Supremacy: 1914 One map, 500 rivals

This is grand strategy in real time, and real time means days. Moving an army across a province takes hours. Building a factory takes longer. A single match can run for weeks on persistent maps, so the game becomes a habit rather than a session: you check in, set your production queues, glance at the borders, and come back later to see what changed. The tension comes from what happens between your visits. You can log off with a plan and wake up to find someone else had one too.

Every nation lives or dies on its production lines. You balance materials, troops and weaponry against the rare resources your land actually has, trade on the market when you are short, and decide whether to feed your people or drill them into cavalry. The troop list sticks to the period: historically accurate infantry and vehicles, plus the experimental weapons of 1914, early tanks among them. Distances and unit movement are modelled realistically, so logistics matter. A brilliant plan with no supply behind it is just a list of provinces you are about to lose.

With up to 500 real opponents on a map, talking is as important as shooting. You forge alliances, strike trade deals, and build coalitions to win together, which makes this a natural fit for a group of friends: agree on a plan, split a continent between you, and coordinate your fronts over days. Just as often you negotiate with strangers, weigh who to trust, and find out. Friendships get built and broken within a single match, and the betrayals are the stories people remember. You can also role-play as Queen Victoria, or simply rewrite history however you like.