Ancient Russian Life Simulator

An incremental comedy game about ancient warriors fighting lizards

GosDev Production · Released Dec 15, 2023

Reviews: Very Positive; 95% of 425
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update on Steam: 2 years ago; Dec 21, 2023
Minimum PC: 820m; 2 GB RAM · 1 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Ancient Russian Life Simulator?

A single-player simulation set in a fictional ancient Rus at war with lizards. You kill enemies for experience, unlock combat techniques through a skill tree, and sacrifice their bodies to the gods for blessings.

For you if...

+you enjoy absurd alternate history and meme-based humor

Not for you if...

−you want multiplayer rather than a single-player game

Screenshots and trailer

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Ancient Russian Life Simulator system requirements

Minimum: 820m, 2 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 7/8/10
Processor: Intel Core i3
Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 820m
Memory: 2048 MB RAM
Storage: 1 GB available space

Does Ancient Russian Life Simulator have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Ancient Russian Life Simulator run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

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

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements: 100
Steam features: Family Sharing
Languages: Full audio: English, Russian. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese.

Does Ancient Russian Life Simulator use AI-generated content?

Yes. The developers disclose AI-generated content on the game's Steam page:

For creating pre-rendered assets for the game such as menu elements, icons and locations

The statement mentions: Art

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam