Civilization: its lineage, descendants, and standing in Japan

Samurai Conqueror Buried gem

Per Steam's own listing, this is a history simulation set from the Kofun period to the Meiji era, and its opening line states the goal plainly: unify Japanese history. The mechanics are a simple territory-conquest game, strengthen your nation through domestic policy, seize enemy ground through war, but the board itself is the unusual part. The playing field is the Japanese history timeline, divided into eras by real historical turning points, the Taika Reform, the Genpei War, the Onin War, the Battle of Sekigahara, the Meiji Restoration, and you lead one faction on it, choosing an eminent historical figure to play as, and recruiting others as you go. Because the whole timeline is one shared board, figures from wildly different centuries can meet in it: the store text's own example is Prince Shotoku, sixth to seventh century, facing off against Saigo Takamori, nineteenth century, an 'era-crossing confrontation' the game calls its own kind of history remix. Progress runs in real time, pausable whenever you want to think. Made and self-published by the solo developer Miura Production, based in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, whose only two Steam listings are this game and its demo. Priced at ¥1,900, it is Positive at 100 percent across 18 reviews (18 positive, 0 negative per Steam's own review API), a paid title, not free, fully launched and not in Early Access. The AI-generated-content disclosure names a single narrow use, some AI-generated images, quoted here rather than folded into boilerplate, and Steam's content descriptors are completely empty. English and Japanese are both supported, so nothing is stopping you. One honest note up front: 18 reviews is thin even at a perfect score. Of those 18, 16 are in Japanese and 2 are in English.