Sumerians
Historical city builder centered on irrigation, trade, and planning
Decumanus Games · Released Oct 17, 2023
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 87% of 331
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 2
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 10 months ago
- Nov 13, 2025
What is Sumerians?
A historical city builder set in third-millennium BC Mesopotamia, where you grow a riverside settlement into a Sumerian city. You can play a campaign or start a city on one of several maps, laying out buildings and canals, managing crops and workers, providing services, and researching new buildings and trade routes. There is no warfare or attacks.
For you if...
- +you enjoy managing ancient cities through farming and trade
- +you prefer relaxed, forgiving city building
- +you like choosing between a campaign and building from scratch
Not for you if...
- −you want warfare or attacks in your city builder
What players say
87% of 331 reviews are positive
Players praise the approachable city planning, resource management, and Mesopotamian setting. Some find the economy and research options too simple, while others say progression can be slow.
Screenshots and trailer
Sumerians system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 / AMD Radeon R9 270X
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- Notes
- Currently integrated graphics cards are not supported.
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Tags
- Simulation
- Strategy
- City Builder
- Historical
- Base Building
- Resource Management
- Management
- Economy
- Sandbox
- Singleplayer
- Building
- Real-Time
- Indie
- Agriculture
- Realistic
- Relaxing
Recent updates
- Nov 13, 2025 · Patch 1.0.13
- Oct 15, 2025 · Patch 1.0.12.1
- Oct 7, 2025 · Patch 1.0.12
- Jul 24, 2025 · Patch 1.0.11
- Jan 13, 2025 · Update 1.0.10
1 DLC available.
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