Crow Cottage's debut incremental grand strategy game, How Empires Work, is out now on Steam, launching at $9.99 / £7.99 / €8.99 with a 10% discount for the first two weeks. The game lets players build the machinery of empire, starting with a humble click of a button and evolving into complex institutions that run themselves. Players can automate repeated actions, collect taxes, and discourage rival powers, all while exploring and expanding across a hand-painted world.
The game's demo is still available on Steam for players who want to try before committing to the full game. How Empires Work challenges players to master the systems of taxation, trade, colonization, labour, and more, and to employ their aristocracy to manage the bureaucracy that keeps the empire running. The game's goal is to help players learn how empires work by guiding them through the process of building and managing a state from local lordships to a global power.