Strategy · August 17, 2021

HUMANKIND™ (2021)

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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. CREATE YOUR CIVILIZATION 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. MORE THAN HISTORY, IT’S YOUR STORY 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. LEAVE YOUR MARK ON THE WORLD The journey matters more than destination. Fame is a new and unifying victory condition. Every great deed you accomplish, every moral choice you make, every battle won will build your fame and leave a lasting impact on the world. The player with the most fame will win the game. Will you be the one to leave the deepest mark on the world? MASTER TACTICAL BATTLES ON LAND, SEA & AIR Each battle in HUMANKIND™ plays out like a mini turn-based board game on top of the actual world map. Unstack your armies and command each of your units, including the emblematic units of your culture and their special abilities. Construct siege weapons to besiege and occupy cities. Fight in large battles spanning multiple turns, and don’t hesitate to bring in reinforcements! CUSTOMIZE YOUR LEADER In HUMANKIND™, you’ll be playing the leader of your society as an avatar that you create and customize! Your avatar will evolve visually over the course of the game as your civilization develops. You’ll also be able to level up your leader via a meta-progression system to unlock custom looks that you can showoff to strangers and friends alike in multiplayer matches up to 8 players. HOW FAR WILL YOU PUSH HUMANKIND? This game may be updated over time and have paid for and free additional content released for it. Please be aware that this may increase the minimum requirements for running the game above the specification stated here GAMES2GETHER - CHANGE THE GAME Join the GAMES2GETHER community now, and receive the ENDLESS™ Dungeon badge (unlocks points, dozens of avatars and titles to customize your GAMES2GETHER profile) Make your voice count by giving feedback on the game, submitting ideas, and voting for Art and gameplay elements. Participate in contests and design content that will be created by the studio and added to the game!

Position in Strategy

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume27.2k Steam reviewsTop 18% in Strategy
Positive rating68% positiveGenre average: 84% — this title sits in top 93%
Metacritic78/100Genre average 79 — top 53% of Strategy titles
Concurrent peak411 playersTop 34% in Strategy by live player count
Engagement hours31 h averageTop 32% for session depth among Strategy

Community Tag Signals

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

  • Strategy · 219
  • Turn-Based Strategy · 141
  • 4X · 120
  • Multiplayer · 117
  • City Builder · 115
  • Historical · 109
  • Grand Strategy · 99
  • Management · 74
  • Singleplayer · 70
  • Turn-Based · 61
  • War · 55
  • Hex Grid · 47
  • Simulation · 40
  • Alternate History · 32
  • Open World · 28

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (12)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Polish
  • Russian
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Korean
  • Italian
  • Turkish volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Turkish

Reception Metrics

Steam community

68%Mixed · 27.2k reviews

18.5k positive · 8.7k negative

Metacritic

78/100 critic aggregate

Metacritic user score

6.9/10

Curator recommendations

21.5k

Peak concurrent players

411

Peer Strategy titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Other

  • Single-player
  • Includes level editor
  • Family Sharing

Press Quotes

“Competent, clever, beautiful” 9/10 – Gamereactor “a beautiful, smart take on a venerable old genre” Kotaku “state-of-the-art for the 4X genre” Rock Paper Shotgun

Strategy releases from 2021

7 Strategy titles launched in 2021 — top 6 by review volume.

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

31h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

12h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

8h

Current engagement

Achievements

99

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateAug 17, 2021
DeveloperAMPLITUDE Studios
Base price$12.49 -75%
DLC / Add-ons15 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · [email protected]

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Editions & Packages

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