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4 years ago Oct 21,2020, 16:14:40 PM

Humankind Pre-Purchase & Stadia OpenDev

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We've got exciting news to share with you today!

Some of this is news many of you have been waiting and even asking for.

Some of this will be a surprise, but a welcome one to be sure.



HUMANKIND Release Date and Pre-Orders

Firstly, the date many of you have been waiting for: We will release Humankind in April 2021.

Secondly: Humankind is now available for pre-order on humankind.game, Steam, Epic Game Store, and Stadia, as well as physical editions from retail stores. If you pre-order the game now, you will receive exclusive pre-order bonus content, and you can even grab the Digital Deluxe Editions with even more bonus content at a 15% discount!

Check out our new trailer and the bonus content below:




Digital Deluxe Edition Bonus Content

  • In-Game Notre-Dame Pack
    • Notre-Dame Wonder – to be built in game
    • Notre-Dame Narrative Events - Adds Narrative Events themed around Wonders such as Notre-Dame
    • Victor Hugo Avatar Set - Adds Victor Hugo Set to customize your Avatar
    • “Inspirational” Avatar Personality - Adds the “Inspirational” Personality to customize your Avatar
  • Official Digital Soundtrack – All HUMANKIND™ tracks created by Arnaud Roy (previously known as FlybyNo) in .mp3 format
  • Unit & Tech Tree .pdf - An at-a-glance view of the full Unit & Tech Trees of the game


Pre-Purchase Bonus Content

  • Boudicca Avatar Set - Adds Boudicca Set to customize you Avatar
  • Player Profile Pre-Purchase Decoration - Adds an exclusive Decoration to customize your Player Profile
  • Player Profile Symbol Set - Adds 10 exclusive Symbols to customize your Player Profile



You can also pre-order the physical edition from select retailers. All the bonus content mentioned above is included in this edition, along with a physical copy of the Tech Tree & Unit Upgrade Poster, and a limited edition decision coin (One more turn, anyone?)



Play the HUMANKIND Stadia OpenDev Beta now, for free!

Finally, the big surprise we have for all of you:

Not only is Humankind coming to Stadia, but for the next seven days you can try a new OpenDev scenario on Stadia for free! Play about 100 turns, lead the Nubians through the Ancient Era, and play through the Classical Era as the culture of your choice for the first time ever. Afterwards, you can share your feedback with us through a survey and here on the forums.

All you need is a google account. No subscription required.

Click here to try it now!



We hope you're as excited about these news as we are, and that you'll have fun with the Stadia OpenDev scenario.

-- The Amplitude Team

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4 years ago
Oct 23, 2020, 9:30:48 AM
Sublustris wrote:

Not only full price $60, but also terrible regional pricing across the globe. I expected better.


As a Non-American gamer... Yeah.. not the best regional pricing, if i may say so myself. I honestly expected better prices for non-western gamers :-(

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4 years ago
Oct 21, 2020, 9:59:15 PM

Couldn't you use a VPN to use Stadia if you are not in the right location???  

Sublustris wrote:

Oh, great...


  1. Where is Stadia available?
    Stadia is available to those based in the following countries:
    • Belgium
    • Canada
    • Denmark
    • Finland
    • France
    • Germany
    • Ireland
    • Italy
    • Netherlands
    • Norway
    • Spain
    • Sweden
    • United Kingdom
    • United States (except Guam, Hawaii, and the U.S. Virgin Islands)

Send my regards to the person who came up with the idea

Couldn't you use a VPN to use Stadia if you are not in the right location???  

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4 years ago
Oct 22, 2020, 5:35:12 AM

No, because you are also required to change Google Pay country

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4 years ago
Oct 22, 2020, 7:10:54 AM

I was very much looking forward to this game, so I want you to be able to play from Japan

I bought a pre-order but it's very sad that I can't play the dev version

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4 years ago
Oct 22, 2020, 11:12:28 PM

Wow the Stadia Open Dev was awesome :) Had a blast. I played countless hours Endless Space and Endless Space 2. I can't wait to play more Humankind. 

