Huge potential and strong foundation
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“The foundation to build upon is definitely there.”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗
Geoplanetical
Worth buying? What 101 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 101 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 75%Mostly Positive · 75%Polytale Games2026Sandbox · Management · Simulation
−10%$24.99$22.49
US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
An ambitious solo-dev geopolitical sim in early access with deep economy, politics and war systems, in the vein of Superpower 2. Skip it if you need clear feedback, a polished UI or a low price.
Great for
Superpower 2 and spreadsheet-sim fans who like digging into economy and politics and accept early access
Main risk
Opaque, unresponsive-feeling systems and a cluttered UI make it hard to tell what your decisions do
What players love
Huge depth in economy and politics
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The depth of this game is genuinely insane. It's an iceberg.”
Steam review · 6 h played ↗
Worthy Superpower 2 / GPS successor
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“If you liked SP2 and are looking for a real SP3, this is it.”
Steam review · 2.6 h played ↗
Responsive solo developer
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“the developer almost immediately responded and rolled out a update with the fix 5 hours later.”
Steam review · 6.1 h played ↗
Emergent stories and sandbox freedom
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“You can change every little bit of tax policy and build sovereign wealth funds.”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Poor tutorial and no feedback on consequences
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“The game will tell you "you cannot do this" but never inform you why.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
Cluttered, confusing UI
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“The UI is extremely clunky and unresponsive, and the tutorial is practically non-existent.”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗
Slow monthly calculations and performance
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The game pauses at the end of each month for an insanely long time to run simulations”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗
Overpriced and feels rushed/AI-made
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The game is not worth the 25$, this is a $10 game at best.”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
Decisions seem to have little effect
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the things you're doing aren't having any actual effect on your country or anything that is happening.”
Steam review · 6.2 h played ↗
Bugs and shallow war/diplomacy systems
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“When you defeat a country and make it your puppet, nothing of the promised things by the game happen”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown4 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64 bits
Processori5-8400 / Ryzen 5 2600
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 1050 Ti 4 Go / RX 570 4 Go
Storage4 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 11 64-bit
Processori5-10400 / Ryzen 5 3600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsRTX 2060 6 Go / RX 6600 8 Go
Storage4 GB available space
OSWindows 10 64 bits
Processori5-8400 / Ryzen 5 2600
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 1050 Ti 4 Go / RX 570 4 Go
Storage4 GB available space
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