Games set in ancient Egypt sorted by release date

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.

Most popular ancient Egypt applications

Age of Empires

strategyWindows XP/98/95

Pharaoh

simulationWindows XP/98/95

Pyramids of Egypt

actionDOS

Ancient Egypt applications

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Infidel

DOS19833.3/5 Infocom
Encyclopedia of War: Ancient Battles

DOS19882.8/5 Cases Computer Simulations
Total Eclipse

DOS19883.8/5 Major Developments
Day of the Pharaoh

DOS19893/5 Chip
Eye of Horus

DOS19894.1/5 Denton Designs
Pyramids of Egypt

DOS19894/5 Ideas From the Deep
Pharaoh's Tomb

DOS19904.1/5 Micro F/X Software
Super Solvers: Challenge of the Ancient Empires

DOS19904.1/5 The Learning Company
Age of Empires

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.2/5 Ensemble Studios

Age of Empires, published by Microsoft and developed by Ensemble Studios, is one of the most popular historical RTS and started a successful series. The player must guide a civilization from prehistory to the iron age, battling other civilizations, building and gathering resources.
Chasm: The Rift

DOS19974.1/5 Action Forms
Pharoah's Curse

Windows 3.x1998remake3.6/5
Pharaoh

Windows XP/98/951999protected4.2/5 Impressions Games