Primordial Empire is a side-on colony sim on the microscopic level. Cultivate a colony of microbes, plants and animals from small beginnings to mutualistic paradise. Connect the web of life in a tangle of nutrients and trophic balance. Scratch out a living and claim your empire from the rock itself!

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About This Demo

Grow. Adapt. Symbiotize.

Welcome to Primordial Empire, a microscopic RTS where you build a miniscule empire through symbiosis and evolution in a vibrant world of micro-organisms.

Strategic Management

  • Cultivate a thriving colony by growing a diverse array of plants and organisms on any solid surface, starting with basic Stem Cells and eventually growing into a diverse ecosystem.

  • Gather and manage essential resources like protein, minerals, and DNA, or trade them between colonies if not locally available. Balance resource management and growth.

  • Expand your colony and build up your defence to protect the budding ecosystem from waves of hostile invaders. Sometimes, fighting is your only option.

Explore & Encounter 

  • Explore 6 different types of colourful and distinct biomes: Lush, Salt Barrens, Caves, Mineralized, Fungal and Hydrothermal. Each biome presents unique challenges and strategic resources

  • Choose to befriend neutral wildlife or compete against them, affecting their stances and your colony's strategy. Are they helpful allies or threats to eliminate?

Genetic Evolution

  • Encounter new plants and cells in your adventures and add them to your collective. Each of them offers unique effects and bonuses for expanding your microscopic empire.

  • Evolve and adapt to the ever-changing biomes by unlocking new genes for your genome. Only the fittest can survive!

World Map Progression

  • Enter the world map of freeplay mode to explore and dominate the primordial soup.

  • Establish trade routes between your settlements to transfer resources while protecting them from unfriendly entities.

  • Invade hostile areas with your expeditionary forces, and remove these foreign threats to secure your own colonies.

  • Explore new areas and discover upgrades and organisms to build a sprawling network of ecosystems.

 

Demo Highlights:

The Demo currently offers ~4 hours of gameplay, introducing the core concepts of Primordial Empire.

  • Dive into a series of guided tutorial levels to learn the basics.

  • Care for your tiny inhabitants: cultivate 20 unique plants and 6 mobile cells, explore your surroundings, gather resources, and manage production.

  • Interact with foreign organisms. Befriend neutral wildlife to secure their assistance and combat harmful enemies.

  • Tackle the open demo scenarios with increasingly challenging objectives. How big and vibrant can your colony become?

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