Early Access
Is The Ancients still being updated?
No. Last updated 2 years ago, with no recorded updates per month, and nothing new since.
Last checked Oct 22, 2026
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About the game
The Ancients is a turn-based survival strategy game where you lead a prehistoric hunter-gatherer tribe through the last ice age. Survive the elements, hunt fierce animals, migrate to new continents, advance your technology, make social and political tribe decisions, and evolve your civilization.
- Indie
- Simulation
- Strategy
The newest build is on the beta branch, more than 36 hours after the public branch. Steam's own Early Access notice looks at the public branch and can miss that beta activity.
Update history
Recent updates
Sep 6, 2024 · Build
beta branch build 15612378
Latest build time Steam reports for the beta branch.
Jul 22, 2024 · Patch note
0.9.11b Hotfix Released (opens in new tab)
Tents are now can be built and missing "tents" icon is fixed. Bug causing game to not applying new effects when learning multiple research nodes is fixed.
Jul 22, 2024 · Build
Public branch build 15111348
Latest build time Steam reports for the public branch.
Jul 17, 2024 · Patch note
A new update (0.9.11) has been released (opens in new tab)
v0.9.11 changelog: Fixed undead animal bug on combat. Added frame rate limit in Display Settings. In events, fixed 0 victim/perpetrator count. In events, fixed death and sickness responses killing all clan. Fixed duplicate research bonus bugs after migration.
Jul 5, 2024 · Patch note
0.9.10 Update (opens in new tab)
v0.9.10 changelog: Save Game, Load Game and Resume issues are now fixed. Kill a creature/predator objectives, target creatures are now created dynamically. Added camping/walking checks for several objectives. Fixed research tree reset bug on save file changing.
Questions
When was the last The Ancients update?
The Ancients last shipped a build on the beta branch 2 years ago (Sep 6, 2024).
How often does The Ancients update?
It got no recorded updates per month over the last year and is rarely updated (0/100). 0 of the last 12 months had at least one update day. Not enough of a cadence to call it regular.
Is The Ancients abandoned?
Yes, it looks that way. There have been no builds or patch notes in over 180 days, or none on record at all.
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