Toward the end of 2020 publisher Dotemu announced it was collaborating with developer Triskell Interactive to remake classic Ancient-Egypt-themed city builder Pharaoh for a modern era, and now, following a bit of a delay for the project, fans can put the upgraded version through its paces in a newly released Steam demo.
There’s currently no release date for the complete version of Pharaoh: A New Era but, following its delay out of 2021, Dotemu said it was now targeting a launch some time this year.
An expansion pack, Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile, released the following year, taking the main campaign even further, into the Hellenistic period.
The original Pharaoh, developed by isometric city builder supremos Impressions Games, released in 1999 and gave players the opportunity to participate in fifteen centuries of Ancient Egyptian history, beginning by establishing nomad settlements and slowly flexing their management muscles to create and maintain bustling cities as its campaign progressed.