Humankind is a strategy game where you develop a civilisation through the many ages of humanity's existence, from the nomadic tribes of ancient history to the space age. In many ways comparable to The Civilization games, it offers an immersive world, full of diplomacy, fighting, conquest and expansion, in which to play, offering you the chance to relive and reshape history, and build the future.

In each of the game's six eras, you choose a culture, or faction, to play as through that era. These societies offer different bonuses and penalties, based on their real historical traits, and you need to develop different strategies for each one (there are a million different permutations!). This adds rich replay value as you can go back after completing the game with one society from each era and play again with another. At the end of each era, you then choose which civilisation you want to play as in the next, and the cycle starts over again.

You choose how you want to expand your influence, be it through military domination of other regions or diplomacy; you control the military, develop cities, use politics to your advantage and more as you do so. Combat is turn-based and with surprising depth, offering multiple ways to claim victory over the opposing force. You need to carefully manage resources and choose which areas to invest in; food industry, gold, science, influence, and fame, each offer different perks and allow you to expand in different ways.

Additional content adds more cultures to pay as; at the moment, the Cultures of Africa pack allows you to experience and celebrate parts of African culture ranging across the whole continent and its long and vibrant history. More of these expansions are set to be released in the future that will allow you to immerse yourself in even more cultures.

It's a unique take on the genre, which builds on games like the Civilization games, while adding on the ability to play as different cultures and expand in new ways, allowing for broadened creative expression and a chance for rich and detailed stories to be told.