Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim

Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim

Steam Deck Playable

The Secret Games Company · Grand Strategy · Oct 11, 2022

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $4.49.

88%
Very Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Multiplayer: 19 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 20 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
63% of themes are praise25% are divided12% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
There is also a good deal of replayability; probably 100-200 hours worth to get all the achievements.
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
26 hours in and i think i finally fully understand all the game mechanics, its fun, only played first map and a bit of multiplayer.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
I love the art style and the hand drawn maps but i do wish there was a way to have randomly generated ones. one negative that i would like to stress is that even though the maps are handmade most of them are not well balanced, this isnt much of an problem in single player (and can even lead to really fun challenges) but if you want to play online with friends then i can see that being an issue.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
The interface is clean, the pacing brisk, and the goals straightforward.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
With it's simple artwork and beautiful sound track, balanced game mechanics with deep strategy aspects.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Gameplay50 reviews
Multiplayer19 reviews
Graphics13 reviews
Interface11 reviews
Audio6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty38 reviews
74%
Story and characters31 reviews
65%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat20 reviews
65%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $4.49.

5 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
88%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
52
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.