Autonomous Civilization
Steer the automation age
Free
Guide a major world bloc through AI, autonomous logistics, climate shocks, industrial rivalry, and social change in a deep native strategy simulation. Free during launch.
The automation age has begun. Your civilization is not ready.
Choose the United States, European Union, China, or Japan and guide it from 2026 to 2051 through a period of extraordinary technological and social change.
Autonomous Civilization is a systems-driven strategy game about turning innovation into durable prosperity. Research artificial intelligence, build autonomous freight networks, secure critical industries, strengthen the electricity grid, negotiate international agreements, and help society absorb the disruption.
Every solution moves the bottleneck.
Faster automation can raise productivity while displacing workers. Reshoring can strengthen supply chains while driving up costs. Clean energy can cut emissions while straining the grid. Trade restrictions can protect one industry and weaken three others.
MAKE CABINET-LEVEL DECISIONS
Choose a limited set of policies every six-month turn. Commit fiscal resources and political capital, then watch immediate, delayed, and unintended consequences unfold.
LEAD FOUR DISTINCT CIVILIZATIONS
Each playable bloc has its own institutions, industrial strengths, demographic pressures, political constraints, and viable route to victory.
BUILD THE PHYSICAL AUTOMATION ECONOMY
Develop AI, autonomous systems, smart infrastructure, robotics, and social adaptation. Research alone is not enough: regulation, manufacturing, public trust, and infrastructure determine whether technology actually delivers.
NAVIGATE A LIVING WORLD
Respond to market corrections, strikes, cyberattacks, climate damage, supply shortages, pandemics, migration pressures, elections, and industrial breakthroughs. Rival blocs pursue visible strategies and react to the same changing world.
SHAPE TRADE AND DIPLOMACY
Form standards alliances, climate accords, mineral partnerships, and AI safety agreements—or use tariffs and export controls to slow a competitor.
WIN MORE THAN AN ECONOMY
Civilization Score measures prosperity, social cohesion, sustainability, technological capability, and strategic resilience. Raw GDP or maximum automation alone cannot secure victory.
Designed natively for iPhone and iPad, Autonomous Civilization includes touch-first navigation, multiple local save slots, deterministic campaign seeds, reduced-motion support, an interactive tutorial, a permanent Field Manual, and transparent explanations for changing statistics.
No accounts. No advertising. No in-app purchases. No tracking. Campaign data stays on your device.
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Information
- Seller
- Tom Hestas
- Size
- 5.3 MB
- Category
- Strategy
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Tom Hestås