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HUMANKIND™

HUMANKIND is a turn-based historical strategy game in which you guide a society from its Neolithic beginnings through successive eras. At each cultural transition, choose from historical cultures whose traits shape your civilization’s strengths and play style. Explore the map, hunt and scout in the opening era, then claim territories and develop them through cities, districts and infrastructure. Balance resources such as food, industry, science, money and influence while responding to events, making civic choices, trading and dealing with rival societies. Build armies and wage wars through battles that unfold on tactical battlefields drawn from the world map, where unit placement and terrain matter. Earn era stars through your achievements; when a game-ending condition is reached, the player with the most Fame wins.

Lead a people from prehistory onward, choosing new cultures by era as you expand cities, manage resources and fight tactical battles.

Released 17 Aug 2021

69%positive of
28k player reviews

~~$49.99~~ $12.49

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Hunt Before Cities

Switch Era Cultures

Build Linked Territories

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™.

Developed by AMPLITUDE Studios · Published by AMPLITUDE Studios

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Players Praise Most

Tactical Battles
Culture Combinations
Visual Presentation
Territory-Based Cities

Common Player Critiques

Crashes and Softlocks
Culture Identity
AI and Balance
Slow Battles

69%

positive of 28k player reviews

From the Devs

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

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Back of the Box

Platforms	Windows, macOS
Achievements	99
Age ratings	ESRB E10+ — Mild Violence, Mild Language, Alcohol Reference PEGI 12 — Violence, Bad Language USK 12 ClassInd (Brazil) 12 — Violência IGRS (Indonesia) 15 — Kekerasan Interaksi Daring KGRB 12 NZOFLC PG — Mild themes and battle violence, online interactivity OFLC PG — Mild themes and battle violence, online interactivity Steam (Germany) 12 — Gewalt
Players	1–8
Play modes	Online PvP
Other modes	Single-player Matches with AI bots Play against shared or player-made avatars as AI opponents
Multiplayer	HUMANKIND supports single-player and online PvP. The store text explicitly states multiplayer matches support up to 8 players. Reviews indicate players can fill matches with bots, including a reported 5 humans plus 3 bots setup, and some reviews mention attempted 7- and 10-player multiplayer, but only 8-player support is directly confirmed by the provided official text.
Multiplayer & mods	The game includes a level editor, and one review states there are many mods available. The provided information does not confirm how mods function in multiplayer or whether they are supported in multiplayer matches.
Controller required	No
DLC / extras	15 listed on Steam
DRM / EULA	Requires agreement to a 3rd-party EULA HUMANKIND™ EULA
Content notices	Mild Violence, Mild Language, Alcohol Reference Interactive Elements Users Interact Age rating for: ESRB
Website	Official website