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HUMANKIND™
Rewrite history by shaping a civilization as unique as you are. Combine 60 cultures from the Ancient Era to the Modern Age to lead your empire to victory. Build thriving cities, outsmart rivals in epic battles, spread your influence and leave your mark on HUMANKIND™.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
46 of the 94 reviews raise this.
“Basically the best turn-based pseudohistorical 4X. Without trying to bash any other games in the genre, Humankind just does what I want from them better than they do.”
“It's much much better than civ, because battles actually have more strategy and tech disparity really can be felt in the battles. I got addicted to this game so much more than Civ 6. I really wish the best for this game…”
“Glad I came back to this game after all this time. It's an interesting game which seems to have been improved a lot by its updates”
14 of the 94 reviews raise this.
“I think Humankind was and still is a very underrated 4X experience. intuitive menus, solid visuals and enjoyable progression. very newbie friendly to people who aren't super familiar with 4X games.”
“Overall, the game is much better than Civilization 6; it has a really cool video tutorial, beautiful graphics, and each civilization has its own original music. I completely lose track of time when playing this game.…”
7 of the 94 reviews raise this.
“Glad I came back to this game after all this time. It's an interesting game which seems to have been improved a lot by its updates”
“Better then Civ 7 as good as Civ 6 for me at least. Good game that has gotten a lot of love since release so it still holds up. I hope that it continues to get updates and such.”
“game got hate for not being a Civ clone (changing civs every era) and then civ 7 releases and copies humankinds gameplay loop but does a worse job. Then people start realizing humankind pulled off this concept and the…”
6 of the 94 reviews raise this.
“I think Humankind was and still is a very underrated 4X experience. intuitive menus, solid visuals and enjoyable progression. very newbie friendly to people who aren't super familiar with 4X games.”
“Overall, the game is much better than Civilization 6; it has a really cool video tutorial, beautiful graphics, and each civilization has its own original music. I completely lose track of time when playing this game.…”
“This game is by far the BEST Civ like game I've played and on top of that...it's GORGEOUS! The AI is FAR from being predictable, stupid or redundant. Humankind has a huge variety of maps, scenarios and play styles that…”
4 of the 94 reviews raise this.
“amazing game, great replay ability, 1000000x better than Civ7”
“Great 4X game with an interesting gameplay. The game improved significantly since launched. Still very beautiful. It's a very good alternative to the CIv's games. Notably the aspect of the culture change and combat.…”
“Way better than the Civ franchise. Engaging and complex. Replay value is extreme.”
22 of the 94 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Game is actually pretty fun but you eventually see why it never took off. It doesn't feel like I'm building a nation, but rather micro-managing stats and modifiers. Starts off strategic and tactical but turns into a…”
“As a big Amplitude fan, I naturally got this on launch and I'm sure glad I played this instead of Civ VI...or VII. wish it had more content though because it can get kinda samey. also the world congress is ass, don't…”
“This is one of those cases I would really like to vote "Meh". Humankind is the 4X that challenged Civ, and failed. It has several unique mini-mechanics here and there (example: all ships can traverse the ocean, but the…”
8 of the 94 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I tried to like this game, participated in Early access and sunk in a few hours recently. I cant recommend it due to simple gameplay loop that i find dissatisfying. There is not much going on, some nation mechanics and…”
“Interesting premise but a ton of features were removed according to faction balance, but none of them were reimplemented to actually be usable. A ton of factions are unusable, a few culture policies are unusable, and…”
“It's a very well balanced game! It's particularly fun in the first eras where AIs are more challenging and you are trying to determine which wants to destroy and which wants to be your friend. The combination of…”
8 of the 94 reviews raise this.
“Game was fine at the start, but at the 8 hour point the whole thing just starts breaking down and crashing. I moved a unit and my whole computer went to black and restarted. Now the whole thing is unplayable and Steam…”
“The game is supposedly supported on Mac OS...well, it is not. I barely got to turn 100 and the game is now unplayable. Any interaction freezes the game and sometimes even resets the computer. I'm on a Mac Mini M4 and I…”
“Interesting premise but a ton of features were removed according to faction balance, but none of them were reimplemented to actually be usable. A ton of factions are unusable, a few culture policies are unusable, and…”
7 of the 94 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Game is actually pretty fun but you eventually see why it never took off. It doesn't feel like I'm building a nation, but rather micro-managing stats and modifiers. Starts off strategic and tactical but turns into a…”
“A bit abstract and unintuitive at time as a massive fan of the 4x genre I think Humankind is the best 4x at creating plausible alt history. All of the civ choices are addative so it doesn't feel like my past 60 turns of…”
“I really don't get this game. It starts off poorly by showing a black screen whilst it loads and, whilst it has only crashed once, it feels like it is crashing every time it starts. Things happen apparently at random -…”
6 of the 94 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Game is actually pretty fun but you eventually see why it never took off. It doesn't feel like I'm building a nation, but rather micro-managing stats and modifiers. Starts off strategic and tactical but turns into a…”
“Wow what a bargain! This game gave me nearly everything I had hoped to obtain from Civilization VII but was heartbroken not to receive there. It is like they anticipated Civ VII's intended outcome, and actually got…”
“I stay away from anything with Modern blue haired women. She'd probably be disgusted with me liking Pragmata too.”
Counted across 94 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 68.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Do not trust reviews saying the gameplay is bad because it is not like civ games. It is, they just do not agree with Humankinds changes/differences. This is absolutely an 8 or 8.5/10 game that has very user friendly UI and simplifies several tedious aspects of other 4x games…”
— a player, Steam review · 646 hrs played“Back in the days i played lot strategy games like commandos, warcraft, heroes of might and magic, age of mythology, you name it but never touched 4x genre until now. This game pleasing UI/UX and gorgeous art direction makes it easy to learn the genre, my impression this genre is…”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“this game is great, has all the best mechanics that you could wish for in a civ type game... but it has sooo many bugs. You cant seperate the initial unit from a group of unts, or it disappears and makes you unable to click the tiles on the map, you have to seperate the other,…”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:53 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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[1.30.4814] "War in the Pacific" AI Hotfix
\ "War in the Pacific" AI Hotfix AI Fixes Fixed an issue with AI taking too long to take its combat turns
War in the Pacific Scenario and AI Patch
Hey everyone, We are proud to release a new Scenario for Humankind: The War in the Pacific Scenario. This scenario is based on Operation Cartwheel, the campaign for the Solomon Islands during World Wa
War in the Pacific Scenario Beta
Hey everyone, At Amplified a few weeks ago, we gave you a first glimpse of a new Humankind scenario our designer Noah has been working on: War in the Pacific. We chose this theme because the Community
Sneak Peek: War in the Pacific Scenario
Today we want to give you a little early look at the new Humankind scenario we are working on. Last summer, we asked you all to vote on which era you would like to see for the new scenario, and the ov
"Freyja" Religion Balancing Hotfix - Version 1.29.4742
Gameplay Additions Added "exclusive Tenets" option in the new game screen UI and Localization Improved tooltip distinction of State-Religion Effects versus Territory Effects Rephrased Raise Monuments,
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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 | Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Turn-Based Strategy · 4X · Multiplayer · City Builder · Historical · Grand Strategy · Management · Singleplayer · Turn-Based · War · Hex Grid (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Includes level editor |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Korean, Italian, Turkish * |
| Achievements | 99 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.humankind.game |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7, 64-bit Processor: Intel i5 4th generation / AMD FX-8300 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 770 / AMD R9 290 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 25 GB available space