Pharaoh™: A New Era

Pharaoh™: A New Era

Released Feb 2023

The legendary city-builder returns! Lead the creation of one of the greatest civilizations the world has ever seen in this HD remake with modernized UI. Build monuments, manage your population and explore 4,000 years of history through over a hundred hours of gameplay.

74% positive · 5,291 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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Pharaoh: A New Era launched on February 15, 2023 as a complete package — a remake of the classic 1999 city-builder including its Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile expansion, 53 missions, and a mission editor that was promised at launch and delivered in the October 2023 update (version 1.5.0). Following launch, the developer shipped a series of substantive updates: version 1.1.0 on March 21, 2023 (minimap, religion and city sentiment reworks), version 1.3.0 on June 6, 2023 (new overlays, QoL features, sleep mode), version 1.4.0 on August 16, 2023 (new defense system), and version 1.5.0 on October 9, 2023 (mission editor). These updates addressed the specific post-launch commitments the developer had outlined in their February 22, 2023 post — namely the minimap, military system improvements, and map/mission editor. The most recent developer news post, dated February 16, 2026, was a promotional bundle announcement celebrating the game's third anniversary. It contained no announcements of new content or further development plans. There are no unreleased DLC entries, no roadmap commitments outstanding, and no developer statements indicating future content. The game appears to have reached its completed state with the October 2023 mission editor update, which fulfilled the last publicly committed feature.
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Update 1.5.0 delivered the mission editor mode — the final post-launch commitment the developer had announced — along with extensive bug fixes.
news post · Oct 9, 2023 source content shipped
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Developer committed to post-launch improvements: minimap, ultrawide support, military system, and the mission editor — all framed as outstanding work to be delivered after launch.
news post · Feb 22, 2023 source content planned
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About this game

Immerse yourself in the history of Ancient Egypt with 50 missions in Pharaoh™: A New Era, a remake of Pharaoh (and the expansion Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile), one of the best city builders from the golden age of Sierra Entertainment. Stone by stone, build your city and manage all aspects of its development to ensure it prospers and makes you a powerful and revered pharaoh.

Develop your city by cultivating the fertile lands along the banks of the Nile valley. Erect the iconic monuments of Ancient Egypt, including the pyramids, the Sphinx and the Lighthouse of Alexandria. Build temples and mausoleums to help manage all aspects of your city's health and culture as well as the predominant polytheistic religion of the time.

Ensure your city is prosperous enough to deal with economic or political crises, or even plundering by enemies. A pharaoh takes care of its people and does whatever it can to earn the favour of the gods.

Pharaoh™: A New Era celebrates 20 years since the release of the famous franchise with a complete remake, including more than 50 playable missions and over 100 hours of gameplay.

The "Campaign" mode teaches you the game basics while allowing you to experience a unique story in the heart of Ancient Egypt. Explore all aspects of life in a thriving city, build and manage all its fundamental elements to ensure it flourishes: the economy, internal and external trade, culture, health, agriculture, education, etc.

The journey back in time is really brought to life with this new version, which upgrades the gameplay mechanics to modern standards and completely redesigns the captivating soundtrack and gorgeous isometric 2D graphics.

Many indicators have also been added or improved: keep better track of the frequency or quality of the Nile's floods with the Nilometer, or don't lose sight of your population's mood with some unique new tools!

● A Classic Remade: Rediscover 4,000 years of History in HD in this remake of the cult city-builder Pharaoh and its expansion Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile.

● A Rich, Complex and Unique Experience: Trade and develop your economy with neighboring cities and make your civilization thrive while facing the elements with the flooding of the Nile, wars with your enemies, the furies of the Gods and the plagues of Egypt.

● A Fortune of Fun: Lead your people through a rich 50+ missions and 100+ hour campaign, or unwind and build the metropolis of your dreams in a Sandbox mode.

● Breathtaking Views: Marvel at the beauty of budding settlements and lively cities sprawling across the Egyptian sands, brought to life through fully reworked, intricate hand drawn art.

● A Fully Reorchestrated Soundtrack: Take in stirring recreations of the original soundtrack’s melodies, rearranged and performed with traditional oriental instruments.

● Hundreds of gameplay changes and improvements: a fully redesigned UI, new and redesigned mechanics like the Workers Tooltip, the Fixed Worker Ratio or the Global Labor Pool, the ability to quickly copy-paste buildings or to disable predators... And so much more!

Last evaluated Jun 25, 2026
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