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Egypt: Old Kingdom

Egypt: Old Kingdom

Strategy simulator of the Great Pyramids period, where you take your path from the unification of Egyptian tribes to the foundation of The First Empire. Developed with the assistance of Egyptologists.

Released May 24, 2018 Developer Clarus Victoria Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux IndieStrategySingleplayerSurvivalSimulation
View on Steam ↗ $3.74 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

86.9%positive1,200 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Unironic 10/10. Unironic Masterpiece. I think Clarus Victoria’s Egypt: Old Kingdom is Edu-tainment par excellence. Perhaps the best edu-tainment game ever made. You will learn about Egypt as you play. Its mechanics are deep enough to be rewarding and allow multiple replays, but…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“It's a fun game, definitely worth the money. If you're looking fur a fun game to spend your afternoon on. The game is just complicated enough to grab your attention and be fun without being too complex. But of course can be a bad thing if you spend enough time in the game like I…”

— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I don't know why this game is so addictive, but it is. Fun fact: if you set all the settings to their hardest difficulty, the game is nigh unplayable: it took me literal hundreds of attempts to barely eek out a win with them all on, even while exploiting the game's 'comeback'…”

— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:49 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

7playing at last check
924-hour peak
271all-time peak
0 100 200 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 146 avg · May 2018

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

89achievements
9.9%median completion
1.0%rarest: Apostate
60.9% of players 54.9% of players 45.5% of players 40.1% of players 37.9% of players 37.9% of players 37.8% of players 33.6% of players 33.6% of players 31.4% of players 30.8% of players 29.4% of players 29.3% of players 28.1% of players 28.1% of players 26.8% of players 25.4% of players 25.1% of players 22.8% of players 22.7% of players 22.7% of players 21.2% of players 21.1% of players 21.0% of players 21.0% of players 20.5% of players 19.8% of players 19.5% of players 19.2% of players 18.5% of players 18.5% of players 17.9% of players 16.2% of players 16.0% of players 15.8% of players 15.2% of players 14.2% of players 13.3% of players 12.7% of players 11.7% of players 10.6% of players 10.6% of players 10.5% of players 10.3% of players 9.9% of players 9.1% of players 8.8% of players 8.5% of players 8.0% of players 8.0% of players 6.4% of players 6.1% of players 5.8% of players 5.6% of players 5.4% of players 5.3% of players 4.6% of players 4.4% of players 4.1% of players 3.9% of players 60.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
60.9%Peaceful assimilation — Finish 'Assimilation of neighbors' quest before turn 50 without subjugation or patronizing
54.9%Scorpion Sage — Finish the second trial by making all the regions surrender
45.5%Lower Egypt — Finish 'Creation of the chiefdom' quest before Narmer attacks
Rarest badges of honor
1.0%Apostate — Finish the game without constructing graveyards, tombs or pyramids
1.1%Cultural blitzkrieg — Finish the first trial after choosing 'Hell on earth' prologue without recruiting workers
1.2%Wise as Horus himself — Finish the game with a maximum score

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$3.74−75% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$14.99base price
$3.74lowest since tracking began2026-07-13
US3.74 USD−75%
EU3.69 EUR−75%
UK3.19 GBP−75%
Australia5.48 AUD−75%
Canada4.87 CAD−75%
Japan425 JPY−75%
Brazil11.74 BRL−75%
China14.50 CNY−75%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$2.1 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$4.3

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-14 07-17 07-20 07-23 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jan 19, 2026
Studio Plans

The main development work on the Next Run project is complete. The project has moved into the support phase, allowing the studio to move forward. A new section with the studio’s long-term plans has be

Nov 06, 2025
Next Run - a new game from Clarus Victoria

After almost ten years of searching and experimenting, we’re happy to announce: Next Run has been released in its full version. This game is the result of a long journey - an attempt to rethink our ex

Oct 05, 2025
The Long Road from the Old Kingdom to the Middle Kingdom

More than eight years have passed since the release of Egypt: Old Kingdom. Many players have asked when there will be a continuation of the Egypt series. From a historical point of view, the periods o

Sep 07, 2025
Website Update and Studio History

The Clarus Victoria website has been updated: clarusvictoria.comA new section — “Our History” — has been added. It presents the studio’s goals, our path in game development, and a detailed story of wh

Aug 26, 2025
From the creators of Egypt: Old Kingdom — a new strategy RPG

We are glad to share that the Clarus Victoria team is working on a new game — Next Run. It’s a fantasy strategy with RPG and roguelike elements. Every choice in the game matters: fight or bribe, craft

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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.

GenresIndie, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsIndie · Strategy · Singleplayer · Survival · Simulation · Atmospheric · Story Rich · Historical · Difficult · Building · Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, German, French, Turkish, Italian, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain
Achievements89
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://clarusvictoria.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista SP2 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8 Ghz or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.0 Ghz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 1024х768, 1 GB VRAM DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 2 GB available space