7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat (2013)

Developer

Mousechief

Platforms

Windows, macOS

Genres

Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy

Rating

2.7 of 5, 770 player ratings

Typical playtime

about 7.3 hours

Where to get it

Steam

How it feels

A slow-burn strategy game where each turn feels like a careful step through a living chronicle of ancient family survival.

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What players say

Players describe a quiet, casual board-game-like strategy game that is easy to learn but can become repetitive. It revolves around guiding a family through generations using coin-slot tokens, with luck heavily influencing outcomes. Long-time players note that a promised sequel never arrived, leaving the project feeling unfinished.

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