Posted on: August 13, 2025
Violeta_Constantin
Verified ownerGames: 6 Reviews: 1
Love it, great game
I absolutely love it! My first game ever, by the time I had a black and white screen :) and a very very slow computer
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Pharaoh + Cleopatra
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Immerse yourself in Ancient Egypt from the age of the great pyramids to the final years of the New Kingdom. Govern all aspects of the exotic Egyptian, culture from religion to trading with distant cities. Cultivate vast farms in the Nile valley and discover the important role this river, with its unpredictable floods, played in the life of the Egyptians. Stone by stone, erect giant monuments - from the Sphinx, to the lighthouse and library of Alexandria.
Manage your city poorly and you shall watch it burn, be pillaged or collapse in economic ruin. Manage it well and ultimately the greatest Egyptian structures will be built in your honor. Your rule will span generations, until your dynasty, your royal bloodline produces a Pharaoh!
Pharaoh includes many features never before seen in a city building game, such as a farming model based on the flooding of the Nile, naval warfare, giant monuments that are assembled over time, unique dynastic progression, and variable difficulty levels. This a massively addictive, huge, but most importantly fun game that is a great choice for anyone looking for a solid city builder title, or an intellectual challenge.
Manage your city poorly and you shall watch it burn, be pillaged or collapse in economic ruin. Manage it well and ultimately the greatest Egyptian structures will be built in your honor. Your rule will span generations, until your dynasty, your royal bloodline produces a Pharaoh!
Pharaoh includes many features never before seen in a city building game, such as a farming model based on the flooding of the Nile, naval warfare, giant monuments that are assembled over time, unique dynastic progression, and variable difficulty levels. This a massively addictive, huge, but most importantly fun game that is a great choice for anyone looking for a solid city builder title, or an intellectual challenge.
- Pharaoh Cleopatra bundle includes Pharaoh and Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile expansion.
- A city-builder gem, made by the creators of the award-winning Caesar III.
- Extensive help section not only does an excellent job at explaining the game mechanics, but also contains many interesting facts and trivia about life in Ancient Egypt.
- Destroy enemies on land and sea, or simply build the perfect Egyptian city of your liking with the City Construction Kit.
© 1989-1998 Activision Publishing, Inc. Activision and Pharaoh and Cleopatra are registered trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners.
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avatars
manuals
mission editor guide
reference card
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility
ACCEPTANCE OF END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO PLAY
Recommended system requirements:
Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility
ACCEPTANCE OF END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO PLAY
Time to beat
58.5 hMain
194 h Main + Sides
-- Completionist
84 h All Styles
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Posted on: April 5, 2015
sreamer17ydr
Verified ownerGames: 36 Reviews: 5
Build up your Egyptian empire!
This game is an excellent city building game, sort of like Sim City, but in Egyptian style and way more immersive. You really feel connected to the people of your village you create. The goal depends on the mission scenario you are in, but mostly, building a city from scratch, and creating a empire that reigns supreme. This version comes with the expansion pack Cleopatra and other goodies too. The soundtrack is amazing, and the visuals still hold up in modern times. The game runs on modern machines, Windows 7 and 64 bit versions, the game does run "fast" in speed settings upon launch, but lowering it down fixes that in the options in-game. You can even play in sand-box mode, where there are no missions and you just build your own city on a large map. This game will suck you in, and hours will pass on by.
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Posted on: November 25, 2015
wc5b
Verified ownerGames: 202 Reviews: 2
City Building Champion
What a classic! This is the game that made me love city building games and then find out that nothing lived up to how good this game was. One of those games that just give you a ton of memories even after all these years.
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Posted on: March 5, 2016
trioxin245
Games: 13 Reviews: 1
to Jaxx
it takes place in Egypt BOOM warm atmosphere explained
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Posted on: September 13, 2022
Nance83
Verified ownerGames: 12 Reviews: 3
Good Times
Watching GamerZakh videos made me want to play it again. I have Windows 10 and the game works on me, I download the widescreen resolutions .exe files on WSGF, but couldn't find a 100% match. The best one has a black bar left and the icons on far right are just barely reachable, but once I get use to it I couldn't stop playing it for weeks. The game was also less buggy than when I used to play it years ago (unfinishable pyramids, etc). Still, it's hard to have control of what the workers do and go, I wonder if the remake will make things easier...
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