How to Play

Empires is an idle civilization game. You guide a civilization through the ages: it farms resources over time (even while you're away), you spend them to build, tech up and field an army, and you fight board/card battles at key milestones.

The three pillars

Every run is scored on three axes at once. Lean into your civilization's affinity — or defy it for a harder, spicier run.

Militarymilitary

Economiceconomic

Civilcivil

Victory — spicy by angle

There's no single way to win. The same run reorders the leaderboard depending on the axis: a trade empire tops Economic, a horde tops Military, a builder tops Civil. Three leaderboards, plus one overall — and a daily seeded "Civilization of the Day".

The ages

Age 0Foundations

Settlers and the first hearth.

Age 1Ancient

Spears, walls, the first armies.

Age 2Classical

Cavalry, siege engines, organized states.

Age 3Industrial

Armor, flight, mass production.

Age 4Modern

Missiles and the atom — the age that could end all ages.