''Rise of Prussia'' is a

grand strategy wargame A grand strategy wargame or simply grand strategy game (GSG) is a wargame that places focus on grand strategy: military strategy at the level of movement and use of a nation state or empire's resources. The genre has considerable overlap with 4X ...

developed by AGEOD and published by

Paradox Interactive Paradox Interactive AB is a video game publisher based in Stockholm, Sweden. The company started out as the video game division of Target Games and then Paradox Entertainment (now Cabinet Entertainment) before being spun out into an independ ...

. It was announced on April 24, 2009 and was released on March 9, 2010.Rise of Prussia Listing
, Paradox Plaza The game covers the European campaigns of the Seven Years’ War (1756–1763). A remastered version of the game, ''Rise of Prussia Gold'', released on May 8, 2013. This edition featured fixes and improvements to the original game while adding three new scenarios that expand the length of the game.

Gameplay

''Rise of Prussia'' features 200 leaders with individual portraits and 300 units. Players have the option to select from two sides. There is

Prussia Prussia (; ; Old Prussian: ''Prūsija'') was a Germans, German state centred on the North European Plain that originated from the 1525 secularization of the Prussia (region), Prussian part of the State of the Teutonic Order. For centuries, ...

and its allies led by Frederick II and opposing them are

Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

and its allies. Each leader has their own individual abilities that will provide bonuses to their units. For example, Frederick II has movement bonuses that makes his troops move significantly faster than that of other generals. There are 20 scenarios the player can choose from. 12 of these are battle scenarios centered on key battles, 7 span each year of the war, and the final Grand Campaign scenario spans the entire conflict. The map covers all of

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

and surrounding vicinity, with over 1,000 different regions.Rise of Prussia First Look
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Reception

''Rise of Prussia'' received mixed to negative reviews upon release. On

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, the game holds a score of 54/100 based on 6 reviews.

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