Pax Historia
Pax Historia is a YC Winter 2026 (W26) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Team of 3.
About Pax Historia
Summary
Pax Historia builds an AI-powered alternate-history sandbox game where players pick a country and a moment in time, then rewrite how events unfold. Scenarios range from classical antiquity to speculative fiction, with tools to create and edit custom maps, actors, and historical context. The game replaces static, scripted strategy titles with open-ended, player-authored historical simulations.
Go-to-market
The game targets strategy and history enthusiasts who discover and start playing through self-serve access on the web.
From the Y Combinator listing
The first AI-powered grand strategy platform
Pax Historia is an alternate-history sandbox game where players choose a country, a moment in time, and rewrite the course of history. What if Rome never fell? What if the Soviet Union survived? What if Genghis Khan ruled for another generation? We go beyond history, too. What if aliens invaded Earth? What if you were a college dropout creating a tech startup? The ability to create, edit, and copy custom maps, actors, historical context, and more means that users can play nearly any scenario they can imagine. In the last four months we've organically built a passionate fanbase of tens of thousands of daily active players and we're excited to expand on this early start. Consider joining us to help build vastly better tools for creators and experiences for players.
Facts
- Consumer / Consumer -> Gaming
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- 3
- Active
- Early
Founders (2)
- Eli Bullock-Papa
- Ryan Zhang
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