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Paradox's Afterworld feels like the first grand strategy game I can properly wrap my head around

I've got a bit of a funny relationship with Paradox's grand strategy games. I love the idea of them, of waging and flirting my way across history on the most granular of levels. But despite my enthusiasm, and despite my best efforts, I've never properly cracked one: it doesn't take long before I'm feeling thoroughly overwhelmed and my attention quickly begins to wane. I bring this up, because my relatively brief hands-on time with Paradox's new post-apocalyptic grand strategy game Afterworld sug

Eurogamer / Matt Wales

Preview

Afterworld: The First Hands-On Preview: A (Probably Too Early) Taste of Paradox’s Next Big Thing

Typical for a Paradox game, Afterworld contains systems upon systems upon systems. It would be impossible to cover them all in the scope of this preview, from sending ranger teams into devastated cities to recover old-world tech, to equipping armies with bikes and dune buggies to bring road war to the wasteland while having to maintain supply lines for fuel and ammo. It's a lot to come to grips with and, like I said, in need of a lot of polish and balancing.

IGN / Ryan McCaffrey

Preview

Paradox Interactive's Afterworld wants to entice new players to grand strategy with tasty RPG hooks

Game director Dan Lind explains the appeal of strategy in grand strategy games, and how to invite new players into a sprawling game.

Game Developer / Alessandro Fillari

Interview

Paradox's latest grand strategy Afterworld wants you to survive and thrive in the post-apocalypse

After a succession of grand strategy sequels - including Crusader Kings 3, Victoria 3, and Europa Universalis 5 - Paradox has unveiled Afterworld, its first grand strategy game to feature an original setting in over a decade.

Eurogamer / Matt Wales

Announcement

Crusader Kings devs Paradox officially reveal Afterworld, a Fallout-flavoured grand strategy game in which you can overrun America with a cannibal cult

Following leaks earlier in the week, Crusader Kings 3 and Hearts of Iron IV creators Paradox Interactive have officially announced Afterworld, a post-apocalyptic grand strategy game about wasteland tribes jostling for dominance of a procedurally generated North America. It's Paradox Development Studio's "first non-historical setting in a decade", in the words of game director Dan Lind.

Rock Paper Shotgun / Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

Announcement

Paradox Interactive announces post-apocalyptic survival grand strategy game Afterworld for PC

Paradox Interactive has announced Afterworld, a new post-apocalyptic survival grand strategy game coming to PC …

Gematsu / Sal Romano

Announcement

Paradox's next grand strategy game is a post-apocalyptic wasteland tribe-battler called Afterworld, according to leaks ahead of Gamescom

Update 25/08: Paradox have officially announced Afterworld with a story trailer - read more about it here. Our original story continues below. What is happening across the Paradox Universe? So the publishers behind strategy stalwarts like Crusader Kings 3 and Europa Universalis 4 asked in a post to the socials the other day, which promised all will be revealed on August 25th at Gamescom. Unfortunately for those best laid plans, the name of the game in question looks to have leaked via Paradox's

Rock Paper Shotgun / Mark Warren

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