The Ancients
The Ancients is a turn-based survival strategy game where you will manage a hunter-gatherer tribe through the ice age. Every decision you make will affect the tribe culturally and politically.
The Ancients is an arcade developed by GorillaSoftWorks, released 5 June 2024 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Ancients is
The Ancients is an arcade game developed by GorillaSoftWorks and released in 2024. It was published by Camlann Games. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Earth in prehistoric times. The continents are shifting, the last ice age is coming. Fierce predators roam the land. From being starving hunter-gatherers, you will develop a great tribe with many options on prehistoric technology to great cultural breakthroughs. Your goal is to survive and thrive in real-world-inspired locations and migrate to new lands. The culture tree is where you discover religion, policies, and human interactions inside and outside of your tribe, the main purpose of the culture segment is to allow the player to shape the cultural development of the people.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), historical, open world and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
The Ancients launched on 5 June 2024, within three weeks of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Hellblade II: Senua's Saga, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door and Nine Sols.
Released around the same time: Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Hellblade II: Senua's Saga, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nine Sols.
Official trailer
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