Indie · March 24, 2023

Ancient Cities (2023)

trophy30 achievementslocal_offer-50% current discountgroup100k–1M ownersrecommend1.8k recommendations
Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times! You will have to guide your people through generations, discovering and improving technologies, managing resources and population, building your city organically and  facing other tribes in a fully simulated world and ecosystem. Take your time to build your ancient city, step into our ancestors footsteps and get immersed in the ancient times. In Ancient Cities you can play at any time and place of the European Stone Age . From the warm Mediterranean to cold Scandinavia and from the end of the Ice Age to the end of the Neolithic. In each time and place you will have historically accurate forests, animals, buildings, tools, resources and knowledge of each culture that you will have to manage to survive in the harsh ancient times. Ancient Cities reduces micromanagement through intelligent automation.  Organise and build while your citizens perform the tasks that best suit their specific skills and knowledge. In the regional game layer, you will be able to trade or attack neighbouring tribes or perhaps decide to migrate elsewhere if resources become scarce. This is only the beginning, Ancient Cities has been designed as an ever-improving platform that supports the continuous introduction of new compatible content to explore new cultures and places throughout history. Stay tuned for new improvements and contents!

Indie releases from 2023

29 Indie titles launched in 2023 — top 6 by review volume.

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (10)

  • English volume_up
  • French volume_up
  • Spanish - Spain volume_up
  • German volume_up
  • Spanish - Latin America volume_up
  • Portuguese - Brazil volume_up
  • Portuguese - Portugal volume_up
  • Catalan volume_up
  • Italian volume_up
  • Simplified Chinese volume_up

Full audio (10)

  • English
  • French
  • Spanish - Spain
  • German
  • Spanish - Latin America
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Portuguese - Portugal
  • Catalan
  • Italian
  • Simplified Chinese

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Strategy · 184
  • City Builder · 178
  • Survival · 175
  • Historical · 172
  • Relaxing · 171
  • Immersive Sim · 166
  • Moddable · 158
  • Procedural Generation · 157
  • Cozy · 155
  • Building · 152
  • Base-Building · 150
  • Colony Sim · 147
  • Realistic · 141
  • Economy · 138
  • Simulation · 134

Position in Indie

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.0k Steam reviewsTop 98% in Indie
Positive rating64% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 97%
Engagement hours9 h averageTop 62% for session depth among Indie

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Workshop

Accessibility

  • Adjustable Difficulty
  • Playable without Timed Input

Input & Comfort

  • Custom Volume Controls
  • Stereo Sound
  • Surround Sound

Other

  • Single-player
  • Save Anytime
  • Family Sharing

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

9h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

11h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

8h

Current engagement

Achievements

30

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateMar 24, 2023
DeveloperUncasual Games
Base price$14.99 -50%
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Support · [email protected]

Reception Metrics

Steam community

64%Mixed · 2.0k reviews

1.3k positive · 703 negative

Curator recommendations

1.8k

Editions & Packages

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