

Pharaoh 1999
Developed by Impressions Games
- Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Historical
Pharaoh is a 1999 strategy game developed by Impressions Games and published by Sierra Entertainment.
Real Time Strategy (RTS)SimulatorStrategyHistoricalmanagementegyptcity builderbronze agePC (Microsoft Windows)
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Character
Earnest, plot-driven, classical in form and cool.
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- gravecomic
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Developer
- Impressions Games
- Publisher
- Sierra Entertainment
- Released
- November 2, 1999
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Time to beat
- 240 h completionist
IGDB rating 7.8/10 from 69 ratings.
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