Hey all,

I’m FishPond, the developer of CivIdle and Industry Idle. After a full year of development and six months of playtesting, I’m excited to share my latest incremental project: **Restitutor: Empire Restored**. A free demo is now live on Steam - give it a try: [https://store.steampowered.com/app/4431750/Restitutor\_Empire\_Restored/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4431750/Restitutor_Empire_Restored/)

Restitutor is a **historical incremental grand strategy** game set in the Roman Empire, inspired by titles like Europa Universalis and Victoria - but with a twist. Each run earns legacy points that make your next run stronger, creating long‑term progression on top of high‑level strategic play. The game focuses on meaningful decisions rather than micromanagement; things like individual army movement are abstracted away to keep the gameplay streamlined and approachable.

The free demo covers a narrative arc from 192 A.D. to 400 A.D. and features one playable province (Lugdunensis). With legacy upgrades and dynamic NPC behavior, every run plays out differently. You should easily get dozens of hours, likely far more, out of the demo alone.

I’ve noticed that shorter, simpler incrementals with flashy visuals are more trendy on this subreddit. I hope a more "traditional" strategy-driven incremental, minimalist in look but deep in mechanics, can still find its audience here.

AI Disclosure

\- The game's art (well, there is barely any) is created by me, a programmer; hence the minimalist style.

\- Event images are all public domain art, and you can find their credits in in-game tooltips. Since I don't have art skills, I figure instead of asking AI to generate some sloppy art, it's better to highlight some of the past human creations instead.

\- I wrote the game's code, and some of the engine code is copied from my other projects, which predate AI. I do use IDEs that have AI-powered autocomplete, and I let AI do code review so that I write fewer bugs into the game (I fix issues identified by AI). *I believe this usage is exempted from Steam disclosure, and that's why you don't see the disclosure on Steam* (but please correct me if I am wrong). In general my games have a long maintenance lifespan (2+ years), so I wouldn't sacrifice maintainability for some short-term "gains".

Restitutor - a historical incremental grand strategy game has a free demo on Steam!