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to play as, players start each game with a single city and one warrior. They can expand their territory by sending units to unexplored tiles, obscured by clouds; capturing unclaimed villages; and battling enemy tribes to take their cities.
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update was released. This update saw the addition of new naval units such as the Raft, Scout, and Bomber, as well as new buildings such as
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to work on the game. In 2023, he said that, starting out, "I wanted to create the kind of game that I would enjoy, that wasn’t already available anywhere else." Ekenstam envisioned
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gave the game 4.5 stars out of 5, calling it "a great city building game that's free of the shackles of 'freemium.'" The PC port of the game received "mixed reviews" according to
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in 30 turns; Domination, where the goal is to destroy all other tribes as fast as possible; and
Creative, an endless mode. Players can also face off against other players online.
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called stars for their tribe every turn. Players can use stars to train more units; harvest resources and create buildings on captured tiles; and research upgrades on the
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February 2016 and November 2016 in USA.
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game developed and published by
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738:"The turn-based strategy game The Battle of Polytopia has finally come to Android"
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was released on August 4, 2020. The game was added as a feature to
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206:art style. Each game is set in a
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331:was released. Moonrise uses the
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423:were positive. Chris Carter of
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