Overview
Platform Nation is a satirical single-player strategy game that puts players in charge of founding their own country on an artificial platform off the coast of Florida. Starting with minimal resources, players must meticulously expand their platform tile by tile, managing essential services like power, water, and food. The core gameplay loop involves attracting citizens, assigning workers to various tasks, researching new technologies, and constructing industries to transform a barren slab of ocean into a functioning sovereign state.
Highlights
- Genre-Bending Strategy: Combines city building, resource management, political simulation, trade, diplomacy, and real-time combat for a deep strategic experience.
- Found Your Own Nation: Begin with an empty platform and a small treasury, tasked with the ambitious goal of establishing a new country from scratch.
- Complex Systems Management: Every building plays a role in larger systems, requiring careful planning for power generation, resource allocation, and citizen needs.
Who It's For
This game is for players who enjoy deep strategy titles, particularly those with city-building and political simulation elements. Fans of sandbox experiences where they can build and manage complex systems from the ground up will find a lot to love. The satirical tone and mature social themes also suggest it will appeal to those who appreciate games with a strong narrative or commentary.
Game Info
Platform Nation is developed by Patrick Gallaway and published by Holy Splash Games. It is a single-player strategy game currently in Early Access, featuring stylized 3D graphics with a top-down perspective. The game includes recurring stylized violence and gore, alongside dark political satire touching on war, capitalism, and authoritarianism. It supports English language.
