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Press release:
8th January 2026 MicroProse and Strategos Games are today very happy to announce that Strategos, the real-time tactics wargame focused on large-scale warfare in classical antiquity, will officially launch on January 20th via Steam.

Designed for players seeking historically grounded, mechanically deep battles, Strategos simulates warfare across nearly a thousand years of the ancient world. From the Hoplite armies of the Persian Wars to the legions of Imperial Rome and the rise of the Sasanian Empire, players can command thousands of troops on expansive battlefields shaped by terrain, morale, disorder, and command limitations.

Command Warfare at Scale

Strategos emphasizes realism and systemic depth over arcade-style action. Armies maneuver in formation, react to morale shocks, pursue or rout enemies, and suffer from fatigue, disorder, and fog of war. Success depends not only on troop quality, but on positioning, timing, leadership, and the effective use of generals to maintain command and control across the battlefield.

Players can recreate historical engagements or design speculative matchups using an extensive custom battle system, selecting factions, eras, army sizes, terrain, and AI behavior. Historical battles such as Issos, Trebia, Ilipa, Magnesia, Zama, Adamclisi, Bibracte, Carrhae, and Raphia are included at launch, with additional scenarios planned post-release.

Key Features

Real-Time Tactical Warfare in Classical Antiquity
Simulate large-scale battles with thousands of soldiers on screen, featuring realistic formations, morale, and battlefield behavior.

Advanced Command & Control Simulation
Manage generals, couriers, and command ranges to issue orders, provide morale support, and commit leaders directly to combat.

Deep Battlefield Mechanics
Includes disorder, morale shocks, routing, pursuit, evasion, flanking, terrain effects, fog of war, and command limitations inspired by tabletop wargaming.

Over 250 Unique Units
Infantry, cavalry, skirmishers, and specialist troops faithfully modeled across different cultures and eras.

Nearly 120 Playable Factions
Command armies from across the ancient Mediterranean and beyond, including Greek city-states, Hellenistic kingdoms, Rome, Carthage, Persian empires, tribal confederations, and lesser-known regional powers.

Extensive Custom Battle Options
Customize army lists, allies, eras, maps, deployment rules, AI behavior, difficulty, and optional randomization filters.

Historical and Hypothetical Scenarios
Recreate famous engagements or explore alternate outcomes with fully configurable battle setups.

Hotseat and AI-Controlled Play
Play against AI opponents or disable AI entirely for hotseat-style command.

Operational Campaign Mode (In Development)
Command armies as a general in charge of a single theatre of operations in the map-based campaigns. These will begin with Sicily during the First Punic War at release, followed by more campaigns throughout Early Access. These campaigns involve operational level maneuvers (marching/sailing), maintaining supply lines, choosing what armies to attack or what settlements to besiege, and some limited unit recruitment and replenishment–providing historical context and strategic advantage for tactical battles.

About MicroProse:
MicroProse, founded in 1982, is a world-famous simulation software company known for developing groundbreaking, classics and cult titles like, the Falcon, F15 Strike Eagle, Silent Service, Gunship, Grand Prix, Civilization, B-17 The Mighty Eighth, and X-COM series and many more simulation products that sold millions of copies each at retail.

Today, MicroProse is not only remaking select classics from its past but also paving the road to next-generation, state of the art games that will create the memories and experiences of the demanding new generations of gamers like Highfleet, Sea Power, Regiments and many others.

About Strategos Games:
Strategos Games is a small studio consisting of one core developer Gabe, supported by contracted art work, and many enthusiastic testers