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ORACLE: Humanity, Automated

Released

ZANKYO GAMESDiscovered Sep 13, 2026

About the game

Raise a civilization from its first campfire to the age of artificial intelligence in this contemplative idle strategy game. Assign people, grow knowledge, automate every human craft, and listen as ORACLE remembers what progress creates—and what it quietly leaves behind.

Original Steam description
Early Access and What's Next
For now, you can grow a civilization on its homeworld and guide the gradual automation of its people's work. Based on your feedback, we're prioritizing a smoother early game, clearer skill-unlock guidance, better responses from ORACLE, and improved translations. For the full release, we plan to expand the story to new civilizations through planetary expeditions and terraforming.

A civilization begins with two people and a question.

What will they become—and what will remain of them when every task can be done without human hands?

ORACLE is a contemplative idle civilization game about the long handoff from humanity to technology. Put people to work, keep food and materials flowing, unlock new fields of knowledge, and watch a tiny settlement learn to survive, create, organize, and dream.

Build a history that belongs to you

Guide population and labor through changing ages. A discovery in one field can open an unexpected path in another, while the choices you make leave their mark on the civilization that follows.

Turn human skill into momentum

Begin with gathering, hunting, and shelter. Reach agriculture, craft, art, science, society, and philosophy. Train each skill, deepen its mastery, then automate it—freeing human hands for what comes next.

Listen to what progress leaves behind

Automation is powerful, but it is never silent. Lost work becomes Echoes. New eras create Meaning. ORACLE watches the turning points, speaks to your civilization, and keeps a record of the moments numbers alone cannot explain.

  • A calm idle loop with meaningful choices and interconnected progression
  • Population, workforce, resources, skills, mastery, and automation to balance
  • A civilization archive shaped by discoveries, milestones, and irreversible turns
  • Steam achievements and eight supported languages

The homeworld is waiting. Light the first fire—and discover what humanity becomes when it finally learns to replace itself.

Demo and release information

No demo is verified in the current check data. This does not mean the game has never had a demo; check its Steam page for current availability.

Steam demo, playtest and Early Access: what is the difference?

Information & artwork: Steam · Last checked UTC