Dominions 5 - Warriors of the Faith
Released Nov 2017
In Dominions 5 you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to huge titans or large monuments. Dominions is a deep 4x turn based strategy game with a very large variety of spells and units.
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Done
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Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Dominions 5 launched on November 27, 2017 and received a solid run of post-launch content and patches. The two notable major content drops were the 2-year anniversary update on November 27, 2019 (version 5.38, which added two brand-new nations — Ind and Na'Ba), and a March 2020 feature patch (version 5.41) that added another new nation (Vaettiheim) along with significant updates to existing Nordic nations. Several additional feature patches and bug fixes followed through 2022 and into mid-2023 (the last standalone Dominions 5 patch was version 5.61 on July 25, 2023).
The decisive signal came on January 17, 2024, when Illwinter Game Design announced and released Dominions 6 — Rise of the Pantokrator — the next entry in the series. This is consistent with Illwinter's historical pattern: each numbered Dominions entry eventually gives way to the next. Since the release of Dominions 6, there have been no further updates, announcements, or communications from the developer regarding Dominions 5. The studio's attention has clearly shifted to the new title, and no future content for Dominions 5 has been signaled. The game is best understood as a complete, finished product as of the Dominions 6 launch date.
Evidence
Illwinter Game Design announced and released Dominions 6 — Rise of the Pantokrator, the successor to Dominions 5. No further content for Dominions 5 has been announced since.
Two-year anniversary update (v5.38) added two new nations — Ind and Na'Ba — along with new pretenders, features, and bug fixes. The last tagged major content release for Dominions 5.
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Illwinter Game Design
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Windows, macOS, Linux
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP · Local/Split Screen
About this game
You are a God! You are master and ruler of a loyal nation. You have unimaginable powers at your disposal. You have claimed this world as yours. But there are others who stand in your way. You must defeat and destroy these pretenders. Only then can you ascend to godhood and become the new Pantokrator.
In Dominions you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to huge titans or large monuments. The pretender gods have different strengths dependent on what kind of god you choose and what nation you play.
When you start the game you decide what kind of god you are and how your Dominion affects your lands, followers and sacred soldiers. It is an expression of your divine might and the faith of your followers. If your dominion dies, so do you. Your dominion also inspires your sacred warriors and gives them powers derived from your dominion.
In order to win and become the one true god you have to defeat your enemies one of three different ways: conquer their lands, extinguish their dominion or claim the Thrones of Ascension.
New for Dominions 5 is that a God's bless effects can be customized in detail giving a new set of choices for the aspiring Gods. Battles have also received a major change and now feature simultaneous movement for all participating units. Fireballs and arrows will now fly at the same time as everyone is moving and watching large battles will be quicker than before.
Dominions is set in a fantasy world that draws inspiration from historical nations, cultures and myths. You will not encounter the elves of conventional fantasy in this game. Instead you might lead a nation of vanir from old norse myth. Aztecs, romans, israelites, greeks, kievian rus and lovecraftian horrors are just a few of the inspirational sources of the game.
The first Dominions game was released in 2002 and was well received by strategy gamers. Since then Dominions has been much refined and Dominions series is still actively played making it one of the longest running 4x turn based strategy games.
In Dominions you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to huge titans or large monuments. The pretender gods have different strengths dependent on what kind of god you choose and what nation you play.
When you start the game you decide what kind of god you are and how your Dominion affects your lands, followers and sacred soldiers. It is an expression of your divine might and the faith of your followers. If your dominion dies, so do you. Your dominion also inspires your sacred warriors and gives them powers derived from your dominion.
In order to win and become the one true god you have to defeat your enemies one of three different ways: conquer their lands, extinguish their dominion or claim the Thrones of Ascension.
New for Dominions 5 is that a God's bless effects can be customized in detail giving a new set of choices for the aspiring Gods. Battles have also received a major change and now feature simultaneous movement for all participating units. Fireballs and arrows will now fly at the same time as everyone is moving and watching large battles will be quicker than before.
Dominions is set in a fantasy world that draws inspiration from historical nations, cultures and myths. You will not encounter the elves of conventional fantasy in this game. Instead you might lead a nation of vanir from old norse myth. Aztecs, romans, israelites, greeks, kievian rus and lovecraftian horrors are just a few of the inspirational sources of the game.
The first Dominions game was released in 2002 and was well received by strategy gamers. Since then Dominions has been much refined and Dominions series is still actively played making it one of the longest running 4x turn based strategy games.
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