"Guide your ancient settlement from sticks and stones to the Iron Age in this turn-based city builder."
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About
Humanica is a solo-developed city-builder simulation that challenges you to guide an ancient settlement from primitive survival in 10,000 B.C. through five distinct technological ages. Blend strategy, survival, and rogue-like elements as you manage your settlers' limited daily work capacity in a vast, procedurally generated world.
Story
Begin your journey in a harsh prehistoric world, leading early humans out of the Paleolithic era. Adapt to resource scarcity, fend off wild threats, and evolve your civilization until they command advanced iron tools and mighty windmills.
Gameplay
Experience an addictive 'Just One More Turn' loop where each day requires careful management of settler tasks, crafting, and construction. Explore a hexagonal world map, dynamically edit terrain, and implement rogue-like annual plans to customize your civilization's growth.
Key Features
- 1Five Ages of Progression: Advance from Paleolithic to Iron Age
- 2Turn-Based Exploration: Scout procedurally generated hexagonal world maps
- 3Autonomous Settler Management: Assign roles with manual overrides
- 4Dynamic Terrain Editing: Dig mountains or build up landscapes on a square grid
- 5Unique Building Placement: Utilize an irregular quadrilateral grid
- 6Rogue-like Annual Plans: Randomized laws and goals for high replayability
- 7Deep Tech Tree: Unlock better tools that accelerate jobs but degrade over time
Highlights
Pros & Cons
Pros
- +Addictive turn-based daily management loop
- +Highly flexible landscape editing tools
- +Deep, rewarding technology and progression systems
- +Unique blend of city-builder and rogue-like elements
Cons
- -Combat system is currently in basic stages
- -Lightweight graphics prioritize function over high fidelity
- -Steep learning curve for resource optimization
Game Ratings
Functional and clean style supporting complex grids
Deep turn-based mechanics with strong 'one more turn' appeal
Compelling emergent narrative of human evolution
Ambient sounds of prehistoric life and settler activity
Procedural generation and rogue-like annual plans
Who Will Enjoy This?
Love deep management, work capacity optimization, and tech trees
Enjoy creative layout planning on irregular grids
Thrive on resource scarcity and defense preparation
Similar To
Settler Autonomy & Scarcity
Banished
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Tech Progression & Survival
Surviving the Aftermath
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Turn-based Hex Exploration
Civilization VI
match
💡 Did You Know?
Developed entirely by a single creator at PanfachDev 'with love'.
Features a unique irregular quadrilateral grid for placing buildings.
Players can literally move mountains thanks to the editable square terrain system.
Uses rogue-like annual plans to ensure no two playthroughs are exactly the same.
Latest Updates & Events
Humanica - 20% OFF on Steam
Humanica is currently featured on the Steam store!
“Experience the journey from sticks and stones to iron tools and windmills!”— PanfachDev
Game Ratings
Functional and clean style supporting complex grids
Deep turn-based mechanics with strong 'one more turn' appeal
Compelling emergent narrative of human evolution
Ambient sounds of prehistoric life and settler activity
Procedural generation and rogue-like annual plans
Who Will Enjoy This?
Love deep management, work capacity optimization, and tech trees
Enjoy creative layout planning on irregular grids
Thrive on resource scarcity and defense preparation
Similar To
💡 Did You Know?
Developed entirely by a single creator at PanfachDev 'with love'.
Features a unique irregular quadrilateral grid for placing buildings.
Players can literally move mountains thanks to the editable square terrain system.
Uses rogue-like annual plans to ensure no two playthroughs are exactly the same.
Latest Updates & Events
Humanica - 20% OFF on Steam
Humanica is currently featured on the Steam store!
Timeline
Ages of Evolution
The Daily Grind
In Humanica, one turn equals one day. You must carefully balance your settlers' limited daily work capacity between gathering, crafting, farming, and defending to survive the harsh ancient world.
Game Details
- Developer
- PanfachDev
- Publisher
- PanfachDev
- Platforms
- PC
- Genres
- Simulation, City-Builder +2
- Atmosphere
- epic