SYSTEMIC WAR
SYSTEMIC WAR by PLAY OF BATTLE is a next-generation strategy game fusing grand geopolitical decision-making with real-time tactical combat.
Command entire nations: manage economies, build alliances, and secure logistics across a living global map. Then step onto the battlefield—deploy drones, leverage electronic warfare, and lead authentic units in real-world locations.
Every decision reshapes the course of history.
Plan like a strategist. Fight like a commander.
GRAND STRATEGY
Manage your nation with full political, military and economic power. Make decisions that shift the balance on the world stage. Use diplomacy, strength and crisis management to secure your position in a turbulent era.
RTS Battles
Fight on 25 detailed maps inspired by real conflict zones around the world. Control armored units, artillery, air support and drones. Build and adapt strategies in real time using more than 150 modern units and flexible doctrines.
ECONOMY
Run a realistic economy based on macroeconomic models. Manage trade, investment, inflation and industry. Build infrastructure, secure supply chains, and choose your national path: raw exporter, industrial giant or tech leader.
TECHNOLOGY
Develop research teams in key scientific and military fields. Improve logistics, production and combat capabilities. Upgrade your forces or buy and license technologies from others to stay competitive.
MILITARY UNITS
Over 150 units based on real formations like US airborne brigades or Turkish mechanized troops. Use tanks, IFVs, drones and EW units to dominate any environment. Commanders gain experience and unlock abilities after each battle.
BATTLES IN REAL-WORLD LOCATIONS
Fight in handcrafted maps based on locations like Warsaw, Hostomel, Taiwan, Aleppo or Guam. Support your troops with precision strikes and artillery. Maintain logistics lines and adapt to terrain and urban combat.
DIPLOMACY
Build and maintain alliances. Negotiate deals, manage tension and avoid escalation into open war — unless that's your goal. Climb the escalation ladder carefully — nuclear war means game over.
NARRATION AND THE INFORMATION DOMAIN
Experience modern history and alternative scenarios through interactive choices, not static text. Use information, media influence and psychological warfare. Understand how power is projected far beyond the battlefield.
PLAY OF BATTLE
Play of Battle S.A. is a Polish game studio developing Systemic War, an ambitious grand strategy game set between 2008 and 2025. Players take control of the world’s leading powers, shaping their political, military, and economic decisions during one of the most turbulent periods of modern history.
Systemic War is a strategic simulation of the real world—blending global politics, warfare, and economics. The game explores great power rivalry, the race for technological supremacy, next-generation conflicts, and the ever-shifting dynamics of the modern battlefield.
‘We focus on how countries really compete today. Not just with armies, but with economics, politics, influence, and global reach. That’s why the game takes place worldwide — not only in Europe.
Modern conflicts are global. What happens in one region now impacts the entire world. This makes Play of Battle more accurate, and gives it a much stronger chance of success.’
Jacek Bartosiak CEO
“I think a game like this can really shake up the world of strategy games”
— Norman Davies
“The first game was for military. This game is going to be for gamers”
— George Friedman
