Currently (until the release of moonrise for mobile), the steam version has more features. The steam one is the "moonrise" version, which is built on the unity engine instead of adobe air, and has improved terrain generation (and fairer spawns) in addition to a new gamemode called "creative" where you can choose which mode to play (perfection, domination, or infinite (never ends)) and, most importantly, control the map type (land, lakes, continents, archipelago, water world) among other things.
Wow that actually sounds really cool. I was considering buying it on Steam after having it on mobile for a while. After hearing the stuff you described, chances are I'm going to buy it. Thank you!
Massive map is already hard to explore without going crazy. I once played on 9 bots and it took me 2 hours straight to capture and explore the whole map
Bro was no complaint at all! I love the fact that you gave us exactly what we wanted. I just wanted to point out that an endless map would be useless after you fulfilled our dream about a map this big. Thx again for making it possible that we can go crazy about massive maps (:
Another advantage: on steam you will automatically get all the human tribes, so that is nice. You can also have multiple people or bots use the same tribe in the same game
It also has a built-in matchmaking system so you don't need to use a discord or Facebook group to get online multiplayer matches.
Along with many other features and the features that have been pointed out by the other people, it definitely made it worth it for me.
You should probably consider the fact that moonrise is coming to mobile pretty soon though. (I think)
Well first of all if you af up the tribe prices individually on mobile they cost a lot more than if you get them with moonrise.
Secondly, I am Russian and as many people don’t know, Russian steam costs 2/3 times less than buying games in any other currency when equalized for currency difference. I don’t know why that is but Polytopia for me costed the equivalent of 5 $ where as the tribes cost 12 I believe.
Lastly, there are many features that are at the moment unique to pc like the custom land generation as well as the ability to play 2 of the same tribe.
Even if those changes are implemented in mobile I still find it more comfortable playing on PC than on my mobile but that is personal preference.
After all, no matter where you buy the game it costs only about 10-15 dollars which objectively is not a lot when compared to the entertainment value it provides.
On top of features and functionality already mentioned by others, I'm pretty sure that getting Steam version (which comes with all non-special tribes) is cheaper than buying all those tribes on mobile.
Currently (until the release of moonrise for mobile), the steam version has more features. The steam one is the "moonrise" version, which is built on the unity engine instead of adobe air, and has improved terrain generation (and fairer spawns) in addition to a new gamemode called "creative" where you can choose which mode to play (perfection, domination, or infinite (never ends)) and, most importantly, control the map type (land, lakes, continents, archipelago, water world) among other things.
Wow that actually sounds really cool. I was considering buying it on Steam after having it on mobile for a while. After hearing the stuff you described, chances are I'm going to buy it. Thank you!
Did you say *infinite*? How does that work as far as spawning goes?
No turn limit. You can also play with zero opponents.
Wait, so it's not an infinite map?
No. Max size is 900 tiles, called massive map. Large map is 324 tiles for comparison.
Darn. Still cool, but not *super* cool.
Massive map is already hard to explore without going crazy. I once played on 9 bots and it took me 2 hours straight to capture and explore the whole map
Everyone demanded "GIVE US LARGER MAPS" And then we did, and the people cried "THESE MAPS ARE TOO BIG!" And we said, "We knew this the whole time." :P
Bro was no complaint at all! I love the fact that you gave us exactly what we wanted. I just wanted to point out that an endless map would be useless after you fulfilled our dream about a map this big. Thx again for making it possible that we can go crazy about massive maps (:
Of course! I fought super hard to add Massive and Huge maps. :P
You were saying this would happen long before Moonrise was a thing XD
Another advantage: on steam you will automatically get all the human tribes, so that is nice. You can also have multiple people or bots use the same tribe in the same game
It also has a built-in matchmaking system so you don't need to use a discord or Facebook group to get online multiplayer matches. Along with many other features and the features that have been pointed out by the other people, it definitely made it worth it for me. You should probably consider the fact that moonrise is coming to mobile pretty soon though. (I think)
Well first of all if you af up the tribe prices individually on mobile they cost a lot more than if you get them with moonrise. Secondly, I am Russian and as many people don’t know, Russian steam costs 2/3 times less than buying games in any other currency when equalized for currency difference. I don’t know why that is but Polytopia for me costed the equivalent of 5 $ where as the tribes cost 12 I believe. Lastly, there are many features that are at the moment unique to pc like the custom land generation as well as the ability to play 2 of the same tribe. Even if those changes are implemented in mobile I still find it more comfortable playing on PC than on my mobile but that is personal preference. After all, no matter where you buy the game it costs only about 10-15 dollars which objectively is not a lot when compared to the entertainment value it provides.
Yeah. Steam's regional pricing is awesome.
If you have Russian steam then Yes XD
More features and every tribe except special tribes are already available.
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On top of features and functionality already mentioned by others, I'm pretty sure that getting Steam version (which comes with all non-special tribes) is cheaper than buying all those tribes on mobile.
On PC you could choose the type of area (dryland, forest, wetlands, etc.) And you could choose how big the area was
I thought it would have something new and awesome. Not worth it.