
User reviews: Mostly Positive (281 reviews)
Release Date: Oct 11, 2004
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The Story:


Key Features:

  • Sophisticated A.I. designed to realistically simulate each country.
  • Real-time gameplay and Modular units building.

SuperPower 2 Steam Edition Features:

  • 14 steam achievements
  • Updated the code to support new OS
  • Widescreen Resolution support
  • Editor and Full SDK included

Gameplay Changes:

  • Diplomacy: embargo treaties result in a drop in relations.

System Requirements

    • OS: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8
    • Processor: 1.5 GHz CPU Processor
    • Memory: 256 MB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX compatible graphic card with 64 MB
    • DirectX: Version 9.0
    • OS: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8
    • Processor: 2 GHz CPU Processor
    • Memory: 512 MB RAM
    • Graphics: DirectX compatible graphic card with 128 MB
    • DirectX: Version 9.0
Helpful customer reviews
57 of 73 people (78%) found this review helpful
8.3 hrs on record
Posted: August 14
I picked Israel and declared judaism illegal 11/10
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39 of 44 people (89%) found this review helpful
0.8 hrs on record
Posted: November 18

1. Built large amounts of ground units and annexed most of Mexico.

2. Canada doesn't like it so they send some military to attack me.

3. Begin massive invasion of Canada.

4. United Kingdom joins forces with Canada and attacks me.

5. Launch small nuclear strike on Canada and order them to sign an annexation treaty.

6. United Kingdom nukes northeastern United States.

7. Launch rest of my nukes at United Kingdom. millions die. United Kingdom utterly destroyed.

8. Most of Europe begins to invade me. I get nuked by Germany and France. Have no missile defense systems or nukes with which to retaliate.

9. United States in absolute ruins. Invaded by conventional forces from all directions.

10. There is no more United States.


1. Build big army and place it on border to Pakistan.

2. Gain nuclear capability.

3. Nuke the ♥♥♥♥ out of Pakistan and send in my army to clean up the mess.

4. Pakistan also has nukes.

5. Pakistan and India both destroyed.

I'm thinking next I'm gonna play as China and invade Russia. See how that works out.
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22 of 22 people (100%) found this review helpful
97.0 hrs on record
Posted: November 9
I highly reccomend this! I love RTS strategy games and this one is quite interesting. I like the game for It's economic system and how the AI Doesn't completely fail in the economic side, unlike Supreme Ruler where the AI builds nothing but Tanks, jets, naval stuff, ect ect, this is quite fun. I have already put 44 hours into the game and in that amount of time, i managed to turn county's like the Congo and Israel into superpowers. It's not all about agression in this game, it's about getting on everyones good side. You can't just simply take a random country and just build tons of units and destroy the world. It takes time and i love the way it does it. You have to sometimes depend on other country's for aid and you have to work your way up bit by bit untill you can actually annex something.

I love how the resources work, I mean, you don't have to manage resources all the time. You can get that all privitised and let your people expand it. That doesn't work all the time, you need to put some money into it so you can help your resources grow and the people will carry that duty on. Let's say Canada was the leader in Dairy production and you take that place, Canada will start to hate you and I love how it works.

Nukes, oh how I love them. They are not too over-powered, but yes they do pack a punch in this game. Nukes are quite cheap, depending on what nation you play as,but they take a long time to build and are quite exspensive to maintain them. In packs, nukes can destroy populations and dammage your enemy's resources heavily and turn military's to dust. Think before you use nukes, cause using nukes will devistate your relations with other country's and if you use nukes in very small packs... Well, you will be better off throwing toothpicks at your enemy.

Here's where it gets bad. This game wasn't really made for Windows 7 or 8 and so it tends to crash a little bit. There are bugs in the game where some country's are nothing but luck to try and set up for becoming a superpower. Like the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rebles and some others. There's also a bug where you can't take certain land and so on. The game really does have some downfalls, sometimes to relations tend to mess up. I got nuked by Russia and instead of people hating Russia, they started to hate me more. I don't understand this much, but it doesn't matter aslong as you have a much more powerful military then your enemy's.

