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Primordial Empire

Marc A. Züst (Feisty Cyst), Slug Disco

Primordial Empire is a side-on colony sim on the microscopic level. Cultivate a colony of microbes, plants and animals from small beginnings to mutualistic paradise. Connect the web of life in a tangle of nutrients and trophic balance. Scratch out a living and claim your empire from the rock itself!

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About This Game

Grow. Adapt. Symbiotize.

Welcome to Primordial Empire, a microscopic RTS where you build a miniscule empire through symbiosis and evolution in a vibrant world of micro-organisms.

Strategic Management

  • Cultivate a thriving colony by growing a diverse array of plants and organisms on any solid surface, starting with basic Stem Cells and eventually growing into a diverse ecosystem.

  • Gather and manage essential resources like protein, minerals, and DNA, or trade them between colonies if not locally available. Balance resource management and growth.

  • Expand your colony and build up your defence to protect the budding ecosystem from waves of hostile invaders. Sometimes, fighting is your only option.

Explore & Encounter

  • Explore 6 different types of colourful and distinct biomes: Lush, Salt Barrens, Caves, Mineralized, Fungal and Hydrothermal. Each biome presents unique challenges and strategic resources

  • Choose to befriend neutral wildlife or compete against them, affecting their stances and your colony's strategy. Are they helpful allies or threats to eliminate?

Genetic Evolution

  • Encounter new plants and cells in your adventures and add them to your collective. Each of them offers unique effects and bonuses for expanding your microscopic empire.

  • Evolve and adapt to the ever-changing biomes by unlocking new genes for your genome. Only the fittest can survive!

World Map Progression

  • Enter the world map of freeplay mode to explore and dominate the primordial soup.

  • Establish trade routes between your settlements to transfer resources while protecting them from unfriendly entities.

  • Invade hostile areas with your expeditionary forces, and remove these foreign threats to secure your own colonies.

  • Explore new areas and discover upgrades and organisms to build a sprawling network of ecosystems.

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Community Activity

  1. Primordial EmpireSteam announcement

    August Dev Blog: Salt Barrens

    Hey everyone! A new Dev Blog to share the latest evolution progress of Primordial Empire! The sun has been especially brutal this summer, and with that inspiration, it’s actually…

  2. Primordial EmpireSteam announcement

    July Dev Blog: Strategic World Map

    Hey everyone! Marc here! It’s been a while since the last dev log, and Primordial Empire has evolved a lot! I’ve been doing a lot of work on the strategic parts of the game,…

  3. Primordial EmpireSteam announcement

    June Dev Blog: Scouts and Transports

    Hi everyone! Summer is here, bringing sunshine and warmth to the primordial soup. Thanks to that, our microscopic world is teeming with life, and our growing Collective is…

  4. Primordial EmpireSteam announcement

    March Dev Log: An Early Look at Trading

    Hey everyone! Spring has returned and life in the primordial soup blooms once more. It’s been a while since the last community post and this will be a good time to show some…

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