Games Like Meiji Oligarchy

Play as a government official or military officer during the Meiji era. Manage relationships among officials to keep the government functioning, and steer the country in your desired direction through control over appointments and political maneuvering. Drive industrialization, develop the economy, reform institutions, win wars, and witness Japan’s rise to the ranks of the great powers.

The game begins with the assassination of Ōkubo Toshimichi and ends with the close of the Katsura–Saionji era (1878–1912). You will experience major historical events including the Freedom and People’s Rights Movement, the Political Crisis of 1881, the Matsukata Deflation, treaty revision, the drafting of the constitution, the opening of the Imperial Diet, the First Sino-Japanese War, and the Russo-Japanese War. Experience Japan’s political transformation from oligarchy to party politics.

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