Humankind: Heritage Edition
Humankind is a historical strategy game, where you'll be re-writing the entire narrative of human history and combining cultures to create a civilization that's as unique as you are. The Heritage Edition…
Humankind: Heritage Edition is a simulator developed by Amplitude Studios, released 10 October 2023 on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4.
What Humankind: Heritage Edition is
Humankind: Heritage Edition is a simulator game developed by Amplitude Studios and released in 2023. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Combine up to 60 historical cultures as you lead your people from the Ancient to the Modern Age. From humble origins as a Neolithic tribe, transition to the Ancient Era as the Babylonians, become the Classical era Mayans, the Medieval Umayyads, the Early Modern era British, and so on. Each culture will add its own special gameplay layer, leading to near-endless outcomes. Face historical events, take impactful moral decisions, and make scientific breakthroughs. Discover the natural wonders of the world or build the most remarkable creations of humankind. Each game element is historically authentic. Combine them to build your own vision of the world. The journey matters more than destination…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), action, historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Humankind: Heritage Edition launched on 10 October 2023, within three weeks of Alan Wake II, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Marvel's Spider-Man 2. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Alan Wake II, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Marvel's Spider-Man 2.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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