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Doodle Empires
Doodle Empires is an alternate history sandbox game all about drawing your own nations with your own histories and stories in a variety of maps. Watch your world take shape and evolve over time, and decide which nations will rise and which nations will fall.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“This game was overall really good i would Recommend this to my friends although there are some bugs that get really annoying because they make no logical sense. 1.You would have to found a religion when the country already had one 2.you could paint into other country's territory…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“Genuinely amazing game, if you like history, geography, and drawing, then this is genuinely for you. Not to mention the fire updates devs keep dropping too! There may be a few "BIG" bugs here and there, but it's actually very easy to work around and avoid if you don't like the…”
— a player, Steam review · 98 hrs played“Absolutely AMAZING potential for this game. I think that at the moment it is in its most primitive state and has all the room in the world to improve. So far is a good game for someone like me, who likes to create their own scenarios. I think an added feature that keeps track of…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:33 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Borders Update
- Added borders to all nations, faiths, origins, and groups - Added random faith name button - Added text above color bar showing how much draw power is left - Redesigned game settings menu - Added h
Free Draw Patch 2
I forgot to finish adding the tribal/settled nation switch button to half of the maps(Oops), but this patch fixes that lol :)
Free Draw Patch
- Fixed drawing sound looping forever in free draw mode - Added an "Are You Sure?" pop up before nation/faith is deleted - Added button in nation inspector to switch nations between a settled nation
Free Draw Update
- Added a Free Draw mode where you can infinitely draw on the map - Added Random Nation Name button, which currently includes Anglo-Saxon, Latin, Mesopotamian, Chinese, and Historical name options (I
Extra Settings
- Added disable found religion button in nation inspector to make specific nation unable to draw the Found Religion card - Added Limit Founding setting in the game settings menu that will automatical
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Simulation · Strategy · Alternate History · Historical · God Game · Sandbox · Turn-Based Strategy · Wargame · 2D · Indie · Singleplayer · Top-Down (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Workshop · Includes level editor · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10