What is the Humankind release date? Humankind is the highly anticipated historical turn-based strategy game coming from Amplitude Studios. It’s being published by SEGA and represents a new take on the 4X game genre. It’s got Firaxis’ Civilization series square in its sights and is coming for the crown. Better yet, we know when the war will begin.
After initially announcing an April release, Sega then delayed the Humankind release date to August 2021 at the end of March. This was to give them extra development time and improve aspects of the game that came to light during the “Lucy” OpenDev beta sessions. This will include improvements to accessibility, pacing, balancing, diplomacy, and AI, among other things. You can read more about the planned improvements in this developer update released March 2020.
Humankind is currently available for pre-order, and will be released on PC and Mac, across all your potential platforms of choice: Steam, the Epic Games Store, and even Google Stadia, all from day one. You can read more about pre-purchase incentives below. We’ve also collected everything else we know about Humankind while we wait for release.
Humankind will release on PC via Steam on August 17, 2021.
Humankind pre-orders
Humankind is available for pre-order. You can pre-purchase the digital deluxe edition on Steam, the Epic Games Store, and Google Stadia. Full details of pre-order locations are available via the official website.
We’ve quite enjoyed what we played of Humankind so far, during the Lucy OpenDev and before. It definitely has an organic quality to it that Civilization has historically struggled to offer. We’re looking forward to experiencing how the final vision has come together.
