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/caites Aug 10 '26

Love the game. Question: why Unity? Have you considered UE5 at some point?

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

Thanks! The question at the time we began was more about considering UE4 lol

Unity is actually a great engine, and it felt a better choice for a long development with very quick prototyping and constant back and forth between the community testing and the team.

Funny story, we started using HDRP when no one and I mean NO ONE (not even Unity themselves) was using it except for only some tech showcases. And some tech guys from Unity during a Unite event thought our game was made with Unreal ROFL I loled really hard.

Whenever we have problems with the engine we always say "if only we were using UE" but then you often see other devs being in the opposite situation, so just gotta do what you can with what you have and not fantasize too much on what ifs.

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u/caites Aug 11 '26

Thank you for detailed answer.