TFC: The Fertile Crescent
Fair · Multiplayer · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $10.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 7h 38.4h to 100%
- Value
- $1.57/hr
- Reviews
- 89% of 402 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Gather resources, build your base, and lead your people to victory in this captivating reimagining of classic RTS, set in the Bronze Age. Secure fertile land, fend off raids, and stockpile food to generate knowledge and unlock powerful village advancements.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
It has been discounted 41 times in the 5 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 40 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 10 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 67 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition ($39.99, scores 73) beats it on value, while it beats Stronghold Kingdoms (free, scores 12).
More about TFC: The Fertile Crescent
4 of the 342 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2022 to August 2026.
HowLongToBeat players log 7 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 38, 5.5 times as much.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 7 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
The drop-off
48% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 1 when we last checked, on Oct 17, 02:52 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
As someone who loves pixel style art and recently got back into real time strategies, this is a fun little game.
2 more reviews
8/10 FOR old rts game style Before I talk about anything, if you asked "is this game worth it," I would unhesitatingly answer "yes." It is now flawless, however I think this would be a great first RTS for a newcomer to the genre, or any RTS fan who likes the setting of Age of Empire 1 but would like a more relaxing game. The pixel style is pretty good, although I don't usually play modern pixel games. The gameplay...
Before I talk about anything, if you asked "is this game worth it," I would unhesitatingly answer "yes." It is now flawless, however I think this would be a great first RTS for a newcomer to the genre, or any RTS fan who likes the setting of Age of Empire 1 but would like a more relaxing game. The pixel style is pretty good, although I don't usually play modern pixel games. The gameplay is pretty similar to Age of...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
TFC: The Fertile Crescent scores 61/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1674820/tfc-the-fertile-crescentReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 2, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.