Dying Reign
Disease spreads across your lands, destabilizing regions, draining your resources, and testing your authority. Quarantine cities, draft troops, balance fear and order… but every choice comes at a cost.
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About this game
History remembers emperors… but plagues remember no one.
In Dying Reign, you are the last force stopping your empire's collapse. Govern through chaos, adapt to evolving threats, and hold your people together as history’s deadliest pandemics unfold.
Minimalist Management
Dying Reign is a minimalist strategy game where a handful of nodes represent your empire and its people.
Manage Your Empire
Keep your empire from collapsing by balancing your empire's stats. Every decision affects your empire differently, and managing these interconnected systems is the key to survival.
Economy
Stability
Morale
Spread Rate
Power
Regional Allegiance
Dynamic Events
Face over a dozen events: an economic boom, banditry, cultural revivals, scandals, natural disasters, and more. Every event shifts the balance of power, morale, economy, and stability. These aren’t just random, they react to your empire’s current state and force you to adapt.
Maps Across Time
Lead empires through distinct eras of crisis:
Athens, 429 BCE
Byzantine Empire, 529
Holy Roman Empire, 1347
Roman Empire, 248
Qing Dynasty, 1854
England, 1485
United States of America, 1918
Unlock Advisors
Unlock key figures to help you govern. Advisors stay hidden until earned through gameplay, and each one adds unique benefits.
