Fit check
Is TFM: The First Men worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Colony-sim players who want settlement decisions to carry across generations
- RPG fans who prefer exploring with a party of heroes
- Strategy players who want settlement management combined with tactical battles
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a narrowly focused colony simulator may hit a wall when the game shifts into party exploration and combat.
- Players who prefer fully turn-based battles may bounce off the real-time combat system, even with pausing available.
- Players wanting a self-contained story may find the open-ended generational structure too diffuse.
Our take on TFM: The First Men
The likely bounce point is the handoff between settlement management and tactical adventuring. Players must move from assigning jobs and shaping professions to coordinating a party, training warriors, distributing loot, and managing paused real-time fights, so a preference for one system alone may not carry through the full game.
What is TFM: The First Men?
TFM: The First Men combines colony management, character development, exploration, and tactical combat in an open-world setting inspired by creation stories.
Players build a settlement, assign residents to jobs, and choose profession paths when characters advance. These decisions affect later generations. Groups of heroes can travel through the world, encounter different races, cultures, mythical creatures, and named characters, and uncover discoveries through interaction. Combat takes place in real time with the option to pause, covering invasions and campaigns for control of other regions. The game also includes raising children, training warriors, distributing loot, and coordinating party members. Its setting follows the early struggles of humanity and the challenges faced by its first people.
How TFM: The First Men plays
- 01Generational settlement management
- Residents receive jobs and profession choices whose consequences can continue through later generations.
- 02Party-based exploration
- Hero groups travel through a world containing multiple peoples, cultures, creatures, and special characters.
- 03Pause-enabled tactical combat
- Battles support real-time action with pausing during invasions and territorial campaigns.
- 04Character progression
- The game includes raising children, training fighters, and coordinating party members.
TFM: The First Men compared to similar games
Old World also centers on leadership across generations, but it focuses on guiding a historical empire, political marriages, heirs, and long-term legacy. TFM: The First Men combines generational settlement management with party exploration and real-time combat against creatures and invading forces.
TFM: The First Men: platforms & release
Is TFM: The First Men worth it?
It is worth it if: colony-sim players who want settlement decisions to carry across generations. Skip it if: players seeking a narrowly focused colony simulator may hit a wall when the game shifts into party exploration and combat.
Where can I download TFM: The First Men?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens TFM: The First Men's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is TFM: The First Men on?
Windows only.
