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Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware
Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware is a free prequel to the original game. In a medieval fantasy world, you are to build settlements, raise huge armies, and defend against massive hordes of enemies. Learn how Ironbrow clan shaped the world's map the first time - if you survive, that is.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“i had a good empire going then diddy poped up and raped me and my empire got destroyed in in less than 2 mins”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played“Pretty fun strategy game but in endless mode there is a MASSIVE difference between the first couple waves and the ones that follow it. In the first couple waves there are a small army of units but after a couple in day games there are so many more units compared to the previous…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Stronghold mix Age of Empire and Foundation very good.”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Shareware Release and Door 407 Developer Bundle at a discount!
Yarr, pirates! It’s time to lead a rebellion in the name of the Queen of Samreignia (self-proclaimed)! Get a peek at what Diplomacy is Not an Option in this free prequel. Fight for the Kingdom - and a
DiNaO: Shareware Release Date
Pupultas! You probably noticed that there’s been no news about Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware for a long time. The truth is: we’ve been quietly working on it in between making the Undead story
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Strategy · City Builder · Colony Sim · Tower Defense · RTS · Base Building · Building · 3D · Medieval · Management · Action RTS · Survival (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish * |
| Official site | https://www.door407.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10, 11 64 bit Processor: Intel Core i5 6400 / AMD X8 FX-8300 Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 960 / AMD Radeon R9 280 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 11 compatible