PC Kaiser is a turn-based strategy game set in the Holy Roman Empire from the year 1001 – a remake of a 1991 DOS classic, built by one person over the last few months.
You lead one of 30 dynasties. Grow your land village by village, keep your people fed with grain and cattle, marry your children into rival houses, send spies and assassins – and when the old emperor dies, bribe the prince-electors so that the crown lands on your head.
🎃 Halloween until November 4: pumpkins grin from the fields, bats circle over the castles, ghosts haunt the houses that just lost someone, and many events tell themselves a little spookier than usual. (You can switch the decorations off in the options.)
What you'll find:
- Building & economy: villages, castles, harbours, palaces – and now you can tear them down again
- Dynasty politics: marriages, heirs, succession – every ruler's story is different
- War: infantry, cavalry and artillery, land by land – every war goes down in your realm's chronicle
- Intrigue: espionage, assassinations, ransom
- Imperial elections with bribery and a coronation
- A living empire: plague, fires, floods, revolts – but also rich harvests and hidden treasure
- AI in 11 levels, from harmless to merciless
- Hot-seat multiplayer on one computer
New in v0.987: the game is now fully playable in English, and a scroll on the title screen tells you what's new and what's coming next.
▶ Play the full game for free in your browser (mouse + keyboard, no turn limit, saves stay in your browser): https://grobi85.itch.io/pc-kaiser-demo
👑 Download version with music and offline play – 50% off until November 4: https://grobi85.itch.io/pc-kaiser
Watch the coronation at the end closely. I'd love to hear what you think!