{"id":97520,"title":"Pax Historia - User \u0026 AI powered gaming platform","tagline":"🗺️ The first alternate-history sandbox game powered by AI","body":"Hey! This is **Eli** and **Ryan**, cofounders at **Pax Historia** ([paxhistoria.co](http://paxhistoria.co)). \n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=97520\u0026key=user_uploads/1382898/f7de4ff4-c0d2-4a10-9785-d2ca30e30949)\n\nPax Historia is a map-based gaming platform which combines the creative freedom of sandbox games with the depth of grand strategy. Players imagine scenarios (like ‘What if the USSR hadn’t broken apart?’ or ‘What if a zombie outbreak started in 2019?’ or ‘What if the USA took over Greenland?’) and create maps and presets which are then published to the community and become playable by anyone.\n\nAlready, we have **35k daily users**. Over the last week, in total, we’ve processed **100+ billion tokens**. Our **passionate community has published over 4k presets** with 50+ plays each.  \n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=97520\u0026key=user_uploads/1382898/099acb66-577a-4be7-973c-109c16087c69)\n\nCreators create, edit, and publish custom maps and worlds. Users then play as a country or group in the world. They can make actions, start diplomatic chats, and jump forward in time. As the game progresses, the map shows any changes from player actions. \n\n![uploaded image](/media/?type=post\u0026id=97520\u0026key=user_uploads/1382898/062a68cf-5178-40bf-888d-e31b681431c2)\n\nBy using AI to power the responses of other countries/actors to in-game actions, **we are able to move beyond constraining, pre-designed narrative paths**. Players are truly able to do whatever they can imagine. \n\nCheck out our [Pax Historia Launch Video](https://youtu.be/-RXSxMVLcL4) for a closer look.\n\n**Our asks**: \n\n1. **Feedback:** We would _love_ to hear your feedback (especially if you’re a grand strategy, history, or gaming nerd!). You can make an account [here](http://paxhistoria.co).\n2. **Talent:** We are hiring! If you know of any talented engineers (Unity, web dev, AI/ML) who might be interested in a super high-impact, fast moving, small team, then please connect us. They can apply through our [Ashby](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/pax-historia), but please also shoot us an email ([careers@paxhistoria.co](mailto:careers@paxhistoria.co)) so we can find their profile.\n3. **Connection \u0026 Community:** Finally, if you’re running platforms/marketplaces, who are using AI to power features within their service (not just to write code!), or just excited by building and maintaining online communities, then we would love to chat.","slug":"PMu-pax-historia-user-ai-powered-gaming-platform","created_at":"2026-02-04T23:25:26.863Z","updated_at":"2026-05-25T03:38:21.263Z","total_vote_count":53,"url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/launches/PMu-pax-historia-user-ai-powered-gaming-platform","share_image_url":"https://www.ycombinator.com/media/?type=post\u0026id=97520\u0026key=user_uploads/1382898/f7de4ff4-c0d2-4a10-9785-d2ca30e30949","company":{"id":31175,"name":"Pax Historia","slug":"pax-historia","url":"https://www.paxhistoria.co","logo":"https://bookface-images.s3.amazonaws.com/small_logos/58aceddc6b7af2ca2c35058e943baf719c91fe1c.png","batch":"Winter 2026","industry":"Consumer","tags":[],"search_path":"https://bookface.ycombinator.com/company/31175"}}