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Ashes of the Singularity

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2016

Should you play it?

What works

  • Massive scale battles with thousands of units
  • Strategic depth and macro-management focus
  • Strong multiplayer with ranked matches and leaderboards
  • Innovative resource and army grouping mechanics
  • Impressive graphics and sound design

Things to keep in mind

  • Limited unit variety and repetitive maps
  • Flat and forgettable campaign story
  • Steep learning curve and complex ui
  • Lack of customization and personalization
  • Some technical issues and bugs reported

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Multiwinia

  • Mushroom Wars

  • Planets Under Attack

  • Interloper

  • Dice Kingdoms

  • Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®

More expressive

Games that feels like Ashes of the Singularity but with more self-expression and customization

  • Total Annihilation

  • Wargame: Airland Battle

  • Hearts of Iron IV

  • Wargame: Red Dragon

  • Warrior Kings: Battles

  • Clatter

Less fantastical

Games that feels like Ashes of the Singularity but with less imaginative fiction

  • DEFCON

  • Wargame: European Escalation

  • Steel Division 2

  • Company of Heroes 2

  • Cossacks: European Wars

  • Ancestors Legacy

Choose your own criteria ->

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Ashes of the Singularity: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Cooperation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Expression, Creativity, Exploration.

Last update: 05/08/2026