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Nebuchadnezzar

Nebuchadnezzar is a classic isometric city builder game inviting players to experience the mysterious history and culture of ancient Mesopotamia. In the campaign, players get to rule over influential historical cities filled with magnificent monuments.

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11 Steam reviews

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Steam User 3221STEAMRecommended

Good game. Recommended.

Mar 16, 2026·16h·Verified

Steam User 5490STEAMRecommended

Its a simple game like Caesar III. Farm and manufacturer stuff for your city and for trade with other cities.

Mar 11, 2026·63h·Verified

Steam User 9186STEAMRecommended

Initially, I played this game on and off. Recently, I restarted all over and have been clearing mission after mission. The original game with 13 missions was much easier to manage after all the updates. I then got the DLC, more war focused but its seems to make more sense now. I can grow a city but if I can't support an army then what's the point, right? There is a need to balance the civilian population with your army size which in turn means your production and farms must be efficient enough to support BOTH civilian and army needs.

Right now, the only wishlist for me is if there can be a DLC that is based on another civilization like Eqyptian or even Chinese.

Mar 7, 2026·184h·Verified

Steam User 6411STEAMRecommended

I have been a fan of Pharoah since it first came out. I like the changes that have been made it this game. Picking the route some of your workers take eliminates the need for road blocks. I wish all the games had a caravan to transport good from one location to another. It saves time that was wasted waiting for the warehouse worker to return. It really makes the came more workable even if it is more micromanaging.

Mar 3, 2026·32h·Verified

Steam User 0013STEAMRecommended

I only have about 5 hours in this, but here is my assessment... I'm a huge fan of Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom and still play it, and I have played the original Pharaoh extensively. I personally wasn't wow'd by the new Pharaoh so much. It was good, but did not really do it for me. I stumbled upon this game while doing something completely unrelated and I have to say... this is the one that did it for me. Huge win! If you were/are into the old Impressions games like Caesar/Pharaoh/Emperor, all of that old strategy and mechanic knowledge is transferable to this game. There are some new added mechanics in this one, but they fit right in and make the game enjoyable.

My advice... FOLLOW THE TUTORIAL. If you're coming from Pharaoh/Emperor, you're probably going to know most of it, but do it anyway. It will subtly clue you in to some of the things unique to Nebuchadnezzar as well as get you familiar with the controls and interface layout. Don't skip the tutorial.

I saw some negative reviews that say the game has poor graphics or is too complicated or does not capture the old Impressions vibe. I find these assessments to be off the mark. For an isometric city builder, the graphics are good quality and exactly what they need to be. As for too complicated, yes, it is a shade more complicated than the old city builder games, but I think that adds to the enjoyment. Your cities will evolve from villages to metropolises through construction and demolition just as real cities do. I guess some people want to play by constructing nice orderly layouts from the start, but I played Pharaoh and Emperor using cycles of tearing down and building up to achieve the goals. That tactic works especially well in Nebuchadnezzar because there is a cut and paste; you can move a building instead if destroying and rebuilding it.

Finally, as for it not capturing the same vibe as the original Impressions games, I strongly disagree. This game does a GREAT job of capturing that vibe. This is a great modernized take for lovers of the original City Builder series. I recommend.

(Yes, I know Breakaway did Emperor under contract from Impressions; don't nitpick.. ;-) )

Mar 2, 2026·54h·Verified

Steam User 8183STEAMRecommended

it a fun game with its different then the other building games.

Mar 1, 2026·89h·Verified

Steam User 5847STEAMNot recommended

Je suis mitigée sur ce jeu, pour faire très synthétique : La période historique et l'architecture sont très sympa, mais ces défauts technique peuvent être difficile à surmonté pour ceux qui sont déjà habitués à ce style de jeu de construction de cité en vue isométrique.

Les difficultés en question :
L'AZERTY pas prit en charge (dans le sens où toutes les touches sont assignés pour un clavier QWERTY).

Changement de touche galère, il faudra prendre votre mal en patience pour assigner vos touches en Azerty.

Globalement les options sont très limitées et l'interface très vieillote.

Pas de paramètre de son.

