Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware
Medieval city-building strategy with real-time defense against large enemy armies
Door 407 · Released Apr 30, 2025
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 92% of 886
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 100% of 30 in 30 days
- Players
- 30
- daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 11 months ago
- Nov 19, 2025
What is Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware?
This free, single-player medieval real-time strategy prequel follows Duncan Ironbrow into Samreignia’s fight for independence. Across two story missions and an Endless Mode map, you gather resources, expand a settlement, recruit troops, and use fortifications and magic to repel enemy armies.
For you if...
- +you enjoy planning firing lines and fallback positions
- +you like pausing battles to plan your next move
Not for you if...
- −you want cooperative play instead of managing everything alone
- −you prefer combat without food supplies and resource management
What players say
92% of 886 reviews are positive · 100% of 30 in the last 30 days
Players praise how much content is available for free. Common criticisms concern the steep learning curve and repeated defeats that cut settlement building short.
Screenshots and trailer
Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware system requirements
Minimum: GeForce GTX 960, 16 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
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- OS
- Windows 10, 11 64 bit
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 6400 / AMD X8 FX-8300
- Graphics
- GeForce GTX 960 / AMD Radeon R9 280
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10, 11 64 bit
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 7400 / AMD Ryzen 3 2300X
- Graphics
- GeForce GTX 1060 / AMD Radeon RX 480
- Memory
- 32 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Does Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish.
Does Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
