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Supreme Ruler 1936

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2014

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Quick resume

Real-Time Strategy Game. Guide your nation through the most violent era in modern history. Play massive campaigns as one of the principal nations, set-piece scenarios of famous battles, or set your own victory condition and play as any nation in the world in Sandbox mode.

Global score

74/100

Genres

Indie, Simulator, Strategy

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    Pros

    • Deep and complex strategic gameplay
    • High replayability with many countries and scenarios
    • Active developer support and modding community
    • Multiplayer mode for competitive play
    • Historical and alternate history immersion

    Cons

    • Steep learning curve and poor tutorial
    • Bugs and ai weaknesses
    • Clunky user interface
    • Performance issues with large games
    • Limited diplomacy and naval combat depth

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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      "Includes multiplayer and AI opponents with victory conditions encouraging competition, but also supports solo play."

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    • Continuation

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      "Many players report hundreds or thousands of hours played, addictive gameplay, and habitual engagement."

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    • Cooperation

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      "Some cooperation through alliances and diplomacy is part of gameplay, but mostly competitive and individual-focused."

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    • Creativity

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      "Players can customize armies, choose strategies, and mod the game extensively, allowing creative approaches to gameplay."

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    • Domination

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      "The game emphasizes military conquest and domination over other civilizations, with players often exerting control over opponents."

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    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game to immerse in alternate history and escape real life through complex strategy."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily out of interest and enjoyment rather than obligation; some frustration with bugs but overall intrinsic motivation."

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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      "Exploration mostly in strategic variety and unit combinations rather than physical map discovery; some curiosity-driven experimentation."

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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      "While based on historical setting, the game embraces absurdity, surreal events, and exaggerated war fiction."

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    • Fellowship

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      "Some community and multiplayer interaction, but most play is solo or limited social engagement."

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    • Growth

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      "Players learn complex systems, improve skills, and develop strategies over time."

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    • Health

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      "No physical activity involved; gameplay promotes sedentary play."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires sustained attention and micromanagement; not suited for casual or background play."

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    • Intimacy

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      "No close social relationships or emotional sharing; limited to surface-level interactions."

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    • Leadership

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      "Players lead squads, manage tactics, and make strategic decisions; leadership is central to gameplay."

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    • Progression

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      "Strong emphasis on accumulating resources, technology, and military power to progress and conquer."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Gameplay is tense and challenging with sustained pressure; some players find it stressful rather than relaxing."

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    • Sensation

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      "Visuals are simple and functional; sensory stimulation is minimal but gameplay is engaging."

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    • Status

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

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

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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