Un mixage audio pas très audible avec les dialogues, on entend parfois le clic de fin d'enregistrement.

Difficulté de compréhension avec la place des fêtes, et la gestion des dieux en général.

Les graphismes ne sont pas aussi bon que sur Zeus, sortie en 2000. La comparaison entre les deux jeux avec 20 ans d'écart est assez douloureux pour Nebuchadnezzar.

Domage qu'on ait pas accès à tous les batiments des le début de la campagne et que cela ne soit pas indiqué, les premières missions font un peu peur car on a l'impression que le jeu est relativement vide. Alors qu'il y a énormément de batiments et de ressource qui apparaissent au fil des missions.

Le passfinding des chemins est mauvais, pas de tracé automatique évitant les obstacles.

On ne peut pas "vider" les stockages sans détruire les marchandises.

La partie commerce et carte du monde est très fouillie.

La gestion de la santé, sécurité, incendie etc. On dirait vraiment que c'est aléatoire. J'ai beau avoir plusieurs médecin pour un petit quartier, il y aura quand même des épidémies. Idem pour les incendie etc. Il y a des révoltes et des grèves alors que les impôts sont au minimum et les salaires les plus haut.

En voulant avoir un coté nostalgique trop poussé on a l'impression de jouer à un jeu qui a plus de 20ans au niveau de son interface.

Le positif :

Avoir un contexte historique peu connu et des infos disséminés un peu partout est très sympa pour en apprendre plus sur cette civilisation.

L'idée de faire le design de ses propres temples/monument est vraiment sympa.

Bilan :
Je pense continuer de jouer au jeu car c'est vraiment une catégorie de jeu que j'affectionne et son contexte est original. Mais il reste globalement bien derrière Zeus ou Pharaoh.

Feb 26, 2026·7h·Verified

Steam User 0378STEAMNot recommended

Despite being made a quarter of a century after the old Impressions city builders, this callback to those titles feels less polished and lacking in QoL features than a bunch of games made 25+ years ago, and with a worse UI on top of that. I was hoping this would scratch the Caesar 3/Pharaoh itch, but this ain't it.

Feb 23, 2026·7h·6·Verified

Steam User 1981STEAMRecommended

Juegazo, deberían hacer más.

Feb 23, 2026·25h·Verified

Steam User 9734STEAMNot recommended

Nebuchadnezzar is a city-planning game where you are actually required to plan your city or else it goes to ♥♥♥♥ pretty quickly. And by that I mean you need to spreadsheet it and plan what you're going to put in each square. Otherwise it starts turning to spaghetti real quick trying to make sure each production building is within range of a warehouse, but then also setting up manual routes to transport goods across the city, instead of the workers actually just transporting goods across the city, you know, like every other city builder game.

tl;dr
It's Pharaoh if Pharaoh added a few QOL features, and lots of needless complication to basic aspects of the game.

Feb 22, 2026·2h·7·Verified

Steam User 7627STEAMNot recommended

Я ожидал что-то близкое к цезарь 3, фараон(собственно с кем он в комплекте был) или их греческими или китайскими аналогами. Но этот проект черпает вдохновение от цезарь 4, кто любит цезарь 4 то вам подойдет, но если вы любитель четырех выше указанных проектов, не нужно трать на нее время. Проект имеет место быть, я поставил минус больше за то что я предположил что это аналог фараону, из-за рекламы. А в целом это нейтральный проходной проект, не плохой не хороший. Просто не рекламируйте с фараоном и не вводите в заблуждение.
Обзор: Музыка мне очень не понравилась не создает атмосферы, рисовка приличная, механика есть интересные моменты но меня не зацепила, я люблю другое. интерфейс и навигация по нему не понравилась много есть вопросов и что я бы переделал. обучение не внятное, оценить глубину гейм плея полностью не смог, проект не смог удержать хотя я как работающий в этой сфере трижды заходил в игру но не смог себя удержать, по огромную ряду причин тут все писать не уместить и не надо это не кому.
А так за 3-5$ ее купить не жалко, поддержать разработчиков все таки старались...

Feb 21, 2026·5h·1·Verified

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