4. Akhenaten: Rule as Pharaoh

Official announcement trailer

We’ve all heard of open-world sandbox style games, but when those games take place in a literal sandbox… then you have Akhenaten: Rule as Pharaoh. This game tasks you with building ancient Egypt from the ground up, complete with historically accurate buildings and units, a rich desert environment, and even the flooding of the Nile to prepare for.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect is the Hieroglyphic mechanic, which records your deeds as Pharaoh. Whether it is an uprising your army crushed or the consequences of a social policy, things you’ve done will be recorded as you make your mark on the sands of time.

Build Egypt from the ground up in a historically accurate world.

Sea travel and the flooding of the Nile are things you’ll have to handle