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Dummynation

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2022

Should you play it?

Geopolitical management game with real-time shifting borders and a streamlined gameplay, designed to minimize all burdensome chores while allowing an absolute strategic control, from military recruitment and deployment, to diplomatic and economic management.

What works

  • Fun and addictive geopolitical strategy gameplay
  • Custom maps and modding support
  • Good multiplayer with large player counts
  • Educational value in geography and history
  • Developer actively updates and listens to community

Things to keep in mind

  • Ai can be dumb or inconsistent
  • Repetitive and slow-paced for some players
  • Ui and controls sometimes unintuitive
  • Multiplayer communication limited
  • Price considered high by some for current content

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Demise of Nations

  • Hearts of Iron IV

  • Making History II: The War of the World

  • ICBM

  • SuperPower 2 Steam Edition

  • Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition

More story-driven

Games that feels like Dummynation but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Crusader Kings II

  • Europa Universalis III Complete

  • Victoria I Complete

  • Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game

  • Hearts of Iron III

  • Gary Grigsby's War in the East

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Dummynation: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Intimacy, Fantasy.

Last update: 21/08/2026