DSS war party

DSS war party

Released Jun 2024

A real-time grand strategy game set in a low fantasy world. Recruit vast armies to conquer the world. Dominate through strategic resource management and production chains.

93% positive · 102 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Evaluation

DSS War Party is a free-to-play real-time grand strategy game that launched on June 19, 2024 and received a series of feature updates and patches throughout late 2024 and into early 2025. On April 15, 2025, the developer explicitly labeled an update as the "Final update before DSS 2" and announced a sequel — DSS 2: War Industry — with a Steam wishlist link. This is a clear developer statement that development on DSS War Party has concluded, with the studio's focus having moved entirely to the next game. The developer's own post also described DSS War Party as the project that led them to "go professional," framing the sequel as the next chapter rather than a continuation of this one. No further updates have been posted since April 15, 2025, consistent with that announcement. The game is complete as of that final update.
Evidence
Developer explicitly labels this the 'Final update before DSS 2' and provides a wishlist link for the sequel, DSS 2: War Industry, signaling that development on this game is complete.
news post · Apr 15, 2025 source development ending
high
Developer describes moving on professionally to DSS 2, framing DSS War Party as the origin project. Confirms fixed all reported bugs and added German translation as the final changes.
news post · Apr 15, 2025 source development ending
high

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Details

Developer
Publisher
vikingfabian
Achievements
21
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP · Local/Split Screen

About this game

Combining the global scale of civilization games with the urgency of real-time strategy. This could be the largest RTS ever made!

Manage the production of men and weapons in your cities to create a relentless flow of soldiers marching toward the jaws to war.

Design your own flag; this will determine the visuals of your soldiers. Then watch the world turn into your color, painted by war!

Features

  • City Building: Construct and develop your cities to support your war efforts.

  • Workers: Assign tasks to your workers, who will follow a priority-based queue system.

  • Resource Management: Set up production chains with a delivery system to ensure a smooth supply of materials.

  • Army Controls: Command your forces across the map while keeping them well-supplied and fed.

  • Diverse Military Units: Deploy various unit types, each with its own strengths and weaknesses.

  • Diplomacy system: Coerce others into joining your cause.

  • A multiplayer like no other 4X game. Join forces or end up as bitter enemies - the diplomacy is real.

Technical Facts

  • Pricing: 100% free.

  • Multiplayer: 1-4 player local split-screen, co-op or versus. Xbox controllers are required.

  • Input options: Mouse only (with scroll), Mouse & Keyboard or Xbox controller.

  • Localization: All languages, except for English, are machine translated.

  • Play time: A session is about 4 hours.

  • Big picture mode: No.

  • Steam deck: No.

  • Rebindable keys: Keyboard only.

  • Supported resolutions: Any.

  • Multiple monitors: Yes.

  • Framerate: 60

  • Offline gameplay: Yes.

  • System requirements: The game is very CPU heavy, it does not matter what graphics card you have. Running smaller maps reduces CPU load. Multiple cores (up to 16) will improve performance.

  • Engine: MonoGame/C#/OpenGL.

  • Original release: "Plunder Party" on Xbox360.

  • Mature content: Cartoon violence, cubes of blood. Still pictures of monsters and a person on fire (same detail level as the storefront images). No gore, no sex/nudity.

  • Accessibility: No flashing images. No fast tapping, or holding a button. Text size option.

  • Development team size: 1

Last evaluated Jun 25, 2026
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