Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension
You are a God! You are master and ruler of a loyal nation. You have unimaginable powers at your disposal. You have claimed this world as yours. But there are others who stand in your way. You must defeat and destroy these pretenders. Only then can you ascend to godhood and become the new Pantokrator.
In Dominions you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to huge titans or large monuments. The pretender gods have different strengths dependent on what kind of god you choose and what nation you play.
When you start the game you decide what kind of god you are and how your Dominion affects your lands and followers. It is an expression of your divine might and the faith of your followers. If your dominion dies, so do you. Your dominion also inspires your sacred warriors and gives them powers derived from your dominion.
In order to win and become the one true god you have to defeat your enemies one of three different ways: conquer their lands, extinguish their dominion or claim the Thrones of Ascension.
In Dominions 4 you can also play team games where one of the players take the role of supreme god, and the other members of the team are his servants and loyal subjects. The lesser gods rule their nations, but you all share the dominion of the supreme god.
Dominions is set in a fantasy world that draws inspiration from historical nations, cultures and myths. You will not encounter the elves of conventional fantasy in this game. Instead you might lead a nation of vanir from old norse myth. Aztecs, romans, israelites, greeks, shona and kievian rus are just a few of the inspirational sources of the game.
The first Dominions game was released in 2002 and was well received by strategy gamers. Since then Dominions has been much refined and Dominions series is still actively played making it one of the longest running 4x turn based strategy games.
Dominions 4 is also a highly moddable game. You can create your own monsters, spells and entire nations. Since Dominions 3 there has been a vivid modding community and Dominions 4 will enhance this capability even further.
Game Discussion
Steam User 0
Honestly the most interesting series I have played to date. This one was an intruduction to the series. I also play Dominions 5 and Dominions 6. All great game in the series, with slight differences, but always more added with each release.
Steam User 0
Horror marks are not fun. They should at least be optional in sp. Otherwise it's a great game.
Steam User 0
Don't be turned away by the dated graphics. This is an extremely cool game with a surprisingly deep magic system and a bunch of different gods and factions, each with their own mythology-inspired themes and lore. I'm a huge fan of the European-ish nations like Avalon, but the weirder ones like Agartha (underground blind trolls) and Lemuria (zombie Rome) are also neat. I never liked auto-resolved battles with pre-set commands until Dominions 4 forced me to like it at gunpoint. The vanilla maps aren't great, but there are some really incredible maps on the Workshop.
Overall 10/10 would conquer the world as a sentient fountain of blood again.
Steam User 0
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☐ I am gobsmacked!!!
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☑ Basic
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☑ Just...one...more...turn
☐ Good
☐ Meh
☐ Go watch paint dry
☐ Just don't...
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Good
☐ Mid
☑ It has audio...
☐ I am now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☑ Check if you can run Paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☐ Fast
☐ You have your own data center
---{ Game Size }---
☑ Floppy Disk
☐ Smöl
☐ Workable
☐ Beeg
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Like eating cake
☐ Easy
☐ Average (like you)
☐ Significant
☐ Not for the smooth of brain
☑ Easy to learn / Hard to master
---{ Grind }---
☑ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if you care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ It's "our" life now
---{ Story }---
☐ No story
☑ It's there...
☐ Average
☐ Good
☐ "The Matrix is everywhere. It's all around us."
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Average poop
☑ Short
☑ Average
☑ Long
☑ To infinity and beyond!!!
---{ Price }---
☐ Free!!!
☐ Worth the price
☐ If you have some spare money left
☐ It hurts...
☐ You could also just burn your money
☑ On sale only / Has two sequels that offer all this one has and more
---{ Bugs }---
☑ Like butter
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ Windows 11
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Steam User 1
Getting this on sale was the best gaming decision of my life, once I feel like I am done with this one I'll get Dom 6 and spend all that time on this all over again.
Steam User 0
great alltime game
Steam User 0
super good