Pax Historia

Pax Historia

Browser-based grand strategy with AI diplomacy

Overview

Pax Historia builds an alternate-history sandbox game in a browser, letting players rewrite historical events without downloads. It combines grand-strategy depth with sandbox freedom, allowing players to pick a country and time period and shape the world through AI-driven diplomacy and direct chat with other nations. Players can create and share custom scenarios, maps, and historical contexts, feeding a community that publishes hundreds of scenarios daily. The game uses API-key access to AI models with pricing tied to AI-provider costs and aims to scale player-driven historical storytelling and geopolitical simulation.

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About Pax Historia

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Why Pax Historia is rated
C
Rated C on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated D+ on Differentiation

Industries

Consumer Software

Entertainment

Gaming

Company Size

1-10

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$130K

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2025

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What believers are saying

  • July 2026 reports cited 35,000 daily active users, strong traction for an early-alpha game.
  • Pax Historia’s official July-August 2026 pages show active scenario browsing and frequent content creation.
  • YC Winter 2026 backing and $500K funding reduce hiring risk and extend runway.

What critics are saying

  • Token billing ties gameplay to OpenRouter costs, squeezing margins when model prices rise.
  • StartupHub and VGTimes reported only early-alpha status in July 2026, signaling product fragility.
  • An AI-provider pricing shock or model access cutoff can break the entire game economy within weeks.

What makes Pax Historia unique

  • Pax Historia’s browser-only AI engine replaces rulebooks with live negotiation, unlike Paradox titles.
  • The July 2026 preset library and playlists show user-generated scenarios as core product.
  • The August 2026 status page shows daily uptime transparency, supporting a live-service game.

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Funding

Total Funding

$130k

Below

Industry Average

Funded Over

1 Rounds

Notable Investors:
Seed funding is usually the first official round after pre-seed, when a startup has a prototype or concept. It’s typically used to develop the product, test the market, and start building the team. Investors here are often angel investors or early-stage venture capitalists.
Seed Funding Comparison
Below Average

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Company News

Nintendo Everything
Jun 1st, 2026
Adventure game un:me announced for Nintendo Switch 2.

Adventure game un:me announced for Nintendo Switch 2. Today, Shueisha Games and Historia announced UN: Me for Nintendo Switch 2. The title is due out later in 2026. UN:Me is an adventure game. Players can expect to guide a girl harboring multiple souls within her body through an unsettling mental labyrinth. Find more details in the following overview: Your choices determine which soul remains. You alone will witness the consequences. A girl awakens in a mysterious labyrinth. Four voices echo within her mind. They are human "souls" drifting through this maze. Each of the four souls seeks to fulfill their own desires, attempting to seize control of the girl's body and act on their own will. What are these four souls, truly? Who created this enigmatic labyrinth - and why? Who is this girl? Through dialogue with each soul and by overcoming their individual traumas, you'll navigate deeper into the labyrinth. The answers await those who persist... Key Features * Unpredictably Shifting Selves: Within the labyrinth, souls hidden inside the girl seize control regardless of your intentions. Each soul possesses unique skills and traumas - with every switch, both visible dangers and available actions transform. Which "self" will surface next? You must navigate the maze while contending with these assertive souls. * Soul-Specific Traumas That Hunt You: Each soul carries unique traumas carved from their past. During exploration, the active soul's wounds react, destabilizing vision, senses, and movement as they assault the girl. * Dialogue Mode: Touching the Souls' Depths: Special items found in the labyrinth enable direct dialogue with individual souls. Memory fragments determine which souls you can reach and what questions arise - each item reveals different truths. Their words are sometimes fragmented, sometimes cryptic. Hidden within may lie hints for exploration or keys to the story's heart... * "Only One Can Remain" - Choosing and Erasing Souls: One body can harbor only one soul. The deeper into the labyrinth you venture, the heavier the decision becomes - which soul to preserve, which to erase. Can you accept the consequences of the souls your choices condemn? Fans can take a closer look at the game with the trailer below. Announcement trailer. Nintendonews'll pass along the release date when that comes in. If you're looking for more Nintendo Switch 2 hews, head on over here.

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