Dummynation

Dummynation

Released Apr 2022

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.

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Evaluation

Dummynation launched on April 15, 2022 and has received a continuous stream of substantial updates from its solo developer ever since. The update history through today (August 27, 2026) shows at least 10 feature patches, with two arriving in recent months: Update 4.0 on July 15, 2026 (a sweeping update adding a script editor, AI assistant for scenario creation, multiplayer improvements, and new economy/ideology systems) and Update 4.1 on August 8, 2026 (adding Casual and Hardcore difficulty modes, expanded soundtrack, and music customization). Prior to that, updates arrived roughly every 3–6 months, each adding meaningful new gameplay systems — a new Blitz mode and Battle Royale (February 2025), multiplayer group finder tools (June 2025), and profile customization (September 2025). The developer has not announced any specific upcoming content and there is no roadmap or season pass, but the pace of updates shows no sign of slowing — in fact, the two most recent updates arrived just 24 days apart in July and August 2026. The developer has not stated that development is complete.
Evidence
Update 4.1 released, adding Casual and Hardcore difficulty modes to Domination mode, expanded soundtrack, music customization, and bug fixes.
news post · Aug 8, 2026 source development ongoing
high
Update 4.0 released — a major update introducing a script editor for custom scenario events, an AI assistant for scenario creation, new ideology leader types, multiplayer rating redesign, economy reworks, and in-game shop improvements.
news post · Jul 15, 2026 source development ongoing
high

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Details

Publisher
Alejandro Hernández Ferrero
Achievements
16
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP

About this game

You are given unlimited power over a country, with a single promise to fulfill: world domination. How you manage to achieve it is up to you.

  • Expand your territory by military occupation to gain more power, but do not spread too thin too fast or your empire will crumble even faster.

  • Analyze and manipulate diplomatic relations to invade countries while avoiding creating too many powerful enemies.

  • Use the resources in your country to sustain your research and military campaigns, but if you spend too much your land will be impoverished and you will fall behind in the balance of power.

  • Determine the ideology and economic policy of your country and outgrow your rivals in the race for world domination.

Simplicity

The gameplay is designed to minimize the micromanagement and chores typically found in grand strategy games, allowing casual players to quickly pick up the basic mechanics and be competitive without much effort, while leaving room for improvement for those who want to go the extra mile to study and optimize the benefits of the more complex features.

Real-time annexations

In Dummynation, resources are not tied to entire provinces, but are inherent to each specific point, and when a conquest occurs, these places and their resources are progressively annexed over time. Meanwhile, resistance forces can automatically arise, holding off the conquest and wearing down the attacker.

Custom mode

  • Edit almost anything at any time during a custom game, including the territory, resources, flag and name of each country, and game parameters.

  • Add or remove countries, raise or sink land, and paint data on the map to create new scenarios.

  • Cross-platform workshop: upload your own creations or download scenarios created by the community.

  • God mode: play as no country and watch chaos unfold as AIs compete against each other in a world where you have the ultimate power.

Cross-platform multiplayer

  • Play with friends in private custom games, using the default or any created scenario, where you can edit most of the data as the game advances.

  • Compete against random players in a battle royale for world domination, as each player works to defend their own interests.

  • Cooperate with other players in a team-based world war to ensure your coalition prevails and earn points to climb the leaderboard.

Replays

Relive your last multiplayer or single-player games and watch the rise of your empire, or learn from your defeats by studying how it all went wrong.

Last evaluated Aug 27, 2026
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