Rise of Cultures: Kingdom game
Build a City, Discover History
Ratings
Age
9+
Category
Strategy
Languages
English
Sat Feb 14 2026
In this version, we've ironed out some problems and focused on improvements for the stability of the game, to better your playing experience.
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Rise of Cultures is a deep strategy game that lets you experience history firsthand. Players build multiple cities across different civilizations, unlocking new cultures as they progress. From researching new technologies with famous historical figures to fighting strategic battles, the game offers a wide variety of activities. You can choose to expand through conquest or maintain friendly relations through trade and diplomacy.
Dinsun Expert Review
Our Expert Score
Rise of Cultures is InnoGames' refined successor to Forge of Empires, and it manages to fix almost every pain point of its predecessor. The game is a city-builder that takes you through the history of mankind, from the Stone Age to the Industrial Revolution. What makes it special is the cultural depth; you aren't just building 'generic' houses, you're interacting with historical figures like Cleopatra, Caesar, and Einstein to advance your civilization.
The strategic combat system is a highlight, moving away from simple stat-checking to a system where unit placement and timing actually matter. The graphics are colorful and inviting, and the social aspects, like trading and alliances, are well-integrated without being forced. While it does include typical free-to-play elements like timers and loot boxes, the quality of life and the speed of progression make it feel much fairer than most games in the genre. It's easily one of the best kingdom-builders currently available.
Features
Build and manage multiple historical civilizations
Interact with historical icons like Cleopatra and Einstein
Tactical real-time combat system
Global trading and alliance features
Upcoming Events
Tips & Walkthrough
Focus on upgrading your 'Research' buildings first. Higher technology levels unlock more efficient resource production, which is vital for building larger armies.
Gameplays
Balance the happiness of your citizens with your industrial needs. In combat, place your melee units in front and ranged units behind to maximize your tactical advantage.
Screenshot
Q&A
Yes, Rise of Cultures is free to download and play, with optional in-app purchases for faster progress.
Ratings & Reviews
Incredible mobile game
Tue May 02 2023 ArielleWashingtonThis is by far the best mobile game that I’ve ever played. Not only is this not a sponsored review, but I’ve never even written a review for any app or game. This game is so awesome that I just had to. Not only do you build your own culture, but you also build several allied cultures as well. You can also join an alliance where your collective goal is to build an alliance based city, to expand, and to rank to the top. I’m currently in one of the top 100 alliances which makes game play even more enjoyable. This game is very in depth and is not overly filled with ads (in fact, you don’t even need to watch any ads if you don’t want the bonus research points or resources every day). It’s also definitely not a necessary pay to play game. You can easily get all of the gems that you could realistically need by just doing the daily exploration quests. You expand your culture by conquering other cultures, trading resources that your culture creates with others who play, and by banking the resources that you have in order to expand your culture and further your cultures research. There are also pirate themed treasure hunts which are really fun. The graphics are cute too and are not glitchy at all. There are very minimal to zero time out/app freezes. Overall, this game is the best! I definitely recommend 100%!
Great attention to detail and love the art style!
Mon Mar 01 2021 Storm172All of the buildings and the workers working or animals in the buildings is very fun and enjoyable to just see what’s going on in your civilization and being able to visually watch stuff change as buildings are upgraded is great to see! I think the only thing very lacking is how the combat is. It’s way to simple and it’s more or less just watching your units fight with no real way to be strategic or involve any real tactics. I think if they can fix the combat to make it feel more strategic like maybe you could give your units different types of perks to choose from before the battle so you could mix and match what could work in fights or expand how combat actually works I think this game would have a strong foundation for being one of the best games on the App Store. And also maybe the developers could add different types of events that you could do once the combat is more in depth or maybe add some form of puzzle events that you could do as well as combat events I think this game will just be insane. Also there needs to be a way to link the account to Facebook or an email so we don’t lose progress. There’s so much they could do with the foundation they have currently. Can’t wait!
