- Gameplay: 65 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Story: 26 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Difficulty: 27 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Combat: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 400 player reviews · updated
What players think
The recurring themes across 284 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
As in many classic RTS titles, victory often depends on reading the opponent’s strategy and adapting quickly, but TFC’s unique economic mechanics ensure that every campaign carries a sense of realism—wars are fought not for conquest alone, but for survival.
The visual presentation is restrained but effective; the pixel art style captures the texture of clay, stone, and sand, while the sound design uses ambient tones and percussive rhythms that immerse players in an ancient yet alive world.
It’s got a great story that pulls you right into the ancient world of the Fertile Crescent.
Multiplayer adds another dimension, allowing up to four players to compete or cooperate, though the community size is still small enough that organized matches often require external coordination.
All in all it's a pretty decent game and with what is announced here and on Discord I feel like it will only be better (catching fish is a basic need in every game) and i can only hope for the campaign to be playable in coop too.
Obviously the graphics can offer a lot of enjoyable nostalgia along with the nice music plus ''voice acting'' the game does not offer much innovation aside from the food management.
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What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Co-op
- Cross-Platform Multiplayer
- Multi-player
- Online Co-op
- Online PvP
- PvP
- Single-player
Controller
Steam lists no controller support.
Store features
- Adjustable Difficulty
- Camera Comfort
- Custom Volume Controls
- Family Sharing
- Playable without Timed Input
- Save Anytime
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
Platforms
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Valve device support
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