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KAISERPUNK
Build a city to rule the world in Kaiserpunk, a grand city builder blending production-focused city building with world conquest in an alternate 20th century world. Manage your city, grow industries, build a military, and defeat rivals to become the greatest empire.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Satisfying logistics and production depth” (41 of 76 reviews) and “Period-authentic visual details” (10); the most common complaint is “Underwhelming combat and world map” (25). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-29 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
41 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“The city building part is fine. But war or diplomacy is just boring. Also science does not seem to be equilibrated for the AIs at all. Luckily they do not take advantage from it against human player.”
10 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“Depictioning of 1920's and 1930's is fantastic. Giving Kaiserpunk here a positive feedeback mainly for uniqueness. Not the easiest game to properly understand, let alone master.”
“Amount of effort that went into this is commendable. I have a thing for seeking out tiny details and efforts made by devs, and appreciating them. ”
8 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“If you prefer complex games with many possible paths, but one that forces a lot of thinking and strategizing, you should like Kaiserpunk. If you prefer simpler, more straightforward games, then think twice. This game…”
“I almost didnt buy it because of the mixed reviews but i decided to go for it anyway and just as well I did! The game is actually fun! the AI nations are hard but you can set the game to easy or very easy and its still…”
“Kaiserpunk is a great game if you’e ever wanted the stress of running a crumbling industrial city without the luxury of sleep. The city-building is addictive—mostly because fixing one problem just creates three more. By…”
3 of the 76 reviews raise this.
“Kaiserpunk surprised me, let me admit it first—it’s a deep, complicated strategy game that blends city-building with grand decision-making in a way that feels both fresh and entertaining. Here’s my breakdown of how it…”
25 of the 76 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“On paper this game is right up my alley. Grand Strategy and City Builders are my two biggest genres, by a very big margin. Unfortunately the abysmal optimization is forcing my hand to return this game. Fortunately, I…”
“I'd really really would want to recommend this game, but its just too much of a chore. Usually when I restart Anno games (which it closely resembles) I have a fun time setting things up and then the game dries down…”
16 of the 76 reviews raise this · 10 of them still recommend the game.
7 of the 76 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I'd really really would want to recommend this game, but its just too much of a chore. Usually when I restart Anno games (which it closely resembles) I have a fun time setting things up and then the game dries down…”
“The city building part is fine. But war or diplomacy is just boring. Also science does not seem to be equilibrated for the AIs at all. Luckily they do not take advantage from it against human player.”
“If you prefer complex games with many possible paths, but one that forces a lot of thinking and strategizing, you should like Kaiserpunk. If you prefer simpler, more straightforward games, then think twice. This game…”
6 of the 76 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“A year on from release and it still runs like ♥♥♥♥. Really cool idea but unfortunately let down by a lack of optimisation from devs despite them repeatedly stating that fixes were coming. I think they bit off more than…”
“On paper this game is right up my alley. Grand Strategy and City Builders are my two biggest genres, by a very big margin. Unfortunately the abysmal optimization is forcing my hand to return this game. Fortunately, I…”
“It's a solid foundation, especially when it comes to city-building and production management, which can be genuinely satisfying over longer periods of time. That said, it’s not without issues—the UI can feel clunky at…”
5 of the 76 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“I only played the tutorial bit but it was underwhelming. For a large part it works like the Indie game Foundations and the Anno games, but more dull and more of a chore, with bad dark lighting that makes me pinch my…”
“I'm an older school player and Kaiserpunk pretty much suits my taste. Game setting is serious, sometimes even grim. Played it for a while before realizing there is a global map stuff alongside territory conquest and…”
“Not for me I`m afraid. A great idea but missing something to make it appealing. I quickly felt that the gameplay was a chore and that overall the gamer felt dated. Shame but other games of this type have done this…”
Counted across 76 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 71.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“After nearly 100 hours with the game, I can say that Kaiserpunk is a very ambitious strategy title with a lot of depth, but also one that struggles with clarity—especially when it comes to warfare mechanics. On the positive side, the economic simulation and class-based society…”
— a player, Steam review · 105 hrs played“Very cool, and the building is very well done. The combat could be better, as well as trading. Some have complained about the AI getting tier 4 units very quickly, and you can too very easily, but not by yourself necessary ...The easiest way I find is starting the game off by…”
— a player, Steam review · 40 hrs played“Kaiserpunk is the game I didn't knew I need. but it has 2 massive issue that make me can't recommend the game and honestly I can't believe the game is released with them. 1- when I started the game, the date was around 1918. in 1919 the AI already expanded way too far and and…”
— a player, Steam review · 42 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-22.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Hotfix - 1.05.020
Just a quick one today. Only 3 fixes, before we get back to the next proper update. Effective radius of the fire station now properly follows the fire station when moving it Ordering a commander to jo
Hotfix - 1.05.019
1.05.019 Changelog \ Effective radius of the firestation now properly follows the firestation when moving it FIXED] Ordering a commander to join a division that is not in the same region, now properly
Patch - 1.05.018
Hi everyone, Today we have a new patch for you. This one touches on a number of issues that has been reported. Primarily some performance fixes to avoid stuttering issues, some problems related to com
Hotfix - 1.05.017
Hey everyone, Putting out a hotfix for an issue around fires and their ability to spread in unintended ways. This fix includes a few different changes as the issue arose from multiple factors as oppos
Patch - 1.05.016
Hello everyone, We've got another patch today and since the tempo of these have been updated to allow more fixes and testing they're now occuring less frequent than 1-2 times a week and while the Stra
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | City Builder · Strategy · Resource Management · Alternate History · Grand Strategy · Management · Military · Economy · Simulation · Building · Base-Building · World War I (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Ukrainian, Swedish, Turkish * |
| Achievements | 51 |
| Official site | https://www.overseer-games.com/kaiserpunk |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows® 10/11 (64-bit) Processor: Intel™ Core i5-7400 or AMD Ryzen™ 5 1600 Memory: 12 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050ti / AMD Radeon R7 370 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 20 GB available space Additional Notes: SSD is recommended. Steamdeck is not supported.