Abandonware DOS title

Games set in ancient Egypt

Pharaohs, pyramids, gods with animal heads, the Nile. These games are all set in ancient Egypt in one way or another: realistic simulations or strategy games, platformers loosely based on Egyptian mythology, etc.

Ancient Egypt: most popular games

Age of Empires
Age of Empires
strategyWindows XP/98/95
Pyramids of Egypt
Pyramids of Egypt
actionDOS
Pharaoh
Pharaoh
simulationWindows XP/98/95
Chasm: The Rift
Chasm: The Rift
shooterDOS
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Age of Empires

Windows XP/98/951997protecteddemo Ensemble Studios
Released in 1997, Age of Empires is what happens when ancient history gets drunk and decides to party. You start in the Stone Age, bashing wild boars and clubbing trees, and before...
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Chasm: The Rift

DOS1997 Action Forms
Before Half-Life, there was Chasm: The Rift, a game where time-traveling mutants explode into limbs and every room looks like it was decorated by a doom-metal band. A first-person ...
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Day of the Pharaoh

DOS1989 Chip
If you’ve ever wanted to manage your own pyramid scheme—literally—Day of the Pharaoh (1989) is your ticket. This strategy game sets you in ancient Egypt, juggling...
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Encyclopedia of War: Ancient Battles

DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations
If you’ve ever wanted to command armies older than your great-great-great-grandparents, Encyclopedia of War: Ancient Battles is your time machine with a keyboard. Released in...
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Eye of Horus

DOS1989 Denton Designs
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Infidel

DOS1983 Infocom
In Infidel, you play a not-so-noble adventurer whose moral compass is spinning like a broken ceiling fan. As a treasure-hungry explorer poking around an ancient Egyptian tomb, you ...
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Pharaoh

Windows XP/98/951999protected Impressions Games
Pharaoh is a city-building strategy game released in 1999 by Impressions Games and published by Sierra Studios. It is set in ancient Egypt and is heavily inspired by Caesar III, an...
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Pharaoh's Tomb

DOS1990 Micro F/X Software
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Pharoah's Curse

Windows 3.x1998remake
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Pyramids of Egypt

DOS1989 Ideas From the Deep
Adventure meets archaeology in Pyramids of Egypt (1989), a classic maze platformer where you loot tombs, dodge snakes, and pray the ceiling doesn’t collapse on you. You play ...
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Total Eclipse

DOS1988 Major Developments
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