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Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!
Ancient Cities is a strategy, city builder and survival game
developed and published by Uncasual Games.
Released on March 24th 2023 is available only on Windows
in 10 languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, German, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Catalan, Italian and Simplified Chinese.
It has received 1,953 reviews of which 1,243 were positive and 710 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.2 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.
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System requirements
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit)
- Processor: Intel® i7-6700 / AMD® Ryzen 5 1600
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 (2 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ RX-560 (4 GB)
- Additional Notes: Linux Proton propietary drivers only. Currently INTEL graphics cards are not supported.
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IF YOU'RE UNAWARE OF GAME'S HISTORY: As someone who loves ancient history, I've followed A.C. since it's early days, with the announcement and green-light campaign on Steam back in 2017. This movement had tons of traction and generated well over 120K by the time it was green lit. Surpassing it's funding milestones where it promises to eventually build in additional climates such as the Middle East and and even an Ice Age pack. Each with their own set of challenges according to their atmospheric elements. Same is true for natural disaster features, also related to each climate. And throw in some raiding to spice it up even more. Improved sky life and the Aurora-Borealis etc. These things have yet to be included, but I'm more than confident they'll be added, as the few building this game up are still working on it in a whole list of ways. Tons of life variety and Optimization has improved far beyond many other city build games. There's plenty of features already added at this point. Honestly, I'm impressed with how far this has come. To say that Uncasual Game's team of several Devs have tackled a tremendous feat (considering the shear size of their vision for this one of a kind piece) while working this project is in itself a deep understatement. There's so many times this game should've gone under over the years and yet somehow against all odds, the Devs have managed to persevere, coming out on top, improving the entire game from it's very poor early access state in 2021. And all this in the face of what was initially ruthless ridicule from original followers base, who's patience for the complete game lasted about a week. And who seemed to think Uncasual Games were the size of Ubisoft Studios; not to mention the overwhelming financial and development threats they were confronted before and after the fall out. The end game of this project has yet to be realized. But what the game provides for playable content as of this post is very enjoyable. It'll take some learning investment to really feel the vibe the world around is meant to give, So prepare yourself to be committed to learning the mechanics of your tribe and the environments. If you're doubtful about paying full price up front, then definitely consider getting this on sale. But understand that the more funds the ever-improving Devs receive from this genre base, the closer they'll be to really making this into the full masterpiece they've intended it to be. I bought this at full price and I can say confidently that I'd do it again. I'm really looking forward to what's potentially in store for the future with this. I wish the Devs an ever successful outcome. They've earned it.
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I was hesitant about buying this game because of the mixed reviews but after i saw recently a youtube video about the last updates i decided to buy it and i can say it is a very good game despite being in works. I like the graphics, better than Dawn of man which is also an ancient city builder, the game is balanced, everything works pretty good. I didn´t see any bugs or glitches. What i don´t like is the storage system because you can store only 1 resource in a storage building. But i am sure the devs are working at this. I recommend the game and i hope the devs will keep working and give us more content and features.
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I bought the game last year (2024) during a spring sale and then noticed the reviews were mostly negative. The reviews have turned around since then. I can't say how the game was then, but it's an enjoyable game. It's still a work in progress but it's playable and enjoyable. There's some learning curves that the tutorial doesn't teach you, however, I like that in games, there's more depth than I expected. It's also a really pretty game. My first games were pretty much flat lands with rivers. Then I chose a different location with a river flowing into a waterfall dropping down into the ocean. Also lightning and sunsets/ sunrises can be missed if you're playing on fast game speed. The devs are actively engaged on the forums, which is a good thing.
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Forget the negative reviews on this game! I suspect they did not explore the game enough nor spend enough time in the game to make those opinions valid. As an old timer gamer who has tried and played many, many builder/survival games like this one, I am finding that Ancient Cities is a keeper! There are only 2 others currently out there that I have found as interesting and compelling to keep installed on my PC. One I've had installed for years but that is still quite recently new that I am still playing. I think AC will be my 2nd. Yes, there are still some QoL issues that could be improved. Yes, there is a bit of a learning curve where the tutorial really needs to be better but I have found that simply asking questions on the Steam forum for AC is more than sufficient to get the answers you need. That said, the game is very playable and has great potential for improving even more imo. There absolutely IS raiding and trading with other local cities/towns. You only need to know how to do it. Historically correct for the time periods right down to what types of animals and plants are available makes the difficulty of finding food quite interesting. The Devs seem very dedicated to making things historically correct in this way. Also of note, the Devs are absolutely paying attention to players and their opinions. I have had one of my posts/queries answered directly by them so that's how I know. Give the game a try! The micromanagement is sufficient but it doesn't become overly tedious. There is plenty to do and the time frame to do it seems adequately realistic. Yes, I would recommend this game.
