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Is Ancient Aliens: The Game worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who enjoy casual city building with an ancient Egyptian setting
- Story-focused strategy players who want quests and shifting character allegiances
- Players interested in resource management and technology research within a fictional alien-influence story
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking an open-ended city builder rather than a story organized into 3 chapters
- Players who want a setting without alien abductions or worker transformations
- Players looking for a premise based solely on conventional ancient Egyptian history
Our take on Ancient Aliens: The Game
The alien premise receives the most attention, while the described play centers on familiar city-building tasks: managing resources, constructing buildings, and researching technology. The unusual framing adds story context, but the core workflow remains empire development.
What is Ancient Aliens: The Game?
Play as an alien-human hybrid overseeing the development of ancient Egyptian civilization.
Manage resources, assign citizens to construction, build houses and farms, and research technologies to expand the empire. Quests from aliens and other characters guide a story told across 3 chapters, with the Great Pyramid of Giza as a central construction project. The game includes alien technology and the abduction and transformation of workers into beings such as Minotaurs, Savants, and Giants. Research opens access to technologies, skills, and structures, while animated cutscenes present parts of the story.
How Ancient Aliens: The Game plays
- 01Three story chapters
- Quests from aliens, the Pharaoh, the Oracle, and Giorgio A. Tsoukalos shape the player's shifting allegiances.
- 02Worker transformations
- Workers can be abducted and changed into forms including Minotaurs, Savants, and Giants.
- 03Technology research
- Research expands the empire's knowledge and opens access to skills and structures.
- 04Pyramid construction
- Building the Great Pyramid of Giza is tied to developing houses, farms, and human technology.
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Ancient Aliens: The Game: platforms & release
Is Ancient Aliens: The Game worth it?
It is worth it if: players who enjoy casual city building with an ancient Egyptian setting. Skip it if: players seeking an open-ended city builder rather than a story organized into 3 chapters.
Where can I download Ancient Aliens: The Game?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Ancient Aliens: The Game's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Ancient Aliens: The Game on?
Windows and macOS.
