Bronze Age
- September 25, 2017
- Clarus Victoria
- 10h median play time
Get on SteamBronze Age is a resource management game set in the Stone and Bronze Ages, allowing players to lead their people from these time periods to prosperity. The game features exciting gameplay with over 30 events, including natural disasters, enemy raids, and changes in ruling dynasties, and a detailed research tree for technology and culture development. Players can choose their starting date and try the new survival mode for an added challenge.
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Reviews
- The game offers a surprisingly fun and addictive experience, especially for fans of casual strategy and resource management games.
- It has a great progression system that keeps players engaged as they develop their tribes and manage resources.
- For its low price, it provides decent entertainment value, making it a good option for casual gaming sessions.
- The technical execution is poor, with amateurish artwork and no fullscreen support, making it feel more like a browser game than a proper PC title.
- Gameplay heavily relies on RNG, which can lead to frustrating experiences where strategy feels irrelevant due to random events.
- The game lacks depth and replayability, often feeling repetitive and simplistic, which may not satisfy players looking for a more complex strategy experience.
- gameplay34 mentions
- 47 % positive mentions
- 44 % neutral mentions
- 9 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by a mix of simplicity and challenge, with many players finding it initially fun but ultimately limited due to balancing issues and minimal mechanics. While some appreciate the turn-based strategy and deep tech trees, others criticize the overly simplistic and luck-based nature of the game, suggesting it lacks depth and variety. Overall, the experience is described as addictive yet constrained, with a playtime expectation of around 4-8 hours across multiple campaigns.
“Bronze Age has great gameplay.”
“The gameplay is simple yet addictive.”
“There is a gem of originality and great gameplay screaming here.”
“Which is a shame because the effort that went into the turn-based strategy gameplay, deep tech trees, and number crunching is all wasted.”
“For gameplay purposes, because the user interface for this game is mostly just 2D static text/images, it might as well be a web page.”
“It explains why the challenges, levels, and even the game mechanics are so simple (and, admittedly, luck-based).”
- graphics14 mentions
- 29 % positive mentions
- 43 % neutral mentions
- 29 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some players criticizing the artwork as amateurish and lacking professional quality, which detracts from the overall experience. Others appreciate the colorful and nostalgic visuals, noting that while they may be old-school, they do not hinder the fun gameplay. Overall, the visual quality appears inconsistent, with some updates improving the graphics but still falling short of expectations for a polished game.
“Colourful with nice graphics.”
“At first I thought it would be quite a quick game, I can't stop playing now attempting the harder levels. While the graphics might be a little old-school, it doesn't change that it is a very fun game to pick up and play in a spare 10 minutes.”
“Simple enough graphics but can be challenging.”
“The artwork here is terrible; it's all just amateurish 'my first Wacom tablet' style drawings used instead of professional-looking game assets.”
“It's unclear if this is due to a lack of budget to arrange someone who can create graphical assets properly, or a lack of talent. Regardless, the overall visual quality of the game is extremely low, enough on its own to deter gamers.”
“The graphics might be a little old-school, but it doesn't change that it is a very fun game to pick up and play in a spare 10 minutes.”
- replayability14 mentions
- 21 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 29 % negative mentions
The game's replayability is generally considered low due to its short length, with many players able to complete it in under two hours. While some find value in achievement hunting and multiple difficulty levels, others feel the gameplay becomes repetitive quickly, limiting long-term engagement. Overall, it may appeal to casual players looking for a brief experience, but it lacks substantial replay value.
“For other people this detracted from the gameplay, but for me it gave me a chance at replayability due to achievement hunting-- it's impossible to achieve all the goals/explore all the options in one go.”
“On the other hand, at the listed price, and for what you get, it's a step up from a clicker game and I'll rate it as worth it, perhaps mostly because it's replayable in the same way clicker games have their allure for casual time-wasting.”
“Although this game is very minimalist and it may or may not have replayability, I recommend this game at the current price or even better on sale.”
“The game is cool and all, but it is so short that you can finish it in less than 2 hours and ask for a refund, but not because it's that bad of a game, but simply because it has very little replayability.”
“Quite short, however, and I don't feel like there's a lot of replay value, so it definitely isn't worth a lot.”
“Replay value is not the highest, since it starts to feel super repetitive quickly.”
- music4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game is generally well-received, with players finding it relaxing and enjoyable, contributing positively to their overall experience.
“I relaxed for 5 minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay.”
“The music is pretty good.”
- story4 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The story conveys a powerful moral about perseverance and the unpredictability of life, emphasizing that giving up can prevent personal growth. However, players note that the narrative is brief and may be hindered by technical issues, such as bugs affecting gameplay.
“Moral of the story: you never know what life has in store for you, and if I had given up when all odds were against me, I wouldn't be where I am today.”
“However, the game can't be set to full screen, the story ends very soon, and maybe there is a bug that prevents me from upgrading stonework to level 2.”
- humor2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game is consistently described as funny, with multiple users highlighting its humor as a standout feature.
