Fit check
Is Rise of Jericho worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who prefer settlement management over direct battlefield command
- Players interested in resource gathering and civilization development
- Fans of 2D sidescrolling games who want construction and progression systems
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking large-scale military battles or detailed direct combat
- Players who prefer a fixed story over resource decisions, construction, and settlement growth
- Players looking for a puzzle, prison-escape, or deck-building structure
Our take on Rise of Jericho
Rather than centering strategy on armies and battlefield maneuvers, the game places its management layer in a prehistoric settlement. Progress follows the move from hunter-gatherer life toward agriculture, construction, and an established city.
What is Rise of Jericho?
Rise of Jericho combines 2D sidescrolling with strategy and resource management during the transition from hunting and gathering to settled life.
Gather food, mud bricks, and stone, then use these resources to craft tools and develop the settlement. Villagers can grow crops, wear improved clothing, and make beer. Construction includes houses, a tavern, a temple, and other buildings. Progress unlocks inventions associated with agriculture, clothing, and crafting. The city also faces invasions, requiring decisions about its protection. The game follows a tribe of hunter-gatherers as it develops into a settled civilization, with the player overseeing resources, construction, inventions, villagers, and city growth.
How Rise of Jericho plays
- 01Resource management
- Food, mud bricks, and stone support the settlement's development and daily needs.
- 02City construction
- The settlement can include houses, a tavern, a temple, and other structures.
- 03Invention progression
- Agriculture, clothing, and crafting become available as the civilization advances.
- 04City protection
- Invasions create a need to defend the developing city.
- 05Tool crafting
- Gathered stone can be used to make tools for civilization development.
Rise of Jericho compared to similar games
Rise of Jericho focuses on gathering materials, building a settlement, advancing inventions, and managing villagers, unlike Men of War: Assault Squad's large-scale World War II battles and direct unit control. Xenonauts centers on a multinational military organization, persistent soldiers, and turn-based alien defense, while Rise of Jericho centers on civilian development and city protection.
Rise of Jericho: platforms & release
Is Rise of Jericho worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who prefer settlement management over direct battlefield command. Skip it if: players seeking large-scale military battles or detailed direct combat.
Where can I download Rise of Jericho?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Rise of Jericho's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Rise of Jericho on?
Windows and macOS.
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