Tiny Civilization
BANGER · Strategy · 2022
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $1.99.
- Length
- 1.4h
- Value
- $1.42/hr
- Reviews
- 93% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, null, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
This is a historical simulation game that promotes the development of civilization based on the match-3 Game. You'll need to gather resources, use skills, discover new technology, and lead humanbeing through a 10,000-year journey to the cosmos.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
June 2026 is where it bottomed out, at $1.99. In 3 months of price history it has never once been discounted.
Value puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is cheaper than 89 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games closest to it, Armello ($24.99, scores 56) and Fantasy Map Simulator ($5.99, scores 63) both come in lower.
Of the 450 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written January 2023 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 89 percent of the 603 reviews written there were positive, against 93 percent overall, and those are 28 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 1.4 hours. Doing everything runs 5, 3.9 times as long.
The drop-off
99% start to 12% 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
10 players online when we last checked, on Sep 30, 13:10 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
A creative match-three game, but unfortunately the strategic variety is limited, and it gets repetitive fairly quickly. 一款有創意的三消小遊戲，可惜遊戲的策略變化性不高，反覆遊玩容易膩
Rating after 6 hours of play: 7.5/10. This is a straight-forward puzzle game that definitely succeeds in what it sets out to do. It took me a bit of trial-and-error to figure out how things work because the English translation of the basic instructions is very poor, but after I got things figured out I beat the Easy level after almost 2.5 hours of play time. I then tried the Normal difficulty level and was defeated...
The combination of match 3 and civilization is surprisingly fun and addictive. It's turn-based so can be played casually. The game also provides some challenges especially on higher difficulties when you are still learning about the game. Overall a pleasant experience. Each run probably takes about a hour or two, I'm not too sure. Lost track of time is a common feature in civilization related games. Achievements in...
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Cite this score
Tiny Civilization scores 87/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2230280/tiny-civilizationReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Sep 28.
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