Egypt: Old Kingdom
Fair · Strategy · 2018
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 5.3h
- Value
- $2.83/hr
- Reviews
- 87% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Strategy simulator of the Great Pyramids period, where you take your path from the unification of Egyptian tribes to the foundation of The First Empire. Developed with the assistance of Egyptologists.
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
November 2020 is where it bottomed out, at $3.74. 87 discounts in the 8 years on record. They run about 75 percent off, roughly 5 weeks apart.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 8 percent on value. It is pricier than 83 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Predynastic Egypt ($9.99, scores 77) beats it on value, while it beats Laysara: Summit Kingdom ($24.99, scores 58).
Steam's global achievement data puts about 20 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 5.3-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. Inside the two-hour refund window, 68 percent of the 138 reviews written there were positive, against 87 percent overall, and those are 12 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 5.3 hours. Doing everything runs 105, 20 times as long.
The drop-off
61% start to 20% finishA normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements
Players
10 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 06:09 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I keep coming back to this game. It's postively addicting! And despite all, I have yet to beat it...
A new depth to the gameplay already developed in the prequel "Pre-Dynastic Egypt," and all the painstaking measures taken to accurately portray the art and history of Ancient Egypt. New starting conditions allow for more sandbox elements when playing the game. I know the next chapter in Egyptian history is taking some time to develop, but I am excited to see where they go from here as I believe the new features and...
Egypt: Old Kingdom is a historical strategy game that distinguishes itself through its dedication to authenticity and its focus on the rise of one of humanity's earliest great civilizations. Developed and published by Clarus Victoria, the game places players in the role of a ruler tasked with guiding ancient Egypt through centuries of growth, political development, religious influence, and technological advancement...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Egypt: Old Kingdom scores 60/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/646500/egypt-old-kingdomReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 1.
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