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Ara: History Untold
Create history as you explore, build, lead and conquer.
Play day one with Game Pass
Available 24 September 2024
Trailers and gameplay
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Game features
Explore an immersive living world
Explore a dynamic living world filled with life and charm across sweeping landscapes as you discover the resources you need to develop your nation. Witness the world come to life in vivid, realistic detail as citizens move throughout the world.
![Overhead views of a jungle, snowy mountains, a savannah and a river basin.](https://assets.xboxservices.com/assets/17/5a/175a408c-9ca0-476a-bfd9-cf41196ef058.jpg?n=Ara-History-Untold_Feature-Image-Priority-Full-Width-0_Environment-Combo_1248x702_02.jpg)
Explore an immersive living world
Witness the world come to life as citizens move throughout the world and react dynamically to times of health and sickness, war and peace, and wealth and despair with unique biomes, cultures and eras that represent the diversity of the human experience.
![The city menu of a Mexican civilisation.](https://assets.xboxservices.com/assets/1e/8b/1e8b94bb-167c-4ccd-abb6-9fa41b4b0aa1.jpg?n=Ara-History-Untold_Feature-Image-Priority-Full-Width-0_City-Menus_1248x702.jpg)
Build your nation
Serve your people and grow your prestige with numerous Improvements, from forges to libraries, citadels to cathedrals, public parks to industrial factories - as well as a global variety of the greatest architectural Triumphs ever conceived.
![A knight leader sets up their kingdom.](https://assets.xboxservices.com/assets/7b/a4/7ba426a5-590a-44fc-9e23-1093e75201f1.jpg?n=Ara-History-Untold_Feature-Image-Priority-Full-Width-0_Leader_1248x702.jpg)
Oversee a detailed national economy
Harvest the bounty of the natural world and deploy the labour of your people with a depth-filled National Crafting system. Will you manufacture Amenities – like lavish feasts, or invest in the creation of weapons of war – to prepare your Armies?
Experience true simultaneous turns
Every turn each nation's actions and choices resolve simultaneously, leading to suspense, anticipation, unique outcomes and surprising twists on the classic turn-based formula. Predict your opponent's next move and prove yourself as a true leader.
![Two players make their moves at the same time.](https://assets.xboxservices.com/assets/b4/2e/b42ea4d2-5934-4863-833a-f0952b9746f2.jpg?n=Ara-History-Untold_Feature-Image-Priority-Full-Width-0_Simultaneous-Turns_1248x702_02.jpg)
Experience true simultaneous turns
Every turn each nation's actions and choices resolve simultaneously, leading to suspense, anticipation, unique outcomes and surprising twists on the classic turn-based formula. Predict your opponent's next move and prove yourself as a true leader.
![The new technology menu above the world map.](https://assets.xboxservices.com/assets/85/ae/85ae25ba-e8a6-4c9f-b973-b3fcbc92bcc5.jpg?n=Ara-History-Untold_Feature-Image-Priority-Full-Width-0_Technology_1248x702.jpg)
Prove your worth in online multiplayer
Combining the speed and surprise of true simultaneous turns with the power of the cloud – multiplayer in Ara is fast, seamless, and able to be enjoyed asynchronously. Tailor your experience to the way you want to play together.
Game details
Ara: History Untold is an evolution in historical grand strategy, featuring beloved classic PC strategy mechanics alongside innovative gameplay like a national crafting economy, true simultaneous turn resolution, a non-linear technology tree and cloud-backed synchronous/asynchronous multiplayer – all with an expansive and vibrant presentation where you can zoom out from surveying the very edges of your empire all the way down to your citizens living their daily lives. In Ara, there are no pre-set paths to victory, leading to endless possibilities. Your choices will define the world you create, your experience and your legacy.
Join the Ara History: Untold Insider Programme today! As an Insider you’ll join a passionate community of strategy game fans that receive exclusive updates, invitations to provide feedback, and opportunities to play the game before it is released. Sign up today at arahistoryuntold.com.
Additional information
Publisher
Xbox Game Studios
Developer
Oxide Games
Genre
Strategy
Platforms
Windows 10/11
Release date
24 September 2024
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Included with Game Pass
Pre-install Ara: History Untold and play hundreds of high-quality games for one low monthly price with Game Pass.
Pre-order Ara: History Untold
Build a nation and lead your people throughout history to the pinnacles of human achievement as you explore new lands, develop arts and culture, conduct diplomacy, and go head-to-head with your rivals to prove you are the greatest ruler ever known. It's Your World Now.
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The Deluxe Edition Includes
- Ara: History Untold Base Game
- Exclusive Leader Collection
- Modern Leader Skin Set
With your pre-order of the Deluxe Edition receive the Gilded Leader Skin Set.
Add-ons
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