Svea Rike

{{Short description|1997 video game}}

{{about|a video game|the historical term for Sweden|Svealand}}

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{{Infobox video game

| title = Svea Rike

| image = File:Svea_Rike_1997_Cover_Art.jpg

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| developer = Target Games

| publisher = Levande böcker

| series = Svea Rike

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| platforms = Windows, Macintosh

| released = 1997

| genre = TBS

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Svea Rike is a 1997 turn-based strategy video game{{cite web|url=http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/001440167|title=Svea rike|publisher=Svensk mediedatabas|language=Swedish|date=1997|accessdate=12 February 2015}} based on the history of Sweden, which became an inspiration to the later-established franchise "Crusader Kings".{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} The title roughly translates to "Swedish Realm". A sequel, Svea Rike II, was also made.

The hybrid PC/Mac CD-ROM game was co-developed using Macromedia Director 6.x, by Stockholm game development studios Korkeken and Target Games AB, under the label Mesmer & Block. It was published by Levande Böcker, a subsidiary of Bonnier Multimedia, in 1997.

Svea Rike was based on the award-winning board game of the same name, sharing the historical theme of simulating political and cultural events in Northern Europe in the period 1523-1818, the general game structure, and much of the media content. The notable additions for the CD-ROM version included a single-player mode against an AI, and a tactical combat system.

All wording and menus are in Swedish.