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Battle Nations
A revived build-and-battle strategy game on the continent of Ateria, with tanks, mammoths and velociraptors.
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- Developer
- Madrona Games Inc.
- Score
- 4.6
- Downloads
- 1K+ ratings
- Age
- Rated 12+
- Genre
- Strategy
- Price
- Free
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About this game
Battle Nations is a relaunch of the city-building strategy game, now published by Madrona Games. The setup is a war across the continent of Ateria, with the player as the commander trying to put down a rebellion. That means building and running a city, gathering resources and keeping an army supplied, then taking that army into tactical fights across a range of terrain. The roster is where it gets odd. Standard infantry, tanks and vehicles sit alongside mammoths, sandworms, velociraptors and plasma units from the future, with mercenaries and special forces to recruit over time. The story is written with a light touch, full of heroes and misfits with their own arcs, mixing humor with drama. Guilds and multiplayer events connect players, and PvP battles are there for anyone wanting to test an army against a human. The game is free, with some items sold for real money, and it needs a network connection to run.
Battle Nations: the full guide
What the game is
The city builder with dinosaurs is back, now published by Madrona Games. Battle Nations casts you as a commander fighting over the continent of Ateria, tasked with crushing a rebellion. You build and run a city, gather resources, keep an army fed, and then take that army into turn-based fights across varied terrain.
The army is where it gets peculiar. Infantry and tanks share the field with mammoths, sandworms, velociraptors and plasma troops from the future, plus recruitable mercenaries and special forces. The writing is deliberately light, full of oddball heroes, and guilds, multiplayer events and PvP connect players to one another.
How a session plays
Days split between two rhythms. In the city you queue buildings, collect resources, train units and wait for timers, checking in a few times to keep things moving. On the battlefield you line up squads against the enemy's and fight tactically, choosing targets and using unit strengths against weaknesses, with terrain affecting the outcome.
The story campaign carries you across Ateria, introducing new unit types and characters as it goes. Guild events and PvP sit alongside for anyone wanting to test their army against a human, and multiplayer events rotate. Expect a long, slow burn rather than quick sessions; this is a game you tend for weeks.
Why people look for it
Most searches are from people who played the original years ago and heard it was back. The relaunch angle is the whole story: a cult strategy game with a distinctive, funny tone and a ridiculous unit roster that disappeared and then returned under a new publisher. New players find it through the base-building genre, but nostalgia is the engine.
Look and feel
Four screenshots, slightly fewer than most items here. Expect a top-down city view with chunky buildings and a separate battle screen where squads face off in rows, since that split is the genre's convention. The mixed roster, from tanks to dinosaurs, suggests a cartoonish rather than gritty art direction, and the dialogue-driven story implies character portraits with a lot of text.
