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Supreme Ruler 1936
Real-Time Strategy Game. Guide your nation through the most violent era in modern history. Play massive campaigns as one of the principal nations, set-piece scenarios of famous battles, or set your own victory condition and play as any nation in the world in Sandbox mode.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
What reviewers agree on
55 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“supreme ruler 1936 is a rough gem, i would recommend it to people who love RTT games like command and conquer. the good; -extended tech tree with technologies and units that go to around 2150. -good simple and very…”
“The Supreme Ruler series is one of the best grand strategy games you can find on Steam. I started out with Supreme Ruler 2020 and played the hell out of it before and even after the Gold version came to Steam. With…”
“This game has a lot of potential! It runs much more smoothly than other Supreme Ruler games, Although my only problem was that the GUI when playing in-game was a little too big for me. Although other than that the game…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Okay...to start I'd like to say this game is still in beta, and although not the prettiest of games it is one of the funnest and in depth Political RTS's I could find and be more than willing to pay for again. The game…”
“First off, i've been playing Supreme Ruler games since 2020, and all Supreme ruler games are TIME CONSUMING if you have that "Dominate the world" mindset. I'll get right to the pros and cons of the game Pros ____ - VERY…”
“This game is one of the most complex strategy games I've ever played. I mean, I needed 12 hrs. of playtime only for the Tutorial. *lol* Supreme Ruler 1936 is a global political-warfare simulation that begins in early…”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“First off, i've been playing Supreme Ruler games since 2020, and all Supreme ruler games are TIME CONSUMING if you have that "Dominate the world" mindset. I'll get right to the pros and cons of the game Pros ____ - VERY…”
“This game is one of the most complex strategy games I've ever played. I mean, I needed 12 hrs. of playtime only for the Tutorial. *lol* Supreme Ruler 1936 is a global political-warfare simulation that begins in early…”
“I reccomend this game only if you like a game that needs atleast a day to get used to and learn how to play, with hours upon hours of unending gameplay as a consequence for dipping your fingers into this adventure. ayee.”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“I stumbled upon Supreme Ruler 2010 years ago and ever since then I have been hooked on the Supreme Ruler series. Having played the previous titles and almost 60 hours of 1936 I can say the game is great so far even with…”
“Okay...to start I'd like to say this game is still in beta, and although not the prettiest of games it is one of the funnest and in depth Political RTS's I could find and be more than willing to pay for again. The game…”
“I love this development team. They are so supportive of player opinions and will respond to requests. One of the few developers out there that care about there product. As for the game itself, Runs much smoother then…”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“This game is one of the most complex strategy games I've ever played. I mean, I needed 12 hrs. of playtime only for the Tutorial. *lol* Supreme Ruler 1936 is a global political-warfare simulation that begins in early…”
“I'm a long time Civ player but SC36 takes the prize as the ultimate management game imo. It's so complex that it takes a while to figure out but it's worth it. Players have complete control over every aspect of the…”
“this IS a great Geograpfical Political, strategic, long-term , realtime / or pause / stop play game. if that's what you're into then kudos to you.. if you like civ 5 but it tends to be too repetitive and boring, as i…”
27 of the 104 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“I hate to "hate" on an otherwise good game, but it's such a HUGE part of WWII, that without it, this is way off from being Grand Stratagy. The tech tree is good, battles are a little boring, but all in all, good. There…”
“The game isvery unique and very in-depth however there are just a few things i can't deal with while playing it. - Tons of bugs and crashes; be prepared. - Few updates. They made this game and updated it a little and…”
“I have many hundreds of hours into SR 2020 from before the time of Steam. I have bought 2 of the newer versions of Supreme Ruler on Steam... Cold War and 1936. Both of which seem to be unfinished versions of the same…”
23 of the 104 reviews raise this · 14 of them still recommend the game.
“They've been releasing the 'Supreme Ruler' title ever since 1983 and the original Z-80/DOS version. That version is the only one they've ever finished. SR 1936 here was 'fully released and finished' just a couple months…”
“I stumbled upon Supreme Ruler 2010 years ago and ever since then I have been hooked on the Supreme Ruler series. Having played the previous titles and almost 60 hours of 1936 I can say the game is great so far even with…”
“The game isvery unique and very in-depth however there are just a few things i can't deal with while playing it. - Tons of bugs and crashes; be prepared. - Few updates. They made this game and updated it a little and…”
20 of the 104 reviews raise this · 14 of them still recommend the game.
“Well, I am very excited to have finally downloaded and played the game. I spent a long time figuring out what I am supposed to do and I think tha this is a super fun war simulation game that brings back a lot of…”
“I reccomend this game only if you like a game that needs atleast a day to get used to and learn how to play, with hours upon hours of unending gameplay as a consequence for dipping your fingers into this adventure. ayee.”
“Amazing game. take the time to learn how to play it and soon you'll be building huge empires from countries you would never expect.”
11 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“They've been releasing the 'Supreme Ruler' title ever since 1983 and the original Z-80/DOS version. That version is the only one they've ever finished. SR 1936 here was 'fully released and finished' just a couple months…”
“The game isvery unique and very in-depth however there are just a few things i can't deal with while playing it. - Tons of bugs and crashes; be prepared. - Few updates. They made this game and updated it a little and…”
“I have many hundreds of hours into SR 2020 from before the time of Steam. I have bought 2 of the newer versions of Supreme Ruler on Steam... Cold War and 1936. Both of which seem to be unfinished versions of the same…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“supreme ruler 1936 is a rough gem, i would recommend it to people who love RTT games like command and conquer. the good; -extended tech tree with technologies and units that go to around 2150. -good simple and very…”
“I was really looking forward to this game but having downloaded it two days ago I must say I am very very dispointed. The game appears to be neither a strategic level (control the army/corps/whatever organisational…”
“Okay...to start I'd like to say this game is still in beta, and although not the prettiest of games it is one of the funnest and in depth Political RTS's I could find and be more than willing to pay for again. The game…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 73.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-14
“What els can I say? You can invade the world as the nazis, colonize Europe and manage to actually beat the USSR. You can beat the Americans to the nuclear bomb, be the first into space, make the internet and land on mars! You can also mod the game and have a modern world or a…”
— a player, Steam review · 641 hrs played“OK, I love this game, I stumbled upon it years back now and I was so happy to find it. The game is very In depth and is the type of game where you can do anything you want in the game. There is alot to it so take your time but you can learn it. Not everyone is goin to like it,…”
— a player, Steam review · 91 hrs played“Well, theoretically, it's a good game, as an alternative for Hearts of Iron 2. With the pausable real-time, global map starting in the year 1936, where you develop things, produce them, barter with other nations, and planning to bend them over after a while... Even better, there…”
— a player, Steam review · 79 hrs playedPrice tracking
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Indie · Simulation · Grand Strategy · World War II · Historical · RTS · War · Wargame · Singleplayer · Sandbox · Military (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | http://www.battlegoat.com/supreme_1936.php |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP3 or later Processor: Intel Pentium IV or better Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: ATI/Nvidia/Intel DirectX 9 Compatible DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: Direct X Compatible Additional Notes: Screen Resolution: 1440x900 or higher