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Create your own prehistoric civilization and lead your tribe in a world you shape. Start with nothing, build towns and industry, and advance through thousands of years of technological breakthroughs in this intimate yet expansive colony sim.
Sapiens is a early access, colony sim and city builder game
developed and published by Majic Jungle.
Released on July 26th 2022 is available in English on Windows and MacOS.
It has received 2,010 reviews of which 1,693 were positive and 317 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.1 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Eneba.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 - 64 Bit
- Processor: Multi core CPU
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GTX 970 or better
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Requires up to date graphics drivers
MacOS
- OS: 10.15 (Catalina) or later
- Processor: Intel or Apple Silicon
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Discrete Graphics Card, or M1 or better
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Intel Integrated graphics not supported
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Potentially a really great game and a really good one atm. If you can appreciate the struggles of stone age humanity its great. Love the slow pace, just as it stone agely should be. Putting an elder to non busy work feels momentous after they age up. Couple of things i hope to see change- Boundary Walls to keep mammoths out, hunters taking two spears instead of one, that seems pretty stupid. Ways to make food last longer. Some sort of birth control under the hood, not a crafting thing (they dont have more kids after theres no free beds). Mammoths to actually be afraid of the fires i painstakingly put down to ensure he didnt wreck everyone after hanging around so long. People actively not walking toward the mammoth...mammoth.
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I have played this game alot and have really enjoyed it, alot of things have been improved so much and has become an even greater game. Sadly for me (and I mean for me in my own opinion) bringing in conflict has kinda dulled it for me. I believe there is enough in the game that you have to micro manage I really dont want to have to micro manage any food raids. I will still play it i think but not as much. Let me just say this is just my personal thoughts on a game i have thoroughly enjoyed, dont let this put you off at least trying it as I know alot of people like conflicts in games and it is an amazing game... but i do think there is enough conflict games out there already to satisfy everyone.
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This is actually a really good game. For those who wonder what to compare it with: think about Dawn of Mankind (but with a bit lower rythm) or Ancient Cities. The variety in the game is really interesting, not just one kind of wood, but different ones, some details like when a parent is taking a break from work, they take their child on their lap etc. The learning curve is a bit hard, I made many mistakes when starting my first clan. But you quickly get attached to your clan, so you don't want to abandon them for a beter play start :-) To be honest, one of the best games since a long time, really congratulations to the developers, and curious how it will continue to develop.
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A disgustingly ambitious game that somehow continues to deliver. The developer has managed to cram all of human history up to the bronze age in less than a gigabyte. Yes the game looks like shit, yes the sapiens aren't exactly cutting edge AI, and yes the controls are kind janky as a result of how barebones everything is, but holy hell is there content. Unlike every other colony builder that either gift wraps food or gives you agriculture straight off the bat, sapiens really makes you appreciate just how big a breakthrough agriculture was for humanity. Every little thing feels like an achievement, and the game really draws you in. The game needs continuing development to truly thrive, but I can still reccomend it in its current state.
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I'm writing this review after 686 hours of playing this early-access game. It is like many other "builder" games, as I call them, but also unique in other ways. It is an open world game, based on a globe, much like Earth. On this world, which you can create using several variables, are many tribes, spread out everywhere. You can navigate around your globe, picking just the right kind of terrain, with the right kind of environment to suit you. Then you look at all the tribes in that area and select one. You will now lead this tribe, and hopefully guide it to prosperity in the future. When you take over a tribe, it will be up to you to assign tasks to your sapiens, that will allow them to survive and prosper. They will basically start off like cavemen, and will need to be guided through all the technologies, to fully bloom. The terrain is built on hexagons, each with its own elevation and composition. As you progress into the technology, you will be able to raise or lower each tile by adding or removing some kind of material to or from that tile. This allows you to basically transform the world, as it was generated, into anything that can be imagined. So you can carve out an area on the side of a mountain, and build a home there, or build your own island in a river or lake, and live there. It's up to you. Building materials are everywhere. Just find them, and gather them up. At this time, Sapiens is only at version .5 something or other, so it is still being developed. The developer has one helper, and development of new content takes time. Bugs are squashed quickly, and new content tested on a separate branch. The Discord forum is very active, and questions get answered quickly by players or the developer. The main branch is very stable and bug free, in my opinion. There is a multiplayer option as well, but there are some issues with it that need to be worked out later. It shows a lot of promise though. It's a lot of fun for me. I especially enjoy the challenge of starting off new tribes in different types of terrain and different environments. You can, at any time, select another tribe on the same world, or create a new world entirely. It automatically saves everything you do, so you can return to anything you did in the past very quickly. It is super fast starting, creating, and loading. Overall, I give the game a big thumbs up. It is not finished, but has a good platform to grow on, with many new features in the wings. Of the dozens of "builder" games I own, right now, this is my favorite.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Sapiens is currently priced at 24.50€ on Steam.
Sapiens is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 24.50€ on Steam.
Sapiens received 1,693 positive votes out of a total of 2,010 achieving a rating of 8.08.
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Sapiens was developed and published by Majic Jungle.
Sapiens is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Sapiens is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Sapiens is not playable on Linux.
Sapiens offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Sapiens includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.
There is a DLC available for Sapiens. Explore additional content available for Sapiens on Steam.
Sapiens is fully integrated with Steam Workshop. Visit Steam Workshop.
Sapiens does not support Steam Remote Play.
Sapiens 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.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Sapiens.
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Developer
Majic Jungle
Publisher
Majic Jungle
Release
26 Jul 2022
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