Is it worth the price considering the bugs? YES! You might get annoyed from the bugs, but indeed it's a fun game. Very easy to get used to and you will always find new ways to beoming powers. If it's from economic domination to just pure agression.
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31 of 43 people (72%) found this review helpful
5.4 hrs on record
Posted: November 18
Turned the US into a Monarchy that banned the english language and then nuked the uk 10/10 gotyay
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13 of 13 people (100%) found this review helpful
33.5 hrs on record
Posted: August 13
I got this game two days ago when it was on sale for $2.49. I thought it would be one of those games you get, play once, and then never touch it again, and I though; well I’d play that for two and a half hours so I guess it was worth it. I then went in and did the tutorial and then got into the game. Automatically I chose America, like most people who choose their home country, and at an instant I realized I was dead wrong, this game is absolutely amazing.

In this game you control one of over 150 countries; you manage their politics, economy, and military while dealing with debt, invasion, terrorism, natural disasters, and nuclear annihilation. Politics allow you to create treaties, change laws, and change your government (for instance democracy to communism). In your economy you will first have to get your country out of debt, then you have to manage your budget, inflation, interest, income tax, resource production, financial aid and agreements, and trade. Finally, military; your military can be either your life saver or your demise depending on your economy and diplomatic relations. In your military you can build, buy, sell, and deploy troops and vehicles. Besides that you can design your own units and research more technology for better stats on your designed units. If you are have a problem with another country why not strike them with your entire nuclear arsenal or send covert ops into their country and wreak havoc on their product and economy.

But this game isn't perfect. The games multiplayer doesn't run unless you open unsecure ports on your router. Your military can't invade a country unless your navy is 750 km away from your enemy’s shore, but if they have even a single boat within 1500 km of your navy you can't invade and occasionally the enemies ships don’t appear and you can't make a land invasion, which is beyond frustrating. But besides that I haven't run into to many other problems.
So is this game worth your $10? Yes. Would I recommend you wait until a sale? Not necessarily, it would be better if you did but this game is worth the full price. I've played this game for roughly 14 hours and t has become one of my favorites.
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14 of 16 people (88%) found this review helpful
9.9 hrs on record
Posted: October 20
I first played this game on disc back in 2004, and was super excited to see it rereleased for Steam. To be honest, there's still a ton I don't understand about it. But, when you have the ability to press a big red button and nuke your enemies to kingdom come, it's worth 9.99 in my book.
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16 of 23 people (70%) found this review helpful
23.2 hrs on record
Posted: November 23
Made food illegal 11/10
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9 of 11 people (82%) found this review helpful
162.9 hrs on record
Posted: September 27
favorite game! They need to make a Superpowr 3! I would pay double the price of a regular game if they did.
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7 of 8 people (88%) found this review helpful
252.7 hrs on record
Posted: August 9
SuperPower 2 is pretty much eRepublik on your desktop without having to go on a browser. The game itself is pretty much that game you'd play if you want a political simulation roleplay. Pretty much, this game is more of a simplified Summer 2001 version of eRepublik. The modding in the game can be pretty hard if you don't know how to use the GL Editor right (since its full of errors) and the game can be quite laggy even on single player. However, if you want a good roleplay Poltiical simulator, this is the game for you, and honestly, I can't wait for more patches, and wait for the upcoming Superpower 3. This is pratically the only game that makes you in command of a country in real life.
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6 of 7 people (86%) found this review helpful
123.5 hrs on record
Posted: October 15
The pretty Game to run a Nation How you see fit
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6 of 7 people (86%) found this review helpful
40.7 hrs on record
Posted: July 27
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4 of 4 people (100%) found this review helpful
105.0 hrs on record
Posted: September 28
If you want to control a country to greatness or just to see it's demise, this is for you. 193 countries... Think about that for a second. Thats 193 countries to control, and 1 for you to conquer with.
Great game, 9/10 strategy
only bad thing, is that the AI is kinda noobish, and when you invade a country it'll send all its military into that one battle. This doesn't happen ALL the time, but at some times it does.
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4 of 4 people (100%) found this review helpful
43.8 hrs on record
Posted: September 13
Very good game, a good balance between realism and fun. Every nation has the potential to take of the world if you know what you are doing.

