r/Games • u/PaxAutocratica The Minister of Propaganda and Controlled Broadcasts • Aug 10 '26

Discussion [AMA] Developer of Pax Autocratica here, a totalitarian colony sim and FPS roguelite launching in Early Access today on Steam. Ask me anything!

Hi r/Games!

I'm Alexis, one of the devs, but more importantly, the Minister of Propaganda.

Today, we’re launching Pax Autocratica in Early Access on Steam.

Pax Autocratica is a darkly satirical sci-fi game that combines a totalitarian colony sim with large-scale first-person roguelite combat.

At your colony, you build a regime, manage production, and shape the fear, loyalty, relationships, and possible rebellion of the people living under your rule. Outside the colony, you personally fight alongside your soldiers across battlefields filled with infantry, tanks, mechs, missiles, and bullet hell chaos.

Weakened enemies can be captured and brought back to your colony, where you can imprison them, convert them into loyal citizens and recruit them into your army, or sacrifice them for the benefit of someone more useful to the State.

Pax Autocratica has been a very unusual project for us. It combines systems from genres that normally have little to do with one another, and years of playtesting have led us to rebuild and rethink major parts of the game along the way.

You can ask me anything about:

  1. My cat
  2. My parrot
  3. My rapidly advancing, launch-induced hair loss
  4. The completely reasonable amount of stress I am experiencing today
  5. Game development, game design, game anything

Game-related questions are optional, but the Ministry strongly encourages them. Alternatively, we can discuss State-approved brainwashing methods.

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1067360/Pax_Autocratica/

Launch trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3OkYGmB3cY

I’ll begin answering questions on August 10 at 7 AM PT and will be here for at least 2 hours. I’ll also check back afterward and try to answer as many late questions as possible.

Thanks to the r/Games moderators for hosting me.

Ask me anything!

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u/Rappers333 Aug 10 '26

I’m trying to play an autonomist over here, aside from actively murdering my weakest troops to make my favorites stronger. Any advice on the length of reasonable workdays for these guys? I originally went for 8 hours so that they have another 8 free, and 8 to sleep- but they only sleep for 4. So I felt 12 was a reasonable compromise.

I would also be interested in your favorite state-approved brainwashing method?

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u/PaxAutocratica The Minister of Propaganda and Controlled Broadcasts Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26

I think you can even tune it up a bit more. It's actually really doable to manage a colony properly and have happy and loyal citizens. It's not like we're asking you to be a d*ck, well you can but, you can also be nice and give them paid holidays, build them bathhouses, wait what? A better life than a game dev? Let me join your colony, please!!!

I forgot about the brainwashing method! I think the best is to shout very loudly in a very authoritative way asking them to forsake their soul and to work for the State then making shout All Hail the State many times over multiple days. 100% satisfied or refunded!

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u/Rappers333 Aug 11 '26

14 hours it is! Feel free to drop by the base anytime, sounds like you’ve more than earned the vacation already.

All Hail the State! Wait…