Archeo: Shinar

Archeo: Shinar is an economic, turn-based strategy game about managing people and resources in the world of archaeology. You run the operation from behind a desk, balancing money and reputation while your employees face the risks of expeditions. The game combines turn-based preparation with real-time expeditions, and includes small stories and grotesque humor.

Manage your operation

Hire a team and keep its members in good shape, or replace them. You can buy land and build on it as an investment, while balancing your finances and reputation. Bankruptcy works like permadeath: you can withhold salaries only for a limited time before employees come to collect.

Expeditions and decisions

Between expeditions, you prepare your operation; expeditions play out in real time. Small stories appear from time to time, and each requires a decision with consequences. The game also presents memorable opponents and a character named Vanessa.

Play with others

You can play solo or with up to four friends in hot-seat multiplayer.

Themes and history

The game deals with mental illness, addiction, thievery, slavery, paradigms, tribal mentality, corruption, pride and murder. It also invites you to check historical facts and look for evidence that its portrayal of the world is wrong.