AstronTycoon2: Ritual

AstronTycoon2: Ritual is a village-building game set on hallowed ground in 2000 BC. You begin when the first shaman arrives, then provide for the villagers and pilgrims who visit the holy place. Build up the settlement, gather resources and perform rituals to earn fame and unlock further construction and research.

Run the village

Keep villagers fed, warm, relaxed and healthy. They may leave if they become hungry or angry. Provide food, wood, flint and 11 other ingredients, and make clothing, tools and jewelry from materials including flint, bone, stone and bronze. More than 25 buildings are available to construct, along with eight kinds of altars for shamans and priests.

Villagers can go on hunting expeditions, and you can tame animals. Aurochses, predecessors of today's cows, provide milk and food. You can also plant herb shrubs and trees, and trade tin and copper.

Shrines and rituals

Build menhirs in many sizes, as well as megaliths and stone lintels. You can choose from different types of stone, each with its own properties. Pilgrims reward you with raw materials and fame when you ensure that the shaman performs the ritual they need.

There are five kinds of shamans and 15 rituals. Priests can examine the sun, moon and stars; research unlocks new rituals, larger gatherings and additional building types. You can have up to three priests and unlock 27 stages of research. Call great gatherings, summon new settlers and their wives, and let children train skills with their fathers.