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7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat
What Ancients Begat is a complete (~15 hour) game of family generations surviving the rise of western civilization. Survival is the ultimate goal. The sub-goals, you choose, build their story.Experience an abstract telling of the lives of our earliest recorded ancestors.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I don't really love or hate this game. It's right down the middle. I don't really get the strategy for this but I'll say that I lean more towards like than dislike”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“An interesting concept at its core but it eventually gets rather repetitive. Potentially more enjoyable as a multiplayer game, but single-player it feels very empty. You have a system of having two characters you use to make tokens and children, and use those tokens to advance…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“A sort of interesting timewaster game that's at way too high a price point. Combines arcade token mechanics with simple RPG and idle gameplay. The result isn't bad, but isn't amazing either.”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs playedPrice tracking
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Indie · Board Game · Abstract · Story Rich · Interactive Fiction · Historical · Turn-Based · Singleplayer · Choose Your Own Adventure · Adventure · Life Sim · Political Sim (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.7grandsteps.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: XP Processor: 1GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 1024x768 Hard Drive: 200 MB HD space