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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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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).

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. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Domination, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story.

Last update: 04/08/2026