Fit check
Is SGS Taipings worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Historical strategy players who want a campaign about the Taïping Rebellion
- Turn-based war-game players interested in managing armies, fleets, and income
- Players who enjoy diplomacy and long campaigns with changing events
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking short, consistently sized matches may hit the 164-plus-turn grand campaign structure.
- Players who want only battlefield action may hit the game's economic, diplomatic, training, and leadership systems.
- Players looking for a fantasy or fictional setting may not fit a game centered on a historical Chinese civil war.
Our take on SGS Taipings
The bounce point arrives when battlefield decisions become sustained administration: income from cities and farmland, troop training, weapons purchases, leadership, corruption, and diplomacy all compete for attention. Players wanting only tactical engagements may stop at this management layer.
What is SGS Taipings?
SGS Taipings is a historical strategy game about the Taïping Rebellion in China from 1851 to 1864.
One player commands the Taïping rebels and allies, while the other leads the Qing Empire. Scenarios range from 8 turns to more than 164 turns, with each turn representing one month. Players manage land and naval units, diplomacy with foreign powers, cities, provinces, income, training, weapons, leaders, and supplies. The map includes varied terrain, rivers, coastal waters, and hundreds of cities. Winter, floods, rain, and drought change map features. More than 200 events and cards create military, political, economic, and diplomatic situations. The Taïping side seeks to establish a state; the Qing side must contain the revolt before it threatens the dynasty.
How SGS Taipings plays
- 01Two Factions
- The Taïping side seeks to establish a state, while the Qing side must respond to the revolt and protect the dynasty.
- 02Long Campaigns
- Scenarios span from 8 turns to over 164 turns, with one turn covering a month between April 1851 and December 1864.
- 03Land And Naval Units
- Available forces include infantry, cavalry, artillery, supply units, transport junks, and warships.
- 04Economic Management
- Controlled cities, ports, and agricultural regions generate income for maintaining and expanding armies and fleets.
- 05Foreign Diplomacy
- French and British forces begin neutral but can attack the Qing Empire or cooperate with the Taïpings.
- 06Weather Effects
- Winter, floods, rain, and drought are represented through changes to the map.
- 07Event Card System
- More than 200 events and cards create situations across military, political, economic, and diplomatic areas.
SGS Taipings compared to similar games
Men of War: Assault Squad presents a World War II strategy experience with large-scale strategy and hands-on combat, while SGS Taipings uses month-based turns for a historical civil war with economics, diplomacy, weather, and land and naval forces. Xenonauts places a multinational military organisation in an alien-invasion scenario with small squads of persistent soldiers; SGS Taipings instead covers opposing historical factions across China with armies, fleets, and regional income.
SGS Taipings: platforms & release
Is SGS Taipings worth it?
It is worth it if: historical strategy players who want a campaign about the Taïping Rebellion. Skip it if: players seeking short, consistently sized matches may hit the 164-plus-turn grand campaign structure.
Where can I download SGS Taipings?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens SGS Taipings's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is SGS Taipings on?
Windows and macOS.
