How to Download Shades Of War

1. Click on the Shades Of War download button below.
2. Choose "Install" to install the game on the windows steam client.
3. Follow the on-screen prompts
4. Let it download the Full Version.
5. Once a game is downloaded, use the Windows Steam Client to play the game.

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This guide describes how to use Steam Proton to play and run Windows games on your Linux computer. Some games may not work or may break because Steam Proton is still at a very early stage.

1. Activating Steam Proton for Linux:
Proton is integrated into the Steam Client with "Steam Play." To activate proton, go into your steam client and click on Steam in the upper right corner. Then click on settings to open a new window. From here, click on the Steam Play button at the bottom of the panel. Click "Enable Steam Play for Supported Titles."

Alternatively: Go to Steam > Settings > Steam Play and turn on the "Enable Steam Play for Supported Titles" option.

Valve has tested and fixed some Steam titles and you will now be able to play most of them. However, if you want to go further and play titles that even Valve hasn't tested, toggle the "Enable Steam Play for all titles" option.

2. Choose a version
You should use the Steam Proton version recommended by Steam: 3.7-8. This is the most stable version of Steam Proton at the moment.

3. Restart your Steam
After you have successfully activated Steam Proton, click "OK" and Steam will ask you to restart it for the changes to take effect. Restart it. Your computer will now play all of steam's whitelisted games seamlessly.

4. Launch Stardew Valley on Linux:
Before you can use Steam Proton, you must first download the Stardew Valley Windows game from Steam. When you download Stardew Valley for the first time, you will notice that the download size is slightly larger than the size of the game.
This happens because Steam will download your chosen Steam Proton version with this game as well. After the download is complete, simply click the "Play" button.

Windows Pc Requirements

Minimum:

• OS: windows 10
  
• Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz (3.40 GHz)
  
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
  
• Graphics: 2 GB
  
• Storage: 200 MB available space

Recommended:

• Memory: 8 GB RAM

Linux Requirements

No minimum requirements!!
No maximum requirements!!

Mac Requirements

No minimum requirements!!
No maximum requirements!!

A fast-paced mini-RTS where you spread your color across the map, build towns and defenses, forge (and betray) alliances, and battle up to 8 colonies at once. Expand, fortify, and dominate the grid in chaotic territory-control warfare.

🌈 Shades of War

A lightning-fast mini-RTS where every pixel of color is a battlefield.

Shades of War is a frantic, territory-control strategy game where you expand, fortify, and dominate by literally painting the world in your color. Build towns, raise defenses, unleash sprayers and cannons, form shaky alliances, and watch the map shift in real time as every faction fights for control of the grid.

Matches are short, explosive, and endlessly replayable — perfect for players who love fast decisions, evolving strategies, and watching a map erupt into chaos.

🗺️ Paint the World, One Cell at a Time

Place towers to spray your color across the battlefield, claim land, and generate income. But be warned: enemies are doing the same, and territory can flip in seconds.

Every tile matters.
Every tower is a statement.

⚔️ 8 Colonies. 4 Players. 1 Map.

Up to 4 human players (local split screen), 8 human players (online) with 8 total colonies battle at once, each with unique personalities and relationships.

• Fight

• Trade

• Ally (only ONE ally allowed… choose carefully)

• Betray (even more carefully)

The diplomacy can be as deadly as the combat.

🏰 Build an Economy Worth Fighting For

Towns generate income — and income fuels your army.

Upgrade your towns with:

• Farms for heavy economy

• Guard Towers for built-in defense

• Castles, Sprayers, Turrets, Healing units, AA, Cannons, Miniguns, and more

Expand wisely or die early.

🧠 Reactive AI That Pushes Back

AI colonies don’t just rush blindly. They react to your territory, economy, aggression, and alliances.
Some are cautious. Some are opportunistic. Some are psychotic.

Pick a fight with the wrong neighbor?
Good luck.

🎮 Campaign + Battle Maps

Play through:

• 20 handcrafted campaign missions across varied biomes

• 10 battle maps for endless skirmishes

From deserts to frozen wastes to chaotic multi-front wars — every map has unique pressures and opportunities.

🏰 Build your own maps and share them with friends

with the new map editor 

place tiles in the ground layer to set playable area

select layers to build up set pieces like hills and mountains

once your happy with your layout change the background, name your master piece then battle it out with your friends.

you can share your maps by simply giving them yourmapname.ini from your custom_maps folder

🏆 Win by Strategy or Sheer Chaos

Victory comes in two flavors:

• Be the last colony standing, or

• Control 80% of the map and drown the world in your color

Either way, there’s nothing more satisfying than watching your color envelop the battlefield.

If fast RTS action, map-painting chaos, and ruthless AI diplomacy sound fun… you’re home. Welcome to Shades of War.

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