The Idea that you can design new units to your liking is also very nice.

Economy is easy to get a hold of in this game, Putting taxes at 80% and adjusting the spending sliders will get almost any nation to be debt free ina matter of years ingame.
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14 of 24 people (58%) found this review helpful
0.9 hrs on record
Posted: November 8
There are very few games as ambitious as super power 2, it must be lauded for its efforts to deliver a somewhat accurate (from a statistical standpoint) simulation of global geopolitics.

Honestly the engine, interface, and even some of the mechanics are pretty good. The problem is in the execution of how the systems work: the ai is horrible, the economy, government, and diplomacy are shallow. With more engaging domestic government and economy decisions, better ai, and a more interesting diplomacy system where the actions of various nations make sense (vietnam will abruptly invade mexico), this could be a great game.

As it stands it is a piece of gaming history chasing that holy grail of a grand strategy game set in the information age.
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3 of 3 people (100%) found this review helpful
125.2 hrs on record
Posted: July 27
I made Europe crumble as i marched through. And still had 2000 nukes to use on china
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3 of 3 people (100%) found this review helpful
337.1 hrs on record
Posted: July 22
Ricks Review


Gameplay: 9/10 - Simple and complex political-combat-economic action which is realistic yet playable.

Combat: 8/10 - Very basic combat mechanics which require the construction of units, from Land, Sea, Air and Infantry. Many unit types are customizable for better battle performance and outcomes for the selected state. However in battle the player can not perform direct actions in the battle screen and is mearly the observer to the battle.

Politics: 9/10 - Limited in political details compared to games like Ruler of Nations and Masters of the Universe. But the game provides very indepth fields around the countries language and religious demographics, laws and government types. Although little is made in the changing of demographics, laws and governments except from saying Yes, No or Maybe. It does allow for a detailed and easy way for you to create your nation.

Economics: 9/10 - Amazing, indepth field of economics which allows the player to experience how the economics of any nation works. Through trading, diplomacy and domestic taxes, you can influence how your economy sways. Managing the budget can be tricky and challenging in various states, it is exciting and sometimes thrilling to compare various strategies and tactics which can improve the states economy.

Audio: 9/10 - Dynamic music to the situation, losing, winning and nuclear war are the main music types.

UI: 5/10 - Beautiful UI for the game type, however can be a bit quirky in situations. Where the movement of troops can be difficult and unpredictable where the units move several miles from the intended location.

Technical Side: 7/10 - Editor fails in stability and many stability and technical issues arise in the main game. Sometimes with many players experiencing game crashing on high-spec scenarios like nuclear war, dramatic economic changes or huge wars.

Moddability: 6/10 - Various mod types are available from historical scenarios to gameplay changes/additions to some fantasy and hypothetical scenarios, you can experience a game where Hitler wins or Communism is supreme. However the poor score is detailed because of its poor modding methods and editor, with its poor technical stability on modern computers and the extent of the moddability to scenarios only, it can limit potential and the lifespan of the game.

Community: 5/10 - Although this is not directly affected by the game, there is a large community atlarge in this game. However do expect a lot of bitter members which vary.

Servers & multiplayer: 2/10 - I honestly enjoy Roleplaying servers and messing around with servers. But it is so difficult and awkward to start a server, it is not worth the trouble. And starting a public server risks potential hackers, trolls and generally unwanted visitors. Although you can enforce passwords and friends only, those threats can exist still.

Main Points:

This game was made back in 2004, making the technology behind the game pretty old compared to modern standards, but with the games potential it proves superior among many other titles. But before considering buying the game, make sure to get into contact with other players to compare specs and computer technology to make sure the game will work on your machine.

Great Gameplay for a Political Simulation game which extends to Combat, Politics and Economy which can diversify depending on the nation you play as.

Amazing dynamic audio which changes depending on the current situation of your state or the global situation.

Stability can be poor on modern computers and the modding editor will not work on Windows 8.

Servers can be hard to set up and not advisable for quick games with friends.


Improve upon the modding capabilities to allow for modern computers to be accepting to the capability. Meaning modern computers can use the editor or an alternative means to mod the game. And making sure the player can mod anything in the game, from scenario to UI to menus.

