Pharaoh + Cleopatra
Worth it · Strategy · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $9.99.
- Length
- 58.9h
- Value
- $0.17/hr
- Reviews
- 92% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, DirectX 7 Compatible 3D Card, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
Immerse yourself in Ancient Egypt from the age of the great pyramids to the final years of the New Kingdom.
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
February 2021 is where it bottomed out, at $3.29. It has been discounted 80 times in the 10 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 6 weeks between sales.
Value puts it in the top 1 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 68 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Zeus + Poseidon ($9.99, scores 94) beats it on value, while it beats Stronghold Crusader 2 ($39.99, scores 38).
This site sampled 416 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 6 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 63 percent of the 310 reviews written there were positive, against 92 percent overall, and those are 12 percent of everything written about it.
Players
100 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 08:48 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I began playing this when I weas a teenager, back before Pharaoh had the Cleopatra expansion pack. Games like this, Civilization, and Age of Empires had a knack for fully immersing me. I've never beaten the expansion pack portion of this, but it's a goal for me this year. I just really feel like committing the time required to do it finally. There's just so much to love. In particular, the music, the voice acting...
Keeps introducing new stuff through the missions. A few awkward moments here and there, but limits nurture creativity. Enjoying the smalltalk with the city dwellers, and ohhh of course those transforming and merging houses are so satisfying. A comfy summer game.
I played this game way back when, and I loved it, but lost the CD for it. When I found it on steam, I was happy, and played it for many dozens of hours, but set it down for a few years. Then, yesterday, I got the itch and booted it up. Turns out, none of the building animations work anymore. Reinstalling doesn't fix it. This breaks the feel of the game, you can't tell who has employees or not, who is working, what...
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Cite this score
Pharaoh + Cleopatra scores 84/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/564530/pharaoh-cleopatraReviews 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 Oct 1.
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