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Empires: Dawn of the Modern World

From Middle Ages through World War II, Command battles with an amazing array of historic troops and abilities - over land, sea, and air. Lead 7 civilizations; fight 3 campaigns; conquer epic maps in historical battles throughout history. Massive time line and variety of fighting units and unique civilizations across five ages: Middle Ages (950 AD - 1300 AD), Gunpowder (1300 AD - 1600 AD), Imperial (1600 AD - 1900 AD), World War I (1914 AD - 1935 AD), World War II (1935 AD - 1945 AD). Deep campaigns contribute to a weeks of high replay value. Create your own full campaigns in the campaign/missi

Release date
May 11, 2017
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Stainless Steel Studios
Publisher
Stainless Steel Studios
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From Middle Ages through World War II, Command battles with an amazing array of historic troops and abilities - over land, sea, and air. Lead 7 civilizations; fight 3 campaigns; conquer epic maps in historical battles throughout history. Massive time line and variety of fighting units and unique civilizations across five ages: Middle Ages (950 AD - 1300 AD), Gunpowder (1300 AD - 1600 AD), Imperial (1600 AD - 1900 AD), World War I (1914 AD - 1935 AD), World War II (1935 AD - 1945 AD).

Deep campaigns contribute to a weeks of high replay value. Create your own full campaigns in the campaign/mission editor. One of the best RTS, that has come across these eyes. -Game Nation Empires: Dawn of the Modern World delivers great strategic gaming that's based on great historical civilizations. -daytrum Review Games can be truly epic. Resources are plentiful, maps are huge, and battles are insane. -Armchair Review Fans of Age of Empires will want this title.

Three story-based modes, another 5 eras and 7 civilizations, random map generator, and both single and multiplayer game modes. Enough to keep you busy for hours and hours. -Elited Make no mistake, the single-player campaigns are great, but the multiplayer gives you and your friends more freedom to create the RTS atmosphere of your dreams.…

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★ 8.4/10GOG · 380 ratings
GOGLast checked November 3, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 5 / 5
If you think this game is almost a clone of Empire Earth... well... it was made by the same company. While in Empire Earth you…
★ 5 / 5
GOOD THINGS: Gameplay is rich in ideas: diferent nations with their own unique mechanisms and "god powers" (all realistic not actually a work of God),…
★ 5 / 5
Like Empire Earth, but want more diverse civilizations? That pretty much sums it up! This game takes the good things from Empire Earth and builds…
★ 5 / 5
Empires Dawn of the Modern World is one of my favorite games of all time. When released it was just the natural progression from Empire…
★ 5 / 5
Note: This review is for the CD version of the game, as I will be waiting a little while to see if this comes on…
★ 1 / 5
I would love to be able to play the game, but the cursor icon is frozen in the middle of the screen on the main…
★ 5 / 5
Empire Earth was great. What Empires DotmW adds are unique units and slightly better graphics and a huge population limit. @People who cannot use their…
★ 5 / 5
I bought this game out of pure nostalgia and the fact that I haven't been able to find a digital copy of this game anywhere…

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★ 5 / 5
I LIEK THIS Game. I WISH everyone in the world coul play it.
★ 4 / 5
its just pure nostalgia even with the bugs still intact, the constant sound of a moving trebouche is soothing and annoying

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