The Battle of Polytopia
Worth it · Action · 2020
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $14.99, a BANGER if it drops to $8.18.
- Length
- 1.3h
- Value
- $11.53/hr
- Reviews
- 94% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 128mb Video Memory, 164 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Welcome to the unique, turn-based strategy game set in the strange, flat world of the Square. Lead one of 16 distinct civilizations to victory by expanding your empire, researching technologies, and ultimately become ruler of the world! Play in single-player or multiplayer mode for up to 16 players.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
October 2023 is where it bottomed out, at $4.49. It has been discounted 44 times in the 6 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales. The math puts its BANGER price at $8.18. The record reaches that level 30 times.
Value puts it in the top 2 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 85 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader ($14.99, scores 75) beats it on value, while it beats Mechabellum ($8.99, scores 49).
The press gave it 72; the people who bought it give it 94 percent. A 22-point gap in the buyer's favour.
Of the 547 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 7 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 87 percent of the 414 reviews written there were positive, against 94 percent overall, and those are 9 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 1.3 hours. Doing everything runs 13, 9.7 times as long.
At 1.3 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
Players
225 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 15:47 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Game is fun, just not with the extra special tribes. If there was multiplayer filtering of the base tribes only it would be a lot more enjoyable. Hence I usually only play offline or with friends.
Well. The one, who recommended me this game was Elon Musk. Now I must say - yes, he has a good taste in computer games. The game is solid, intuitive, replayable. I do not get bored when I play the game. it does not load me with tons of micromanagement, it is pure strategy, the essence . My hardware is to weak for modern 3D shooters or dungeon crawlers with lights and textures. I am quite used to this kind of...
I have more hours on the mobile version. This game is like if chess was invented today rather than a billion years ago
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
The Battle of Polytopia scores 74/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/874390/the-battle-of-polytopiaReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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