Player reviews: 55% positive20 reviews
Steam Deck: Unsupported
Runs on: Windows
Price: US$19.99

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2024 · GorillaSoftWorks · Simulation · Strategy

The Ancients

The Ancients is a turn-based survival strategy game where you will manage a hunter-gatherer tribe through the ice age. Every decision you make will affect the tribe culturally and politically.

Released: 5 June 2024
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Simulation Strategy Turn-based strategy Tactical Indie Arcade
Developers: GorillaSoftWorks
Publishers: Camlann Games
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Survival Historical Open world 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
Engine: Unreal
Languages: Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish (Spain)
Features: Family Sharing Single-player Steam achievements

›Story

Earth in prehistoric times. The continents are shifting, the last ice age is coming. Fierce predators roam the land.

From being starving hunter-gatherers, you will develop a great tribe with many options on prehistoric technology to great cultural breakthroughs. Your goal is to survive and thrive in real-world-inspired locations and migrate to new lands.

The culture tree is where you discover religion, policies, and human interactions inside and outside of your tribe, the main purpose of the culture segment is to allow the player to shape the cultural development of the people.