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Pharaoh™: A New Era
The legendary city-builder returns! Lead the creation of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this HD remake with modernized UI. Build monuments, manage your population and explore 4,000 years of history through over a hundred hours of gameplay.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
54 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“a classic and for good reason, a city builder refined in a way that is rare and enjoyabe but uhh one question where are all the slaves? this is ancient egypt, the most read fan-fic of all time (the bible) has paragraphs…”
“Same as the old one for the average player but with modern graphics (zoom in and out with the mouse etc.) Good tip: go to the steam page for Pharaoh and Cleopatra (the original game) and click "view the manual" for a…”
“Dangerously addicting but still holds up-”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Graphiquement et côté interface, le remake est réussi. Mais la suppression/simplification des batailles enlève une grosse partie du gameplay. Les défenses (murs, tours, portes) n’ont presque plus d’intérêt sans…”
“I used to love this game and this version is a nice makeover, with one major drawback: you are no longer able to rotate the screen. Please add this to make it worth its price!”
“Love this game. Loved it when it first came out and love it even more now. I love the update to the graphics but it still has the same feel as the original game. I highly recommend to anyone who enjoys city builders. It…”
17 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“It's a buggy unfinished remake. It's not unplayable, but the more time I spend in it the more I just want to go play the original.”
“This game has WAY to many bugs, constantly crashes, and the walkers are not displayed correctly. I LOVE this game, I grew up playing the original Pharoah/Cleopatra so this is disappointing,”
“New graphics... Removed some bugs, added some bugs... Removed fighting, added some quality of life features... And the very last map you can pass without the main fight.”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Great game, missing the fights, love the new interface”
“Despite the modern engine and facelift. I can't recommend this new version. It lacks the charm of the original. Military engagements are overly simplified. And the monument building is just tedious.”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I'm a huge original Pharaoh game fan. I did not expect something this bad out of this rework. I don't know what creators were thinking, well, looking at todays games, they did their best job which is very bad for me. 1.…”
“Damn, I hate games that force you to watch intros without any option to skip.”
“I just couldn't get into it. I have no idea what the OG is that people mention. There's some really basic UI stuff that makes it painful. Speed up time is page up? Normal time is T? Some of the quests don't seem to…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“dam they really sucked out the soul from the original art style didn't they.”
“I swear to god I wish devs working on remakes would stop shoving their ♥♥♥♥♥ in old, beloved games, shoving in modern day garbage art where none was necessary. I mean this game is run off of nostalgia, so a little thing…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 74.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“This is good! The walls and towers now have a purpose, the military is flatter, but at the same time it is more challenging than killing everything with two squads of archers. I like all the changes, to be honest. I haven't encountered any technical issues in the last 20 hours…”
— a player, Steam review · 50 hrs played“I remember when first brought out, so glad they revamped, was a no brainer as I enjoyed so much before. Great game to get your grey matter working”
— a player, Steam review · 347 hrs played“Buy only if you're fine with installing community patches as mods. Otherwise you'll run into countless problems — yes, even game-breaking ones. Feels like the developer took our money and then just vanished. Disappointingly little post-launch support.”
— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-09-05.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Pharaoh Joins Nebuchadnezzar in a Grand Double Anniversary Bundle
The denizens of Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia couldn’t be in better hands. Your hands, of course! We’re celebrating the third anniversary of the release of Pharaoh: A New Era, and what better way than
First Year Anniversary Celebration!
Greetings Pharaohs! Today, Pharaoh: A New Era celebrates its first year on Steam! Since launch, over 150,000 players began their reign in Ancient Egypt under the watchful (and sometimes wrathful) eyes
PHARAOH: A NEW ERA - NEW HOTFIX 1.5.3 LIVE
Greetings Pharaohs, Today, we're deploying a hotfix that addresses the following: Fixed a rare occurrence where a save file could no longer be loaded due to some specific map corruption. Fixed Perform
HOTFIX 1.5.2
Greetings Pharaohs, We just deployed a new hotfix that addresses a few issues reported by the players. Changelog - 1.5.2 Fixed Mission Khmun's (New Kingdom) text and date that used to loop forever in
Hotfix 1.5.1
Greetings Pharaohs, This is a small hotfix related to the latest Mission Editor Update: Fixed a crash that occurred when the Tax Rate was lowered below 10%, or when trying to edit it via its text fiel
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | City Builder · Building · Simulation · Management · Colony Sim · Economy · Historical · Trading · Resource Management · Diplomacy · Strategy · Education (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French * , Italian * , German * , Spanish - Spain * * |
| Achievements | 47 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-9600K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450, 1 GB or AMD Radeon HD 5750, 1 GB or Intel HD Graphics 630 Storage: 8 GB available space