The Fertile Crescent is a captivating reimagining of classic base-building RTS, inspired by the epic struggles of growth, advancement, and conquest in the cradle of civilization.
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Jun 13, 2024
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“A bite-sized chunk of phenomenal RTS design”
Rock Paper Shotgun

“We strongly recommend this small independent title. Very fun and with excellent replayability: a great discovery.”
8.5/10 – m2gaming

About This Game

Inspired by the real history of the Near East Bronze Age, TFC blends classic RTS elements with a unique perspective on the genre.

Establish your village near fertile lands and balance your food surplus against the size of your civilian and military might as you build and expand. Food plays a crucial role beyond just feeding your troops; it determines the growth rate of your population and the speed at which you accumulate Knowledge Points. Keeping your village well-fed ensures prosperous expansion, while compromised farms can cripple even the strongest economies.

Considering technological limitations and advancements of the era, you'll need to carefully manage your hard-earned Knowledge Points. Explore Village Improvements to quickly counter your opponent's strategy or to fortify your position for the long game.

Consequential Soil Fertility Mechanic

Food is the foundation of every successful village. Locate fertile ground and build your village around it to ensure that there is enough to sustain your growing population. Balancing your food surplus against your villagers and expanding military is crucial, and protecting your farms is essential for your village's survival. Conversely, destroying your opponents' farms is an effective way to demoralize their population and cripple their economy.

Strategic Options From The Beginning

Inspired by the giants of the genre, TFC expands on classic RTS mechanics in innovative ways, offering multiple strategies to explore from the start of each match. With several paths to victory, you can swiftly adapt your strategy in response to enemy actions. Your ability to leverage this freedom will determine whether you face crushing defeat or achieve glorious victory.

Authentic Near East Bronze Age Setting

Settle your people in the Ancient Age, where everyone starts on equal footing. As you advance, a pivotal moment awaits: choose one of three legendary Bronze Age civilizations to lead your people to glory!

Advance Your village

Increase the strength of your village by exploring Village Improvements. TFC offers a collection of powerful improvements that allow commanders to spend points to quickly react to enemy advancements or create opportunities to strike. With various ways to boost your economy and military, your strategic options are always clear and easy to implement.

Features

  • Campaign with 10 missions
  • Skirmish to battle it out against the AI with 4 difficulty levels
  • Hordes to survive the waves of mountain nomads invasions
  • Multiplayer for up to 4 players to challenge other players online on dedicated servers with host migration
  • Play co-op by adding bots to online games, or invite a friend to play Hordes
  • Modern QoL like grouping units and customisable hotkeys
  • Full save and load support for all single player modes
  • Spectate games in multiplayer
  • Save, share and load replays to interactively study matches to learn from the best players, or from your own mistakes

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

This Game may contain content not appropriate for all ages, or may not be appropriate for viewing at work: Frequent Violence or Gore, General Mature Content

System Requirements

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SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • OS *: Windows 7
    • Processor: Intel Dual Core or AMD equivalent
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: OS X 10.4 or later
    • Processor: Intel Dual Core or AMD equivalent
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu 10 or later
    • Processor: Intel Dual Core or AMD equivalent
    • Memory: 2 GB RAM
    • Network: Broadband Internet connection
    • Storage: 500 MB available space

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