Sumer (2017)

Developer

Studio Wumpus

Platforms

Windows, macOS

Genres

Indie, Strategy, Early Access

Rating

5.0 of 5, 17 player ratings

Typical playtime

about 4.0 hours

Where to get it

Steam

How it feels

Players race to manage workers and resources while performing ritual sacrifices in a tense board-game-meets-real-time-action contest for the throne.

competitivefast-pacedstrategicatmosphericancient themeresource managementmultiplayer focusedreal-time with pause

What players say

Players describe Sumer as a real-time digital board game with worker placement, auctions, and light platforming in short 10-minute rounds. It is well liked for couch multiplayer with up to four players, but reviews from 2020 note development seems to have stopped with no updates.

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