Age of Clicks — Patch 0.62
Released: 8/10/2026, 4:58:16 PM
Source: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/4804480/view/689765153413006594
Summary (AI)
Age of Clicks 0.62 introduces a new settlement mechanic allowing players to claim unowned lands by painting territory directly on the map, with colony growth now following organic coastal shapes influenced by terrain. Overseas colonization requires a country to possess economic and military strength plus a coastline, and AI opponents actively compete for unclaimed land. The patch overhauls various war mechanics, including improved war declaration screens, realistic coalitions, and trade embargoes triggered by high infamy. Numerous bugs have been fixed related to movement through difficult terrain, production imbalances, and AI behavior, alongside graphical enhancements like higher-resolution maps and smoother borders. Additionally, the scenario and map editors have been improved with new selection tools, import features, and streamlined interfaces, while overall performance and stability have been significantly enhanced.
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- Colonies grow organically along the coastline instead of a perfect compass-drawn circle — shape depends on the terrain
- Price rises with distance, but distance is no longer a hard wall — far-off land just costs more, it's never simply forbidden
- The AI competes for the same land too, with staggered start times so one bot can't snowball into taking half the unclaimed world
- Only available in scenarios from the right era (Victorian Era and similar) — 1936, WWII and the modern world simply have no free land
- Putting down a rebellion now has its own declaration screen instead of looking like an ordinary war with a neighbor: rebel flag, a "CRUSH THE REBELLION!" button, and a clear line showing which government the rebels want to install
- You're now asked before being drafted into someone else's coalition — it used to be able to declare war on your behalf silently
- The game now automatically trims spending when you're heading for bankruptcy (science first, then welfare, then the military budget) and restores it once your treasury recovers — previously only the AI could do this for itself
- Land quality now weighs even more heavily on income and population — the gap between good and mediocre territory has widened
- Country borders are noticeably smoother now — the "staircase" jaggies along coastlines and frontiers are gone
- New: a historical regions layer — trace a region and assign it to a country in one go, or split a country's territory into regions to start from
- The water lock no longer blocks painting over rivers — it now only guards actual sea/ocean, not water in general
- Scenarios can now be renamed and have their start year changed after creation, not only when they're first created
- The save/load screen has been reworked: sessions collapse into groups, there's an AUTO/MANUAL filter, and a details card (difficulty, mode, seed) before you commit to loading
- The first-launch language and age screens have been redesigned with proper panels, keyboard navigation, and automatic detection of your system language