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TFM: The First Men

An open-world colony sim based on stories of the first men. Infinite possibilities await your very own Adam and Eve as they embark on a generation-spanning adventure. How will you shape their future?

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Gathering Tree
Publisher
Gathering Tree
Release
November 2, 2022
3 years and 274 days ago
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About the Game

TFM: The First Men is an open-world colony sim inspired by the creation stories, and enriched with character-driven base building, party-based exploration, and tactical real-time with pause combat.

CHARACTER-DRIVEN BASE BUILDING

Build your settlement, assign your characters to various jobs, and help them choose the right path when they level-up their professions, where these choices will echo for generations - as they can be the doom or the boon to your future!


PARTY-BASED EXPLORATION

Team up your characters as you lead a party of heroes in an RPG - discover a living and breathing world full of wonder that rewards exploration as you traverse, interact and learn more about the multitude of races, authentic cultures, mythical creatures, and special characters you will encounter during your adventures.


TACTICAL REAL-TIME WITH PAUSE COMBAT

Survive the invasions or claim other regions in an unending cycle of war where adaptation is the key to success - raise children, train warriors, distribute loot, synergize your party - these are all important parts of your grand strategy, as all enemies you encounter, whether a gang of orcs, a pack of wolves, or a swarm of ghouls, each will have respective threats to overcome.


CREATION STORIES ABOUT THE FIRST MEN

Help reshape the ancient, untold stories of how mankind started its ambitious journey of life. Suffer the struggles they’ve been through together and help them overcome the challenges of loneliness when they were afresh in their universe.
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