Nebuchadnezzar

Some things are super counter-intuitive: 1. follow the tutorial STEP BY STEP. You fail to follow 1 advise you won't progress through the game. 2. put a warehouse with the goods you are exporting next to the port or you won't sell anything. I'll update if i find more.

I teach ancient world history and have been looking for more Mesopotamian themed games or elements since the release of TW Dynasties. It has a similar flow and style to the old Pharoah and Cleopatra games I played for hours growing up. That being said it really stands out easily making my top list in just a few hours. I am not sure how this one flew under my radar for this long but if you like ancient history, warfare, trade and building this is it. This is a fun, realistic, incredible city builder. It is worth every penny. I only hope it continues to develop!

Pharaoh / Ceasar augustus like but with some good twists to old mechanics that keeps the game fresh and fun to solve the puzzles as you grow and expand the city. Like the lack of time limits as well. Wish some of the ornaments were bigger or more grand like Pharaoh, but it's more in line with the era and civilization. Silting and salt may be a good mechanic to add later. Also potentially the bronze age collapse.

Real taxing game, unlike most city builders - the balance of goods vs economy is really sensitive making this game even at "easy" level hard to play, but with persistence you can outsmart it!!

This game is, horrifyingly, addictive. Once you start, good luck stopping. I played it for a quick half an hour. A week later i had put almost 60 hours into the game and had finished the final mission, plus a load of obscure achievements to boot. Pros: The music, the visual style, the funny voice lines of the characters when you click on them. Cons: The campaign can be a full on grind towards the end. Each mission feels like a repeat of the last with an extra step at the end. Get this game if you like the old school styler of city builder game. But don't be surprised when you get horribly addicted. Anyway, now i have finsihed the campaign, time to try sandbox. What could go wrong?

Initially, I played this game on and off. Recently, I restarted all over and have been clearing mission after mission. The original game with 13 missions was much easier to manage after all the updates. I then got the DLC, more war focused but its seems to make more sense now. I can grow a city but if I can't support an army then what's the point, right? There is a need to balance the civilian population with your army size which in turn means your production and farms must be efficient enough to support BOTH civilian and army needs. Right now, the only wishlist for me is if there can be a DLC that is based on another civilization like Eqyptian or even Chinese.

it's good honestly, there is a large focus on logistics and manually setting the routes for resources using caravans, I didn't really like the military mechanics in this one but oh well. still worth playing as a successor to the historical Sierra citybuilders

Its a simple game like Caesar III. Farm and manufacturer stuff for your city and for trade with other cities.