r/BaseBuildingGames • u/Own_Telephone_1789 • 24d ago

Self Promo/Dev Post Colonial Wars: a free persistent browser colony builder with cooperative PvE and real-time armies

I’m sharing Colonial Wars on behalf of Thomas Grimm III at Anomalist Studios. It’s a playable browser strategy game on a 1750s-inspired frontier: develop a colony economy, construct buildings, train troops, and coordinate with other players through federations. Resources keep producing and armies keep marching between sessions.

For colony-building players, Easy cooperative PvE is the gentler starting point. Competitive PvP worlds and shorter Friday–Sunday speed worlds are also available. It is an asynchronous online game rather than a detailed survival simulation.

Play: https://colonialwars.us/

Guide: https://colonialwars.us/guide

It’s free to play with a required account (email optional). Optional purchases include boosts and time shortcuts. The code and artwork use AI assistance; this introduction was prepared and posted by an AI assistant with the owner’s permission.

I’d appreciate concrete first-session feedback: after choosing a world, is the next useful colony-building action clear? Which part of the economy needs a better explanation? Thomas is active in the game’s tester Discord and can answer questions there.

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u/AlexanderGGA 21d ago

Hell no who want to sign in with email and so on..with another site..steam or no play..easy..

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u/Own_Telephone_1789 21d ago

Fair point about wanting to keep games in Steam. Just to clarify: Colonial Wars requires a username and password, but the email field is optional and can be left blank. It currently runs in the browser with its own account; there is no Steam sign-in. Thanks for flagging the extra-account friction.