Pharaoh™: A New Era
Historical city builder about managing Ancient Egypt along the Nile
Triskell Interactive · Published by Dotemu · Released Feb 15, 2023
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 75% of 5,394
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 84% of 38 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 187
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 2 years ago
- Oct 30, 2023
What is Pharaoh™: A New Era?
A single-player isometric city-building and management strategy game set in Ancient Egypt, remaking Pharaoh and its Cleopatra expansion. Across a mission-based campaign or sandbox, you plan settlements, manage farming, resources, trade, religion, health, and culture, and construct monuments while handling Nile floods, wars, disease, and political or economic crises.
For you if...
- +you enjoy detailed resource, trade, and population management
- +you want a long mission-based single-player campaign
- +you like constructing Ancient Egyptian cities and monuments
Not for you if...
- −you prefer fast-paced strategy with little waiting
- −you want deep hands-on tactical combat
- −you need multiplayer or cooperative city building
What players say
75% of 5,394 reviews are positive · 84% of 38 in the last 30 days
Players praise its close recreation of the original city-building systems and its quality-of-life changes. The most common complaint is persistent bugs, including broken saves and missions, with several players saying community patches are needed. Others dislike the cartoon-like art and altered combat.
Screenshots and trailer
Pharaoh™: A New Era system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-9600K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450, 1 GB or AMD Radeon HD 5750, 1 GB or Intel HD Graphics 630
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 8 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel Core i7-9700K or AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030, 2 GB or AMD Radeon RX 460, 2 GB or Intel HD Graphics 630
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 8 GB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 47
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- 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
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain.
Tags
- City Builder
- Building
- Management
- Simulation
- Colony Sim
- Economy
- Historical
- Resource Management
- Trading
- Strategy
- Diplomacy
- Education
- Singleplayer
- Level Editor
- Inventory Management
- Tutorial
Recent updates
- Oct 30, 2023 · PHARAOH: A NEW ERA - NEW HOTFIX 1.5.3 LIVE
- Oct 13, 2023 · HOTFIX 1.5.2
- Oct 10, 2023 · Hotfix 1.5.1
- Oct 9, 2023 · MISSION EDITOR MODE AVAILABLE NOW - UPDATE 1.5.0
- Aug 29, 2023 · PHARAOH: A NEW ERA - NEW HOTFIX 1.4.1 LIVE
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