Restitutor: Empire Restored

Although it is in early access I find the game very entertaining and the dev is very responsive to bug reports and suggestion

really quite fun. frequent updates as well!

My goodness what a game! Simple visuals, easy to learn, hard to master. The incremental element of it is something I've never quite seen a game like this, and I love it! You compound upgrades, knowledge, and you the player learn specific strategies, province to province. Simply wonderful!

Digging this one. If you've been feeling like the EU games have been getting out of control with fancy graphics and more complicated rules than necessary, you might give this a try. Very minimalist graphics, and rules that are quite familiar to what I would call the "classic EU ruleset" if you've played EU before. The chief difference from EU is that combat is entirely abstracted--you don't build or control units you just claim territory in a rival country and watch the % go up (or not) until you win or lose. So if you enjoy the whole aspect of micromanaging armies and sieges, etc., you probably won't find this game very satisfying. But if you find chasing units around the map a little tiresome, you will like this way of doing things. I like the roguelike "rebirth" mechanic, which supports the way I've always played EU type games. Basically, it's fun to grow and win, but overseeing and preventing eventual decline is not as much. So at any time you can essentially "rage quit", start over with the same province -- or choose another -- and you get some points from your run to spend on bonuses in your next and future runs. Also, super lightweight download and opens up in a…

A fun strategy game. Seems to be getting regular updates!

Not bad. UI is hell. As always.