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Aquatic: Life Begins
- From cell to swimmerBegin as a single cell, develop eyes, and grow into a fish-like creature exploring a fully 3D underwater world.
- Leave the waterEvolve legs and make the leap onto land.
About the game
One world, from the first spark of life
Clade is the story of one world, from the first spark of life to the first ship among the stars. Rise from a single cell in a primordial ocean, crawl onto land as a creature fighting to survive, lead your tribe to become a great civilisation, and carry your people's legacy into a galaxy of rival worlds. Every stage takes place in the same persistent world, shaped by what came before. Play the whole journey, or start at whichever stage you like.
Four stages
Every stage of life
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Creature: Survive the Wild
- Hunt and be huntedManage hunger, thirst and stamina in a wilderness full of predators and prey.
- Grow and gatherRaise your young from hatchling to adult, build nests and run with a pack.
- Design your speciesShape your creature in the creature creator, and watch it walk, swim and hunt the way you built it.
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Civilisation: Conquer a Living Planet
- A world with no edgesBuild your empire across the surface of a whole planet, whether it's a true-to-life Earth or a new world generated from a seed.
- Up to 120 rival empiresSettle cities, gather resources and grow alongside dozens of AI civilisations and independent city-states.
- Advance through the agesLead your people from the Dark Age through the modern era, researching technologies, shaping civics and choosing how you govern.
- Diplomacy that travelsCouriers carry messages, pleas for aid and declarations of war across the world, so distance matters.
- Reach for the skyWin the race to space, and launch your civilisation beyond its homeworld.
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Space: A Galaxy of Rivals
- Explore the starsTravel a galaxy of hyperlane routes, where every star system is a full 3D map.
- Your history shapes the galaxyThe empires you outlasted on your homeworld don't vanish. Their governors break away to found colonies of their own and become your first rivals among the stars.
Play your way
Your world, your pace
Start at any stageEach stage stands on its own as a complete game.
Play with friendsShare a world online and build, trade and fight together.
Create and shareDesign creatures and buildings, and share them with other players through the Steam Workshop.
Real time, your pacePause at any moment, or speed up time when your world is running smoothly.
4X
Strategy
Simulation
Political Sim
Colony Sim
3D
Single-player
Online multiplayer
Steam Workshop
Steam Cloud
- Developer
- Hyena Striata
- Publisher
- Hyena Striata
- Genre
- Indie, Simulation, Strategy
- Platform
- Windows, on Steam
Coming to Steam
Follow the journey
Add Clade to your Steam wishlist to hear the moment it's ready.