Instant Stadia Pre-Order =)

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4 years ago
Oct 22, 2020, 11:55:23 PM

Is there an instruction PDF somewhere I can read?  I have watched so many videos but seem to be too dumb to understand some of the mechanics such as food and population, I cannot play Civ 6 because it is sooooooo complicated and makes no sense, I hope I will be able to get my head around Humankind cuz I need to be able to really immerse myself in this game when it comes out, 

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4 years ago
Oct 22, 2020, 11:57:05 PM

I really just need to understand how population works, and why a city only has 1 or 2 population, and how production works and what it means, I never played any 4X games until a few months ago when I got Civ 6 but I did not understand any of it, then got excited when I saw Humankind but I am worried I am not going to be able to understand how to play properly 

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4 years ago
Oct 23, 2020, 6:05:49 AM

pre purchased deluxe game :)

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4 years ago
Oct 23, 2020, 7:44:05 AM

So, this OpenDev scenario is only available for Stadia? I tried opening OpenDev on Steam again but it told me that the exe-file did not exist. So I guess not? Or is it supposed to come at a later date?

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4 years ago
Oct 23, 2020, 1:45:09 PM
The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales wrote:

Yes, this OpenDev Scenario is only available on Stadia.

As much as I dislike Googles data hunger, I think I see the advantages of beta testing via Stadia, concentrating on content, not on technical issues, and not having to distribute any binaries. Do you get additional feedback from Stadia, maybe comparable to Steam achievements?

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4 years ago
Oct 23, 2020, 2:14:49 PM

How can I get information about retail stores in my country or, if i can't buy/pre-order physical copy, how can I order this version of game to my country?

Belarus, CIS

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4 years ago
Oct 24, 2020, 8:31:50 PM


damn bro some of us enjoy stadia it actually works, its a new gaming platform and yea it sucks its not in every country just like steam didnt launch in every country in 2003 and PC community really hated steam long long time ago. Stadia has its flaws yes but they ask for tons of feedback from the community this is the game  we ask for since day 1 of launch so of us are old and have kids and love games like this. YOU know how many times i emailed the devs from civilization 6 ? 50 times lol this is was a great surpise for me, i'm in love with the game but DONT CRAP on a new gaming platform without trying it, and you know good for the devs here for taking googles money guess what it makes the game better ( hopefully ) these people are getting income to bring an epic game to every type of gamer OLD and YOUNG ... youll get when you're running a family restaurant and have two kids and your gamer at heart idk lol 

Nightspeller wrote:

Hi, and thank you for great news!


Please don't get me wrong - I am super excited about the game and will happily preorder it, but I also feel obligated to mention a few things:

1) What is it with Stadia-exclusive OpenDev? I mean come on, I hope they at least payed you well to deprive your loyal PC fans in favor of some lousy cloud gaming thing-y... But if not, please don't do it - Stadia might be okay in a case or two, but overall it is simply google's moneygrab which IMHO should be avoided.

2) Why do preorder on Epic Store and Steam cost the same? Isn't the whole point of having anything on EGS is to save some money on store comission? It would be nice and fair if you would pass at least some of these savings to customers - after all it is us who have to deal with that questionable store to make these savings possible...
3) Again, don't get me wrong - I am not a fan of Steam neither - GOG sounds like a better place for me, which is missing from the list - I hope only temprary?

That being said, I do wish you the best of luck, and looking forward to more information, playable content (beta maybe?) and great game in April 2021!


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4 years ago
Oct 24, 2020, 11:04:57 PM

Is there any word on crossplay between these different storefront versions? I wouldn't want to purchase a version which might seperate me from other players.

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4 years ago
Oct 25, 2020, 8:25:43 PM

Well, Stadia is one of the worst experiences I've had in gaming no wonder it's failing. I'll just have to wait until next year.


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