Pharaoh: A New Era

Pharaoh: A New Era is a city-building game set in Ancient Egypt and a remake of Pharaoh and its expansion, Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile. You develop a settlement into a thriving city by managing its economy, trade, culture, health, agriculture and education, while working to keep its people prosperous and earn the favour of the gods. The game includes more than 50 missions and over 100 hours of gameplay.

Build along the Nile

Cultivate the fertile lands of the Nile valley and construct temples, mausoleums and monuments such as the pyramids, the Sphinx and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. These buildings help you manage your city's health, culture and polytheistic religion. Monitor the quality and frequency of the Nile's floods with the Nilometer, and track your population's mood with new tools.

Manage a growing city

Develop the economy and trade with neighboring cities, and prepare for economic and political crises, enemy raids, wars, Nile floods, plagues and the furies of the gods. The game adds or revises hundreds of gameplay elements, including a redesigned interface, Workers Tooltip, Fixed Worker Ratio and Global Labor Pool. You can also copy and paste buildings or disable predators.

Campaign and sandbox

Campaign mode teaches the basics while following a story in Ancient Egypt. Across its missions, you build and manage the core parts of city life to help your settlement flourish. Sandbox mode lets you build the metropolis of your choice.

A reworked presentation

The remake presents its isometric 2D graphics in HD, with hand-drawn art depicting settlements and cities across the Egyptian sands. Its soundtrack has been rearranged and performed with traditional oriental instruments, and the gameplay mechanics have been updated.