good game, but needs more features
Sun Jun 01 2025 Bobby Bobatron Jr.This game stands out from other games that are like it, this game has more detail, and in my opinion, it’s funner than games like Rise of Kingdoms or Heroes of History, because it has less ads and pay to win, and more strategical battles and gameplay. But one thing you must do is often times Im just waiting for my scouts to scout out land, or to upgrade a barrack, or to expand my land, and I love this game, I wanna play for like 2 hours at a time, but it’s hard to do that without getting slightly bored so maybe add a few features to help pass the time when waiting to upgrade a building or scouting so I can have more fun, and I know you add lots of stuff like friends and Celtic or Mongol events or stuff like that but none of my friends play, and even if they did they’re wouldn’t be much to do with them and the events do not have a lot of stuff to participate in with each event, and I think you could add features like training as a Spartan, or a Samurai or a Knight in like a 3D experience as if you are an actual soldier like in the game. Or maybe a garden to grow fruits for trading, or building little trading metals. Ngl, those ideas aren’t the best but you guys are madly creative, and you could cook something up that would brighten the whole experience. Sincerely, Bobby Bobatron Jr.
Fun game, but a few MAJOR design flaws
Sun Feb 13 2022 ProfBoyerISUOverall this game is well done, with a very pleasing visual design and rather intuitive play. I am very pleased at the ability to fully redesign your city at any time with the ‘stash all’ feature (oh to have this in Elvenar!) Although space is often at a premium, it forces making choices which I am okay with. It’s tough to get the extra wonders and premium buildings, but I’m patient enough to earn them. But here’s the feature that will likely drive me away from the game - trade coins. I am okay with only producing one of three goods and having to trade for the other two I need. I can also see that using ‘trade coins’ frees up the need for making balanced or unbalanced trades which causes so much frustration in Elvenar. The problem is that right now, the pool of trade coins is a LIMITED POOL. Everyone gets 750 coins when they first learn trade, and so far that’s it. The entire trade pool is limited to 750*pkayers. If someone has more than 750, it must come from someone else. Even worse, there’s an NPC merchant that REDUCES the pool if you buy from them. There is no mechanic for increasing the pool. Supposedly there will be a trade partner discount, but I’m worried the system will die before it starts taking effect. PLEASE fix the the trade coin pool before the game dies. Maybe free trade coins a day to people or bonus coins for trading?
Needs a few things
Tue Mar 01 2022 QueenHavokThe game is pretty fun, great time burner. It’s a classic progression builder, you don’t have to worry about pay to play players buying their way to the top and crushing everyone taking resources etc. Its just you vs A.I in mini battles, treasure hunt alliance mini game and collecting resources! Would be nice to see a “last played or logged in since” type of thing on the alliance list. 20 player roster gets filled fast and it’s hard to tell who is active and who isn’t. Hate kicking people to make room without knowing how long it’s been since they played. Also the gold and food ratio is not close to balanced. Easy to get millions in gold and can barely keep 2-3 hundred thousand in food. Also should be able to better search the trade screen. If I have 6000 coins it doesn’t mean I want to spend 6k on a item. When searching if you have a lot of coins they only show capped things to buy. Makes you spend all your coins on 1 thing. Sometimes I only want a small amount of something not all. The treasure hunt rewards could be a little more exciting and rewarding. 10 research for first place is pretty boring. Still the game is very fun and worth downloading. Look forward to updates.
Fun but some balancing issues!
Mon Feb 28 2022 ...Buler...The resource grind in this game is steep! The gold is easy to get since it’s automatic but the food! You have to run it consistently and on the most efficient short time setting to make enough food to continue while keeping up with the research and upgrading buildings. Another issue is the wonders and the amount of space you have. I love the wonders and they are great but since launch they’ve added more and we the amount of space you have doesn’t match the amount of buildings you get or are required to have. I had to purchase land tiles with gems which cost money to keep up. There are often challenges that require you to build six farms or more later in the game to continue but you probably can only run three regularly which and only have room for maybe four or five which is annoying because now they are a waste of space and you’ll need them again later for the next time that challenge happens so you can’t delete it. Suggestion: revise the amount of area we get, maybe create a way that farms can be made smaller or create a new space called the fields which have the farming space. Or just increase the area you can expand and make sure it fits building for all the event buildings. UPDATE I’m in the next era and I can’t put down more required buildings without buying more land.
