Great Powers

Great Powers is a turn-based global strategy game in which you control one of nine Great Powers and seek dominance around the world. You develop the state’s economy, research technologies, conduct diplomacy and command armies and fleets in battles to capture enemy provinces.

Build your economy

Develop infrastructure by building roads and warehouses, then extract resources and turn them into goods for constructing your army and navy. Trade also lets you produce expensive industrial goods from cheaper resources, which can be worth 10 times more. The workforce matters: a master is six times as productive as a simple worker.

Diplomacy and expansion

Declare war, form alliances and build embassies. You can explore the New World and conquer the Indians. The world map is based on real historical provinces and includes 48 states in the Old World.

Powers and progress

Choose to control England, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Prussia, Russia, Austria-Hungary or the Ottoman Empire. Research over 100 technologies across a period spanning 1500 to 1900, and develop your territory, resources, infrastructure, workforce, armed forces, merchant fleet, technology and alliances to sustain the state and protect its interests around the world.

Battles and AI

You control armies and fleets in battles. The AI uses linear programming techniques and fuzzy sets to make decisions in specific situations.