One of the most promising upcoming Steam titles is Pax Autocratica, a game that mergers a number of genres into one incredibly deep experience. The game places its players into the shoes of an outer space dictator, and through this dictator, players can expect to see plenty of Helldivers-like satire. As Pax Autocratica delivers its Super Earth-like comedy, players will also interact with a camp management element that will see them directing their subjects to automate certain processes, adding a Satisfactory-like gameplay loop to the mix.
However, while this Steam title could have simply put an anti-totalitarian spin on the colony management genre, developer Multiverse takes things to the next level by including another favorite activity of dictators: war. But instead of simply managing troops from a top-down view, which many would assume to be the way a colony management game would handle warfare, Pax Autocratica actually allows players to take part in the battles. Here, an entirely different gameplay experience unfolds, with super fast-paced first-person shooting and projectile dodging reminiscent of Doom’s combat advertised. With the game’s launch just days away, players will soon see if it’s able to stick the landing, but this hodgepodge of...
