TFC: The Fertile Crescent on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Gather resources, build your base, and lead your people to victory in this captivating reimagining of classic RTS, set in the Bronze Age. Secure fertile land, fend off raids, and stockpile food to generate knowledge and unlock powerful village advancements.

TFC: The Fertile Crescent is a action rts, city builder and multiplayer game developed by Wield Interactive and published by MicroProse Software.
Released on June 13th 2024 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 10 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil and Russian.

It has received 313 reviews of which 280 were positive and 33 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 10.79€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified TFC: The Fertile Crescent into these genres:

Action RTS City Builder Multiplayer Strategy Base-Building RTS Real Time Tactics Isometric Historical Co-op Online Co-Op Pixel Graphics PvP Real-Time Tutorial Tactical 2D Retro Combat Colorful

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7
  • Processor: Intel Dual Core or AMD equivalent
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
MacOS
  • OS: OS X 10.4 or later
  • Processor: Intel Dual Core or AMD equivalent
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 500 MB available space
Linux
  • OS: Ubuntu 10 or later
  • Processor: Intel Dual Core or AMD equivalent
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 500 MB available space

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Dec. 2025
Nice concept, beautiful. I support. Please improve: - selecting units. I click 2 pixels away and it selects the grass. Come on! The units are already quite small. Make them more magnetic. One rarely wants to select the grass. - let the AI divide its attention rather than focusing on the player. - the AI of our own units should be improved. My units gets so easily out of control, starting to follow a single villager up to their base. My units are in defensive stance, they should not go too far from the last location I moved them to. If the target moves > threshold, stop following. Unless that unit was specifically targeted, but with attack move or auto-provoked attacks, they shall not follow long. When a villager gets attacked, let them stop farming and move towards the base. If the base is too close, then fight back. Simple but life saving micro-behaviours, letting the player focus the juicy parts. - optimize, it started to stall in the wonder mission, I had to quit. TY & GL & HF
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June 2025
It's been compared to a sort of Age of Empires 1 rip-off but it isn't. The time period may be the same but the gameplay is different, kind of original. I respect them for it, not to play on .our nostalgia. All in all, it's a cool game.
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June 2025
quite different approach for an RTS game, food as primary resource is an interesting concept
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May 2025
I've been playing this with my partner and have clearly dedicated hourrssss to this game. If you like RTS games like AOE this game is definitely for you - the starvation mechanic is a innovative spin on the food resource and adds another layer of strategy and challenge to the gameplay. The overall design is just so well thought out: the pixel art, sound design, it's hard to believe that such a small team created this game with such high quality. Would love to see more map types, ability to play against 4+ players, environmental challenges (e.g. floods etc.) but I'm pretty sure there's only 2 people who created the game(?). Overall, it's highly addictive and love that it's available on Macs!
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Feb. 2025
It's a good but not a great game. I'd say that you get at best 5 hours out of the campaign that's partially a tutorial. The combat is a little clunky in a similar way to the first Age of Empires game. Given that wa a major inspiration that's not a huge shock but still enough of a letdown to inhibit the desire to do to many combat related scenarios. The vibe is immaculate but the combat drags it down. Get it on a discount for a few hours of Mesopotamian fun. This is a perfect first game, begging for a bigger and improved sequel. This is the kind of game that makes me look forward to where they could take it.
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TFC: The Fertile Crescent is currently priced at 10.79€ on Steam.

TFC: The Fertile Crescent is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 10.79€ on Steam.

TFC: The Fertile Crescent received 280 positive votes out of a total of 313 achieving a rating of 8.25.
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TFC: The Fertile Crescent was developed by Wield Interactive and published by MicroProse Software.

TFC: The Fertile Crescent is playable and fully supported on Windows.

TFC: The Fertile Crescent is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

TFC: The Fertile Crescent is playable and fully supported on Linux.

TFC: The Fertile Crescent offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

TFC: The Fertile Crescent offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

TFC: The Fertile Crescent does not currently offer any DLC.

TFC: The Fertile Crescent does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

TFC: The Fertile Crescent does not support Steam Remote Play.

TFC: The Fertile Crescent 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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TFC: The Fertile Crescent
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Rating
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Wield Interactive
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Release 13 Jun 2024
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