Improve the servers by making sure a anti-cheat/hack system is installed and allowing for every player to create their own servers with players capable of joining.
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3 of 3 people (100%) found this review helpful
327.1 hrs on record
Posted: November 21
Bwee. This be similar to the grand strategy titles made by Paradox, except it is set in the present day and has no real time limit. Like those Paradox games, you can pick any country you choose and you more or less choose your own objectives. Unlike the Paradox games however, SP2 is chiefly a multiplayer game since the AI isn't very good and either brings countries to ruin or become completely outclassed by player-controlled countries to such a degree that there is little real challenge in solo games. Therefore if you are no fan of multiplayer, I would probably avoid this game.

But... the multiplayer can be pretty good in this game when you get a good group of players together, and there are enough people still playing this that you can get good games fairly often. However, if you are looking to play this game online, extensive knowledge of the nations you play and the modern world in general is pretty much required. Hosts for this game tend to be elitist and have few qualms about kicking and banning people who play 'unrealistically' in their games. While this may sound obnoxious (and it sorta is), this also helps keep games interesting rather than just devolving into world war nukefests that, while fun the first time, rapidly loses its appeal after that. In other words, the multiplayer for this game is ideal for people with in-depth knowledge about the modern geopolitical scene and are able to apply that knowledge to their gameplay.

The game itself is pretty solid and does not take too long to learn, but there are numerous issues. Aside from the AI being generally bad, runtime errors can ruin your fun and crash your game with virtually no warning. The world economy tends to destroy itself after a few decades, though mods try to fix this and are almost always used in multiplayer games. The game does send "mails" about high-priority events like economic problems or the use of nuclear weapons, but other events, such as when other nations start a nuclear program or even when wars break out, can slip by almost totally unnoticed.

Lastly, the game is lacking some critical elements that are major parts of the modern world, such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that keeps almost every country in the world from building nuclear weapons. This is something that would be particularly useful for multiplayer games, where too many people build secret nuke stockpiles that can end up ruining games because the lack of information the game gives about them. This can result in a small nation building a giant nuke stockpile, and then using it, without anyone else having the faintest idea this was going on until it was too late. From my observations, secret nuclear stockpiles and their usage are a major cause for multiplayer games ending early, with few people wanting to play after a nuclear apocalypse.

Overall, SP2 is a competent and deep multiplayer strategy game that, nevertheless, has enough glaring issues to lead me to suggest that anyone looking to buy this game should think carefully about it (and probably wait for a sale). When played right, it is an excellent game with endless amounts of replay value. But since these good games rely on every other player in the game not acting like a complete ♥♥♥♥, patience and a willingless to put up with some annoyances is also necessary to enjoy this game. But if you are able to endure all the irritants that this game and its players can throw your way, then you will find an often very fun experience awaiting you. :)
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3 of 3 people (100%) found this review helpful
3.6 hrs on record
Posted: December 16
after playing half of the first tutorial I set out on my journey to conquer the world.
1. picked the USA cause USA stronk
2. tried to ally with north korea. they said no
3. cried
4. declared war on mexico
5.nuked mexico
6 conquered mexico within 5 minutes
7. set my eyes on Canada
8. all of europe declared war when i launched my nukes on Canada
9. I nuked back firing all of my nukes
10. need more nukes to nuke China and Russia
11. lose first game within 2 hours because I ran out of money trying to build 55,000 nukes
11/10 would play again (and will)
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7 of 11 people (64%) found this review helpful
165.3 hrs on record
Posted: November 1
A good man sleeps in the wet spot, but a great man will make a wet spot for two. I suggest reading all the non-recoms first. Now having typed that, I love this messed-up sim. The guides are there and I find them all helpful, even the dated. Not sure about adding mods... on the this ver. but I am still struggling with the core game, and I must say it is fun. Put in tons of hours just learning a single player game vs the crazy AI, and I've been keeping that on its least aggressive setting. I love this game, maybe even try it multi, but I wonder how crazy hard that will be ? cheers
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2 of 2 people (100%) found this review helpful
25.1 hrs on record
Posted: June 29
Extremely unique, feels realistic, very open-ended strategy.
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