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'''''Alien Nations''''' ({{langx|de|Die Völker}}) is a [[real-time strategy]] video game developed by [[Neo Software]] and published by [[JoWooD Productions]] for [[Microsoft Windows]] in 1999. It was re-released on [[GOG.com]] in 2009. A sequel, ''[[The Nations]]'', was published in 2001. ''Alien Nations'' was a commercial hit in the German market, and ultimately sold close to 1 million units worldwide.

== Gameplay ==
''Alien Nations'' is a real-time strategy game based on building a nation and conquering others. The player may choose from 3 races – the Pimmons, the Amazons and the Sajkhi. In single-player mode, there are three gameplay modes: Introduction, Campaigns, and Never-ending Game.

== Reception ==
===Sales===
''Alien Nations'' was a commercial hit in the German market. ''[[Der Spiegel]]''{{'}}s Frank Patalong noted that it was one of the [[construction and management simulation]]s that "dominated the German sales charts for years", alongside ''[[Anno 1602]]'' and the ''[[The Settlers|Settlers]]'' series.<ref name=spiegel>{{cite web | archive-url=https://archive.today/20181130165401/http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/anno-1503-wuselige-zeitreise-a-220745.html | url=http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/anno-1503-wuselige-zeitreise-a-220745.html | title=Wuselige Zeitreise | date=January 11, 2002 | author=Patalong, Frank | work=[[Der Spiegel]] | archive-date=November 30, 2018 |url-status = live| language=de | access-date=December 2, 2018 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> In German-speaking countries, it sold 150,000 units after two months on shelves, according to the game's Russian publisher Snowball Studios.<ref name=150k>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021223223743/http://www.snowball.ru/mir1/ | url=http://www.snowball.ru:80/mir1/ | title=Затерянный Мир | publisher=[[:ru:Snowball Studios|Snowball Studios]] | language=ru | archive-date=December 23, 2002 |url-status = dead| access-date=May 14, 2019 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> It was also a success in Russia, with sales of 80,000 units by April 2001.<ref name="80k">{{cite web |author= |date=April 20, 2001 |title=JoWood in Russland |url=https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/jowood-in-russland,1336864.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202032438/https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/jowood-in-russland,1336864.html |archive-date=December 2, 2018 |work=[[GameStar]] |language=de}}</ref> ''Alien Nations'' ultimately sold "just under a million copies" by 2016, reported Micharl Furtenbach of [[Red Bull]].<ref name=redbull>{{cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202033039/https://www.redbull.com/at-de/games-aus-oesterreich-teil-1 | url=https://www.redbull.com/at-de/games-aus-oesterreich-teil-1 | title=Heimat bist du großer Spieleentwickler! (Teil 1) | author=Furtenbach, Micharl | date=January 18, 2016 | archive-date=December 2, 2018 | work=[[Red Bull]] | language=de |url-status = live}}</ref>

===Critical reviews===
Oleg Hazhinskiy of [[Game.EXE]] gave the game 4.1/5 and noted its strong similarities with ''[[The Settlers]]'' series. Among differences, he praised the marketing system, but also mentioned lacking combat.<ref>{{cite magazine |script-title=ru:Наследники по прямой |trans-title=Direct Heirs |first=Олег |last=Хажинский |date=September 2001 |volume=9 |pages=58–59 |magazine=[[Game.EXE]] |publisher=Computerra |location=Moscow |language=ru}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Video gaming in Germany]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060324170355/http://www.jowood.com/gamers/?lang=en&site=2&ScreenID=4260&GameID=thenations&pfid=PC JoWooD web page for The Nations] (archived 2005-10-04)
* {{MobyGames|id=/alien-nations|name=''Alien Nations''}}
* {{MobyGames|id=/nations|name=''The Nations''}}

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