Risk: Global Domination cover art

Risk: Global Domination

2015SMG StudioAndroid, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac

Everybody wants to rule the world! Now you can with a new way to play the classic game of RISK. Defend your territories, draft troops, and launch attacks for the ultimate conquest against friends, family, and foes. Want to battle new opponents across the world? Now you can by taking the battle online with Global Domination mode (must be over 13)! Try the game for free or unlock for unlimited mobile play!

What it feels like

Turn-based strategy play creates sustained pressure as opponents maneuver for advantage and threaten your territories. The game presents strategic conquest straightforwardly without irony, embracing the classic board game's earnest competitive spirit.

Tense65%
Earnest55%

What it's about

Armed conquest, territory control, and military strategy form the thematic core of the game. While absent from the original board game's tone, the concept of conquest carries minor weight as a military conquest narrative.

Military & War75%
War & Its Cost25%

How it plays

Turn-based strategy is the definitive gameplay mechanic, directly lifted from the classic board game's alternating-turn structure. Territory control and spatial positioning on a map grid form the tactical layer of conquest and defense. Territories form a discrete grid-like network where armies move and engage in discrete steps.

Turn-Based Combat85%
Grid Tactics Combat75%
Grid-Based Movement70%
Resource Management70%
4X65%
Grand Strategy60%
Leveling & Grind30%

How it looks and sounds

Board game adaptations typically employ clean, uncluttered interfaces focused on the game board and strategic clarity.

Minimalist Visuals40%

How it's structured

Online PvP and local multiplayer competitive modes are core to the experience, matching the board game's focus on player-versus-player conquest. Single-player modes follow a bounded campaign structure against AI opponents to conquer the world. The game features 100+ curated classic and original maps rather than procedurally generated content.

Competitive PvP80%
Campaign75%
Handcrafted World65%
Local Co-op50%
Online Co-op50%
Team-Based45%
Hotseat40%

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Turn-Based Combat85%4X95%Grid Tactics Combat75%Campaign75%

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Turn-Based Combat90%4X95%Military & War85%Grid Tactics Combat80%

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Turn-Based Combat85%Campaign80%Grid Tactics Combat75%Military & War75%

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