Jon Shafer's At the Gates
At The Gates is an empire builder. If you're unfamiliar with the genre, a good example is Sid Meier's Civilization. Starting with a small tribe, you must explore the world, exploit its scarce resources, and…
Jon Shafer's At the Gates is an indie developed by Conifer Games, released 23 January 2019 on iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Jon Shafer's At the Gates is
Jon Shafer's At the Gates is an indie game developed by Conifer Games and released in 2019. It is available on iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
At The Gates is an empire builder. If you're unfamiliar with the genre, a good example is Sid Meier's Civilization. Starting with a small tribe, you must explore the world, exploit its scarce resources, and eliminate or outsmart potential enemies. The decisions you make start off simple but grow in complexity until you command a mighty economic and military powerhouse. Over the course of a single game your tribe will migrate to more lush and bountiful lands, conquer and barter with other clans, work alongside the Romans, learn from them... and finally destroy them. Along the way, you'll need to master the art of war and craft cunning plans to strengthen your kingdom - all while enduring the…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), historical and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Jon Shafer's At the Gates holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 41% of the 5,101 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 2 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1.6 Ghz, 2 GB RAM and X1950 Pro, 7900 GT. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it launched against
Jon Shafer's At the Gates launched on 23 January 2019, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2, Kingdom Hearts III, Slay the Spire and Apex Legends. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 2, Kingdom Hearts III, Slay the Spire, Apex Legends.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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