Experience classic RTS gameplay with pixel art style! Gather resources, build armies, master strategic formations, and crush your enemies. Up to 16-player multiplayer battles, epic campaign, and challenging AI await!

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PIXELEMPIRES - A Pixel Art Renaissance of Classic RTS

Inspired by the golden age of Age of Empires, PixelEmpires combines nostalgic pixel art aesthetics with modern gameplay mechanics. Build your empire, raise your army, and prove your strategic genius!

CORE FEATURES

Deep Strategy Experience

- Manage your economy by gathering wood and gold

- Build your army with over 15 unique unit types

- Gain tactical superiority with 20+ formations

- Construct Village Centers, Barracks, Towers, and more

Rich Unit Variety

- Workers: Resource gathering and construction specialists

- Soldiers & Spearmen: Close combat warriors

- Rangers: Ranged attack masters

- Healers: Support units that restore allied health

- Thieves: Assassins with invisibility and backstab abilities

- Shamans: AOE magic casters with teleportation escape

- Monsters: Bears, Trolls, Minotaurs - powerful war beasts

EPIC MULTIPLAYER BATTLES

- 1v1 Classic: Competitive one-on-one duels

- 2v2 & 4v4: Team-based strategic warfare

- 8v8 MEGA WAR: Massive multiplayer clashes

- 16-Player FFA: All-out battle royale chaos

- Flexible Team System: Asymmetric matches and custom team configurations

- Seamless multiplayer experience with Steam P2P networking

SINGLE-PLAYER CONTENT

- Campaign Mode: Story-driven chapters with progressive missions

- Skirmish: Customizable AI matches

- Survival: Resist increasingly difficult waves

- Economic & Military Modes: Specialized scenarios for different playstyles

- Tutorial Mode: Step-by-step interactive learning

ADVANCED AI SYSTEM

- 6 difficulty levels: From Tutorial to Challenge mode

- Multiple AI personalities: Passive, Aggressive, Economic, Military

- Dynamic difficulty scaling system

- Intelligent tactical decisions and unit coordination

STRATEGIC DEPTH

Formation System

Line, Box, Wedge, Circle, Phalanx, and many more! Each formation offers unique tactical advantages. Spearmen gain bonus damage and defense in Spear Wall formation!

Stance Mechanics

- Offensive Stance: Pursue and destroy enemies

- Defensive Stance: Hold position, ready to retreat

Victory Conditions

- Elimination: Destroy all enemies

- Economic Victory: Achieve resource supremacy

- Territory Control: Dominate 75% of the map

- Last Man Standing: Battle royale survival

PIXEL ART AESTHETICS

- Retro pixel graphics with modern animations

- Top-down isometric camera view

- Unique sprite designs for each unit

- Atmospheric visual effects and particle systems

RICH AUDIO DESIGN

- Over 300 sound effects

- Atmospheric music tracks

- Directional audio effects

- Customizable audio settings

STEAM INTEGRATION

- Steam Achievements

- Steam Cloud Save

- Steam P2P Multiplayer

Are you ready to build your empire? PixelEmpires brings back the golden age of strategy games with a modern touch. Join the battlefield now!

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

AI generated artworks for store pages.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS *: Windows 7 SP1+
    • Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 / AMD FX-6300
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel HD 4600 / NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    • Sound Card: Broadband internet connection
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-6500 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200
    • Memory: 8 MB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti / AMD Radeon RX 560
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.

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