Rise of Nations: Extended Edition for Windows 10

Rise of Nations: Extended Edition is a classic real-time strategy game that simulates the grand development of a civilization across multiple historical ages. It combines continuous real-time control with large-scale territorial management, national borders, and long-term economic planning systems.

Rise of Nations: Extended Edition allows control of cities, armies, research paths, and diplomatic states while tracking resources such as food, timber, metal, oil, and knowledge. Progression spans from ancient societies to modern eras, with each age unlocking units and buildings. The Extended Edition includes the original game and expansion, integrating campaigns and nations into a single package.

Borders, battles, beliefs

Rise of Nations: Extended Edition defines territory through national borders expanding via city construction and military presence. Borders influence resource access, attrition, and defensive advantages, creating a persistent, evolving map state. Within this framework, cities function as production and research centers that support economic growth, population limits, and infrastructure upgrades. Resources are gathered locally and through trade networks, while taxation systems generate wealth from population and commerce rather than fixed harvest cycles.

Military control operates in real time with unit formations, supply considerations, and combined-arms combat. Units consume resources during prolonged campaigns, introducing attrition mechanics that limit unchecked expansion. Tactical battles occur alongside broader strategic decisions, including when to advance ages, allocate research, or invest in wonders. Naval, air, and land forces are all integrated within the same command structure, allowing multi-front conflicts on large maps.

Research and national identity form a parallel system to military conquest. Each nation has unique attributes that affect economics, military options, or cultural output. Research paths unlock technologies that influence production, warfare, espionage, and government types. Diplomatic tools allow alliances, trade agreements, and covert actions, though border mechanics dominate map control. Campaign modes and historical scenarios layer scripted objectives onto these systems without altering their underlying mechanics.

Lead your people

Rise of Nations: Extended Edition includes a full historical progression system, multiple game modes, nation-specific traits, and large-scale map control mechanics. Its focus remains on blending real-time control with long-term national management rather than isolated tactical battles. Gameplay systems prioritize macro-level decisions supported by continuous unit control. However, the mechanics are restricted to a fixed isometric presentation and mechanics centered on land-based territorial borders, with less emphasis on city-level customization beyond predefined structures.

• Visual refinements and resolution support adjustments