Great early game, ruined by devs
Sun Mar 05 2023 Freshness99445(Edit:started at 5 stars, 1 removed for each edit) I’ve been playing for roughly 8 months and I really enjoy everything this game has to offer, except armies. In that time, I reached the Byzantine Era. In this era, failure of all units results in one hour of waiting to attempt again. Upgrading the Pirate Fortress decreases the wait time the most for armies (30+%) but getting upgrades are unachievable. After a year of playing I upgraded it 3/40 times! Edit: Battles with two phases are extremely difficult to win, without gems. The second phase never lets you have a full army. You go in handicapped against enemies 50% stronger than you. It’s awful! Edit: Battle Passes are ruining the game. Locking new building behind paywalls is not a fun experience. Nobody liked that. Edit: Wonders took a massive hit. If you need a legendary blueprint go grind. It will takes months to get one. The random number generator is awful, because you will never get the blueprint you are looking for. Here’s the math for a Legendary Blueprint: You need 80 orbs per Leg Blueprint at 200 parts per orb = 16,000 parts needed per orb. 15 parts times 5 a day (helping others)= 75 parts per day. Studio also gives 25 parts per day. For a total of 100 parts per day. 16,000 total parts divided by 100 parts per day equals 160 days of constant play. Or 4 months per legendary blueprint! This game is broken. Dont play it.
IMPOSSIBLE TO REPORT A PROBLEM! NEED TO SPEAK TO A REAL PETSON!!!
Sun Oct 01 2023 jen7779I really like this game unfortunately, there is no way to report a problem and actually HAVE CONTACT WITH A REAL PERSON! I have tried to report the problem through the game…Impossible! No area to report the problem…so, no solution! I tried same through here, again, no area listed for it! So, Developers, again, no way to get a solution to resolve the problem! THERE NEEDS TO BE A WAY FOR ACTUAL CONTACT WITH A HUMAN IN ORDER TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM AND NOT GET BOUNCED AROUND WITH NO SOLUTION! If I could contact a person instead of a pick a problem, that doesn’t include my problem, it could be resolved. How about doing so. If someone would do this I would give 5 Stars ⭐️. HELP! Thank you. PROBLEM#2- Supposed to conquer land in Sumerian Empire got all but last piece of land. Problem is their army is larger than mine so, I lose. Can’t upgrade my army because i need to be in the Minoan Era but, still in the Bronze Era,need another building to do that. Again can’t do that until my army defeats the Sumerian army and I get to expand. Do you the problem! Round and Round we go, with no way to contact “ ACTUAL PEOPLE FOR HELP”!!! How about some answers! UPDATE- Thanks for getting back to me, I Shout because I’m extremely frustrated by not being able to contact a Real Person. If you know how to contact a Real Person PLEASE, tell me.
Some Youtube Videos found!
Rise of Cultures: Kingdom game - Global Version Gameplay (Bluestacks/Android/IOS)
Rise of Cultures (by InnoGames) IOS Gameplay Video (HD) - YouTube
Rise of Cultures: Kingdom game Gameplay (Bluestacks/Android/iOS) - YouTube
Rise of Cultures - Android/iOS Gameplay (By InnoGames GmbH) - YouTube
RISE OF CULTURES Gameplay Android Part 1 - YouTube
Rise of Cultures Android Gameplay - YouTube
News found!
Heroes of History is InnoGames' upcoming time-trotting strategy game, pre-registrations now openInnoGames, the developers behind Forge of Empires and Rise of Cultures, have revealed their newest game; Heroes of History.
Pocket Gamer Sat Mar 01 2025
Play Rise Of Cultures Online For FreeRise of Cultures is a relatively new browser and mobile game that puts players in control of an empire that starts from nothing but can become everything.
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Insider Gaming Sat Mar 01 2025
Rise of Cultures latest event takes players through the world of the Celtic civilizationInnoGames has announced a new event coming to their mobile strategy game Rise of Cultures. Players can welcome the Celtic empire,...
Pocket Gamer Sat Oct 29 2022
Rise of Cultures hosts Mongol Event, introducing a bunch of new challenges and rewards alongside Genghis Khan himselfRise of Cultures, the freshly released historical-based strategy base builder by InnoGames, has announced the newest addition to its roster...
Pocket Gamer Sun Jan 29 2023
Rise of Cultures: Kingdom game by InnoGamesBuild epic cities and explore a variety of cultures. Find the best strategy to rule your lands. Progress through the game and dive into the well-known cultures...
AppAdvice Sat Oct 29 2022
Rise of Cultures introduces the Mongol event 2022 featuring the iconic Genghis KhanRise of Cultures is a new city-building game by InnoGames that is based on the actual historical evolution of past civilizations.
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