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States of Power Guide

States of Power guide: nations, units, tech tree, the scenario editor, live player counts and every patch since launch. Built from official Steam data.

View on Steam Getting Started

Official Trailer

Ideologies4

Campaign start1936

Release2026-08-26

DeveloperSarunas

GenreWWII Grand Strategy Wargame

PlayersSingle-player and Multiplayer

Price$11.99 USD

Dispatches

Patch Log

MAJOR 2026-08-29 Update 1.0.11 lands: Japanese and Brazilian Portuguese fully playable, disconnect country reservation, pacts added to the diplomacy panel, and base country money income raised from 1.5 to 2.0.
MAJOR 2026-08-27 First post-launch patch: dynamic speed on official servers, chat filtered to real players, and fixes for an infinite money exploit while paused plus several crashes.
MAJOR 2026-08-26 States of Power releases on Steam at $11.99 with a 15% launch discount, Windows only, from solo developer Sarunas.

Briefing

What is States of Power?

States of Power is a wwii grand strategy wargame by Sarunas — developer and publisher both, a solo release — that launched on Steam on 26 August 2026 at $11.99, Windows only. Campaigns open in 1936: you pick a country, choose one of four ideologies, build factories and research labs, climb a research tree that ends at the atomic bomb, and fight it out in real time at up to five speeds. A full match is designed to fit one sitting.

Its players describe it in one phrase — Hearts of Iron 4 with the complexity removed — and 89.8% of 196 Steam reviews are positive. This site covers what the game actually contains: the nations confirmed on the 1936 map, units and the counter system, the technology tree, official multiplayer servers, and every patch since launch. Where the developer has not published numbers, we say so rather than inventing them. And because it is the most-asked question by a wide margin: no, there is no Android version.

States of Power Screenshots

A 1936 campaign as the German Reich, with unit counters across central Europe — July 1936 as the German Reich. The top bar tracks money, supplies, goods, research, manpower and two separate control percentages; the news panel reports Nationalist Spain declaring war on Republican Spain.

An amphibious invasion of the British Isles launched from France in December 1938 — December 1938 as France, mid-invasion of the British Isles. The news feed shows the diplomacy verbs in play: declared war, broke alliance, allied with, guarantees independence.

Nuclear detonations with radiation zones on the eastern front, played as Poland — Nuclear weapons in use against the Soviet Union. A dedicated nuclear meter appears in the top bar alongside the standard resources, and embargo notices stack up in the news panel.

A wider view of the campaign map showing multiple fronts — The map is province-based and plays in real time at up to five speeds, with buildings and units managed from the panels on the right.

Screenshots are the developer's own, from the Steam store page.

Get Started in 5 Steps

Check it will run, then buy. The bar is low — an i3 with integrated graphics and 2 GB free. Confirm on the requirements page, and read the player verdict first if $11.99 needs justifying.
Pick a country you already understand. The campaign opens in 1936 with the whole world available. See which nations are confirmed on the map and how ideology, cores and puppets work before you commit to a run.
Get your economy moving before your army. Factories, research labs, ports and infrastructure all compete for the same construction capacity — the economy guide covers the trade-offs, including the 29 August income change.
Build a mixed army, not a deathstack. Every unit type loses to something. The units page explains the counter system and what the map counters mean, and the tech tree shows where research leads.
Move to multiplayer when singleplayer stops surprising you. Official servers run dynamic speed and hold your country for two minutes if you drop — details on the multiplayer page.

Situation Board

Live Data & Reference Tables

UPDATEDLIVE

Players Online Now

Live Steam concurrents, 24h peak and the launch-week curve.

UPDATEDPATCH

Update History

Every official patch since launch, with the exact changes.

PLATFORM

Is It on Mobile?

Android, APK, browser and the .io domain — the short answer.

ROSTER

Nations & Map

What the 1936 start actually contains, and what is not published.

UNITS

Units & Combat

Every unit family, the counter system and stacking rules.

TECH

Technology Tree

Research branches from infantry rifles to the atomic bomb.

DEMO

Demo Status

The France-only demo and whether you can still get it.

SPECS

PC Requirements

Minimum specs — players report it runs on very old hardware.

VERDICT

Is It Worth It?

What 196 Steam reviews actually say, praise and complaints.

ONLINE

Multiplayer & Servers

Official servers, dynamic speed and country reservation.

FACTS

Release, Price & Platforms

Launch date, list price, languages and what it shipped as.

Full Guide Index

Guides

States of Power Economy Guide: Building and Resources — The States of Power economy: factories, research labs, ports and infrastructure, reading the resource bar, loans, and the 1.0.11 income change.
States of Power Getting Started Guide — Your first campaign in States of Power: picking a country, reading the resource bar, real-time speed controls and the mistakes new players report.
States of Power Diplomacy Guide: Alliances, Pacts and War — Every diplomacy action in States of Power — alliances, guarantees, non-aggression pacts, embargoes, volunteers and war justification — plus what 1.0.11 changed.
States of Power Scenario Editor and Scenario Browser Guide — The built-in States of Power Scenario Editor: custom countries, redrawn borders, scripted events, published to the in-game Scenario Browser.
States of Power vs Hearts of Iron 4 and OpenFront — How States of Power compares to Hearts of Iron 4, OpenFront and other grand strategy games — what it simplifies, what it keeps, and who should skip it.
States of Power Ideologies and Civil War Guide — The four States of Power ideologies — Democratic, Authoritarian, Communist, Fascist — and how to change yours through reform or civil war.

FAQ

Is States of Power on mobile or Android?

No. The Steam store API lists the game as Windows-only, there is no Google Play listing, and no APK exists. Google's own knowledge panel labels it a “Mobile game”, which is where most of the confusion comes from — that label is wrong. See our platform page for the full evidence.

Is there a States of Power APK?

No. No Android build has ever been released. Any file advertised as a “States of Power APK” is not this game — treat it as unsafe.

Is statesofpower.io a free browser version?

No. statesofpower.io is the developer's own shortlink: opening it redirects straight to the Steam store page. The developer's Steam support address is [email protected], which confirms the domain belongs to them.

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How This Site Is Maintained

States of Power Guide is an independent, unofficial fan resource for States of Power players — not affiliated with Sarunas.

How we verify: Every number here is pulled from a source you can open yourself: the Steam store API for price, platforms and specs; the Steam reviews API for the score; the official announcement feed for patch notes; and the Steam player API for the live count. Screenshots are the developer's own.
Update cadence: Patch pages are rewritten within 48 hours of an official announcement — the update log is checked against the Steam news feed, not copied from other sites. The live player figure is re-read on each rebuild.
What we don't do: We do not publish nation power rankings or unit stat tables. The developer has not released those numbers, and inventing them to fill a page would make this site worse than useless. Where a table is missing, we say what is missing and why.