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Taking London
A love letter to old-school browser-based RTS MMOs – with charming nostalgic pixel graphics, a dash of political satire, and tonnes of strategic tension. Build your empire, face off against other players, and take what’s yours in true British imperial style: by dominating the map.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Reminds me of playing Evony back in the day. Offers a single player mode but feels like the NPCs don't really build along side you, they seem to be set to one level and don't interact with the world like attacking you and stuff. Multiplayer seems broken I can only connect to 1…”
— a player, Steam review · 320 hrs played“It's like one of those build your kingdom games on mobile. There is no P2W structure in this game, but you still have timers for buildings. At some point upgrading your town takes 2 whole days of waiting. Sounds boring? It is. Then randomly the game resets your progress and…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Very buggy. camera would stop working had to tab out and back in. Its free, but was expecting something different not real world time for building and resource gathering. Could be great for mobile but not PC in my opinion.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch 4.3 - Minor balance and bug fixes & QOL improvements
Patch 4.3 Balance changes: Accommodations have had their base capacity increased, after reports that the population cap was too low relative to the population growth on austerity servers Reduced the d
Osiris server launched
Osiris server official launch The remaster is live, featuring almost a year of balance fixes, total reworks, aesthetic improvements and everything else for maximum London-taking carnage. And with it,
Patch 4.2 - Pre Osiris balance patch
Osiris balance patch Normally I'd say this is the last patch before the new server goes live, but I can't seem to stop tweaking at the minute so let's say it's one of the last. For those that missed i
Patch 4.1 - Revolt & Valley Buffs
Patch 4.1 - Revolt & Valley Buffs 2 updates in 2 days! I'll be getting a job offer from Studio Wildcard any day now. After months of dodging meetings and saying "let's circle back to this", a member o
Patch 4.0 - Famine & Troop Desertion
Patch 4.0 - Famine and Troop Desertion With lords and ladies up and down the nation supporting vast armies filled with hungry troops, farmers have been under more pressure than ever... and the crops c
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Massively Multiplayer, Strategy, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Wargame · Real Time Tactics · RTS · PvP · PvE · City Builder · Grand Strategy · Strategy · Time Management · Political Sim · Colony Sim · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · MMO · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Only tested on Windows 10+ Processor: Any modern processor Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: No requirement Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: No requirement