Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition

Historical 4X strategy with production chains and simultaneous turns

Oxide Games · Published by Xbox Game Studios · Released Sep 24, 2024

Reviews: Mixed; 69% of 2,299
Recent reviews: Mostly Negative; 33% of 12 in 30 days
Playing now: 9; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 3 months ago; Jun 11, 2026

What is Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition ?

In this historical 4X strategy game, you lead a nation through successive eras, exploring territory, developing cities, and researching technology. You manage production chains to supply citizens and armies while dealing with rival nations through diplomacy or war. Turns resolve simultaneously in single-player and multiplayer games.

For you if...

+you like guiding a nation through historical eras
+you prefer simultaneous turns and city-level planning

Not for you if...

−you prefer brief games with little economic planning
−you want military combat to dominate empire management

What players say

69% of 2,299 reviews are positive · 33% of 12 in the last 30 days

Players praise the production-chain economy and visuals, and many say updates since launch have made the interface easier to use. Players still complain about tedious crafting as empires grow, unclear explanations, and combat they find slow or confusing.

Screenshots and trailer

Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 (20H1) or later
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2400G – Intel i5-5300U
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 480 – Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 50 GB available space
DirectX: Version 12

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 45
Steam features: Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
Default configuration is not performant
All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Full audio: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese. Text only: Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese, Malay.