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Humankind is a turn-based 4X strategy game similar to Civilization where players can combine the peculiarities of different civilizations across six major eras of humanity, creating unique patterns for their faction. It was developed by Amplitude Studios and initially released on August 17, 2021.
Published by Sega and available on Windows, Stadia, macOS, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S, Humankind was generally well-received by critics. On Steam, it has garnered tens of thousands of neutral reviews, while on the Epic Store, it has a rating of 4.5/5.
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Gameplay
Humankind is a 4X game comparable to the Civilization series where the goal is to lead a civilization through six major eras of human history, starting from the nomadic age. Players decide how to expand their people, develop cities, control military and civilian units, and interact with other civilizations on a randomly generated virtual planet at the start of each game.
A distinguishing feature of Humankind is that, in each era, players can choose one of ten types of civilizations based on historical societies, each offering bonuses and penalties that affect how the civilization is developed. As players can select different civilizations throughout the eras, there are potentially one million different combinations for creating a unique civilization.
City-building follows a model similar to Amplitude’s Endless Legend. In Humankind, each continent is divided into several territories, and players can only build one city per territory. Over time, cities can be expanded, incorporating farms, outlying resources, and more densely populated urban areas near the city center. This allows for the creation of large metropolises within each territory.
Leaders may also need to engage in combat with enemy forces. The game adopts a tactical RPG approach to resolve battles, allowing players to take advantage of terrain and unit special abilities. Each confrontation lasts a maximum of three turns before returning to the main map, allowing wars to extend over several years on the global scale.
During gameplay, players accumulate resources for their civilization — such as food, industry, gold, science, and influence — also similar to Endless Legend, which can be used to speed up production, advance technology, or trade with other cultures.
Additionally, Humankind introduces the concept of Fame, which is earned by achieving feats in the game, such as accumulating influence or gold, defeating enemy units, being the first to discover certain technologies, or building world wonders. Fame is a persistent measure of a civilization’s success compared to others and can influence future decisions in the game. Unlike Civilization, where there are multiple victory conditions, Humankind’s victory is determined solely by the Fame score after a predetermined number of turns or when certain events trigger the end of the game.
The game also includes historical figures and real events with which players can interact throughout the campaign. It’s possible to level up your leader through a metaprogression system to unlock custom visuals, which can be displayed in online multiplayer matches for up to 8 players. It’s said that Humankind also features a scenario editor and modding tools.
About the game
How far will you take humanity?
Humankind is the magnum opus of Amplitude Studios, a turn-based historical strategy game in which you rewrite all of human history, combining culture, history, and values to create a unique civilization.
One million civilizations
Create your own civilization by combining 60 historical cultures, from Ancient times to the Modern era. Start with Ancient Egypt and then evolve into the Romans, the Khmers, or perhaps the Vikings. Each culture brings its own contribution to gameplay, leading to almost endless outcomes. What kind of civilization will you shape?
In the eyes of posterity
The journey is more important than the destination. Fame is a new, unifying victory condition. Every great feat you accomplish, every moral choice you make, and every battle you win contributes to your Fame and impacts the world. The player with the most Fame wins the game. Will your civilization be the most influential in history?
More than history. It’s your story
Relive historic moments, make impactful moral decisions, and make scientific discoveries. Explore the world’s natural wonders or be responsible for humanity’s most extraordinary creations. Every element of the game is historically accurate. Combine them to build your own worldview. How will you change the course of humanity?
Dominate a fully tactical world
Show off your strategic skills by leveraging terrain to build cities and dynamic battles. Stay one step ahead of other civilizations through trade and contextual diplomacy. Call for reinforcements to turn an epic battle into a global war across multiple terrains.
What strategy will you architect?
These are just a few of the amazing experiences Humankind has to offer. How far will you take humanity?
Official add-ons
- Humankind: Cultures of Africa (2022);
- Humankind: Cultures of Latin America (2022);
- Humankind: Cultures of Oceania (2023);
- Humankind: Deluxe Upgrade (2021);
- Humankind: Para Bellum Wonders Pack (2023);
- Humankind: Together We Rule (2022);
- Humankind: Upgrade Pack (2023).
Trivia
- Humankind was developed on Unity Engine. It also uses the middleware mod.io and the Wwise sound engine.
- Amplitude Studios had previous experience with 4X strategy games set in the Endless universe, including Endless Space and Endless Legend. The studio considers Humankind its magnum opus, a project they always wanted to develop, and it was only made possible after Sega acquired the company.
- Humankind was teased by Sega in early 2019 and officially announced during Gamescom that same year.
- The game had an exclusive 7-day demo on Stadia, starting on October 21, 2020.
- Amplitude held open beta periods in late 2020 and early 2021, called OpenDev phases, where players could test limited scenarios and provide feedback for improvements.
- Although it was originally planned for release in April 2021, Amplitude postponed the release to August 2021 for final adjustments.
- During this period, Amplitude announced that it would not include the Denuvo DRM in the game. Initially, they intended to use it to protect Humankind, but data collected during the OpenDev phases showed that the software negatively impacted performance. They decided to remove it.
- An expansion titled Together We Rule was released on November 9, 2022.
- Humankind was nominated for Best Simulation/Strategy Game at The Game Awards 2021.
- Humankind was the fourth best-selling game in the U.S. in August 2021.
- This game was included in Humankind: Collection (2022), Humankind: Definitive Edition (2024), and Special Edition Humankind (Digital Deluxe Edition) (2021).
- Title spelling in Simplified Chinese: 人类
- Title spelling in Traditional Chinese: 人類
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- Size: 25 GB
- License: Commercial
- Operational systems: Windows and Mac (64-bit)
- Developer(s) and/or publisher(s): Amplitude Studios, Sega
- Categories: Strategy
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