Pharaoh: A New Era
7.9
Platforms
- PCFeb 15, 20237.9playscore8.123 Critics7.73.22K Players
23 critic reviews · 0 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- With more than fifty campaign maps and the sandbox mode, this is a game that will have you playing for days, with each of the missions providing a different challenge. In the end, watching your city expand to become flourishing ancient metropolis is enjoyable and rather relaxing, with all your cartoon citizens scampering around the city like tiny worker ants.
William Thompson · Mar 06, 2023 Reviewed on PCRead full review - It keeps the heart and soul of the original Pharaoh, while making just enough tweaks to improve upon a timeless classic. The nostalgia factor is high on this one, and if you liked any of the late 90s to early 2000 city-building titles, then picking up Pharaoh: A New Era is a must. My only request: please consider remastering Zeus & Poseidon!
Holly Hudspeth · Feb 25, 2023 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Pharaoh: A New Era attempted to revitalize one of the most hauntingly memorable city-builders of the ’90s — nay, arguably all time — so I’m more just happy that it exists at all, even with its handful of fixable flaws.
Heather Johnson Yu · Feb 22, 2023 Reviewed on PCRead full review - The straightforward rules of Pharaoh: A New Era make it great on the replay. Even apart from the campaign, you can find maps where all you are supposed to do is grow your population, your prestige, and your pyramids.
Jaina Hill · Feb 22, 2023 Reviewed on PCRead full review - The game’s mechanism is simple to pick up but difficult to master, with plenty of ways to tone down the difficulty if you so choose. In the end, Pharaoh: A New Era does fair justice to its original while also satisfying players' expectations. In case you haven't heard it before, A New Era is the best way to get acquainted with a true classic.
RON · Feb 21, 2023 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Pharaoh: A New Era’s visuals, music, and gameplay tweaks make for a very easy-to-grasp, complex-to-master setup, and there are loads of options to soften the challenge whenever you feel like it.
TJ Denzer · Feb 15, 2023 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Overall, despite any petty niggles I had with the graphics, Pharaoh: A New Era is well worth the playtime you can get out of it. If you’re into this particular historical period or just have a hankering for a city-builder with a thematic difference, then you could certainly do much worse than this one.
William Worrall · Feb 15, 2023 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Pharaoh: A New Era is a solid example of a great remake, letting players enjoy a classic game with a fresh coat of paint, be they newcomers or nostalgic fans of the original 1999’s title.
Catherine Daro · Feb 15, 2023 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Pharaoh offers tremendous city building flexibility and a plethora of challenges unseen in any other city builder. A New Era has introduced numerous quality of life features found in contemporary city building titles to an already solid classic. From sandbox to successive dynasties, with new options to tune the game to your playstyle introduced, Pharaoh: A New Era beyond satisfies.
Sam B. · Feb 15, 2023 Reviewed on PCRead full review - You’ll come for the charming style and intricate building mechanics but stay for the sheer wealth of content available, allowing you to spend hours building the Egyptian city of your dreams.
Meg Pelliccio · Feb 15, 2023 Reviewed on PCRead full review
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Immerse yourself in the history of Ancient Egypt with 50 missions and over 100 gameplay hours in Pharaoh: A New Era, a remake of Pharaoh (and the expansion Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile), one of the best city builders from the golden age of Sierra Entertainment. Stone by stone, build your city and manage all aspects of its development to ensure it prospers and makes you a powerful and revered Pharaoh.
Developer: Triskell Interactive