have better control over the vassals - make them attack areas or defend your castle
1 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 14, 2025
one of the best
Recommended Jan 3, 2025
I need trainer or cheat, please!!!

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