Timeline (2022)
- Developer
- Taueon
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Genres
- Indie, Strategy
- Rating
- 4.8 of 5, 26 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 5.6 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A slow, methodical city-builder that unfolds over millennia, where you guide a civilization from stone tools to modern warfare through careful resource allocation and diplomacy.
turn-based strategyhistoricalmethodicalprocedural generationresource managementdiplomacywargamemoddable
What players say
Players describe Timeline as a stripped-down 4X that scratches the Civilization itch without the added complexity. The core gameplay is praised, but many point to missing quality-of-life features like a minimap and mousewheel zoom, and the graphics are dated.
Screenshots
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