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the game is still developing and it is very visible, so I prefer to talk about quite obvious things, which is why players do not stay in this game for long. 1.Lack of information: Very often, players leave this project because there is little information about this game, in general, the buildings and mechanics in this game, there is not much information about them either on YouTube or on Google. I don't deny that it exists, but average gamers don't like searching the Internet for things they discover during their campaign. E.g. At the beginning, I was a bit outraged by the lack of religious buildings, I wanted to build a mini stonehenge but I didn't understand how to do it and whether it was possible, because the development of technology shows what you will discover only when you are close to this discovery, e.g. a longhouse and many other aspects, such as: milk production. Summary: The player does not know what will happen during his campaign and because the game itself is not perfect, he/she may be pesimistic. 2.not mainly the reasons but I would like to add it because it is uncomfortable: finally add that you can exit the menu using esc and add that you can zoom in on the camera more 3.things that are interesting and important, but not the most important yet a)Migrations: In short, migrations simply do not make sense. b)eolithic: here all you need to do is add bronze tools and more modern buildings c)Paleolithic would be very interesting to see if immigration made sense and also to see more diverse fauna d)real battles: It would be interesting to see how your inhabitants attack others and it would be more interesting to see more aggressive Ai. Then the fortifications would make sense e) middle east: Anyway, this is the center of Neolithic tribes d) real cultures: Each region in its own time (mainly Neolithic) would have its own culture: its own cultural religious buildings as well as the construction style itself, and each culture will have something better, e.g. The Tripoli culture would have had a more diverse fortifications and buildings e)natural disasters f)a family tree of the inhabitants would be very interesting g)For example, different animals and their taming in different eras: In the Paleolithic era, you will be able to tame a wolf. In the Mesolithic, the wolf slowly turns into a dog and such a dog will be more helpful and the period when you could tame the wolf ends. And only in the Neolithic period in a specific region of the "middle east" u can tame goats and cows/bulls This is just the beginning of what I'm eager to see. Of course, everyone would like to see the hierarchy, the first stages of civilization, but it is difficult to achieve, so I wanted to focus on what happened even earlier in the Mesolithic. I hope that the creators of the game themselves saw it, and those who agree with my opinion and would also like to see it can put their thumbs up (if you read it all, of course) I didn't remind about optimization because I don't have any problems with FPS but I have a very good computer. "1. In the game there is a guided tutorial and a reference tutorial that explains the basics. For more information there is a link to a video tutorial playlist on the game's Steam page." I already found it a long time ago my friend also played this game like an ordinary player and I based it on his opinion. "2. You can zoom into the menu cause we think its cool." I would like to take a closer look at people:Toxic_Geralt: "3.a. Migrations are needed depending on the era and the difficulty level you have choosen. We recommend you to play in expert mode." I expressed myself incorrectly and added too little information. I wanted to see more factors that would force us to migrate "3.b. Neolithic have stone tools, bronze tools are from a later period." This is a controversial term, some believe that the Eolithic is a separate era and some believe that it is the border between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age and do not recognize this term, while some say that the Eolithic is part of the Neolithic. And the game itself is called "ancient cities" and I also quickly read the description and did not find that this game focuses on the pre-Bronze Age eras, so even if you add a new update where we will build Rome, it will not change anything because this game is called ancient cities . "3.c. Ice age is planned as a DLC in the future." That cool "3.d. There were no major neolithic battles in Europe, but raids against other tribes are implemented." I want us to see other villages and their interactions, when I attack someone and lose my people, I don't know what mistake I made, maybe if I had been there, I wouldn't have lost those people. And 3D battles (raids) would be interesting "3.d2. The game includes Mesolithic and Neolithic cultures." I wish they had more importance in the game "3.f. Family tree is included in the game for each individual." I don't know if you know what crusader kings are, but there is a very nice dynasty tree where you can see who was the founder of this dynasty and his descendants
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Ancient Cities is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.
Ancient Cities is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 29.99€ on Steam.
Ancient Cities received 1,243 positive votes out of a total of 1,953 achieving a rating of 6.23.
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Ancient Cities was developed and published by Uncasual Games.
Ancient Cities is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Ancient Cities is not playable on MacOS.
Ancient Cities is not playable on Linux.
Ancient Cities is a single-player game.
Ancient Cities does not currently offer any DLC.
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Ancient Cities does not support Steam Remote Play.
Ancient Cities is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Uncasual Games
Publisher
Uncasual Games
Release
24 Mar 2023
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