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khos85 · Published by khos85
Mixed — 43% positive (30 reviews)
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Archaeology X is an open world Archaeology exploration game where you dig for ancient treasures, relics. Discover items hidden for 1000's of years, also explore long lost caves or tombs.
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Adventure, Indie, Simulation · 2018 · More free games
Embark on thrilling archaeological expeditions in ArchaeologyX, an indie simulation where your quest for lost relics and hidden treasures spans expansive, immersive worlds.
About this game
Archaeology X is an open world Archaeology exploration game where you dig for treasures, relics. Use your notebook and research to discover ancient items hidden for 1000's of years, also explore long lost caves or tombs. Finding relics / treasures will be challenging, just like with real life archaeology, carefully study and decipher location clues from the research in your notebook to estimate dig sites.
Key Features:
Enter an living open world (over or underground), exploring. Looking for and digging out the remnants of ancient civilisations, in relaxing environment.
With patience and perseverance will bring success, just like real Archaeology exploration.
Be brave, go out at night or get some sleep in your tent.
Meet other local people in game, chat to them for clues, locate a radio station to send messages via radio/telegraph to your home about new discoveries made. Be careful with digging, you might break the fragile relics. As you dig if you discover something of interest you can zoom in and dig close up and carefully not to risk breaking the relic. If walking is too far then use other forms of transport available to go to other areas faster, such as cars, horses or camels.
Realistic digging mechanic:
Key Features:
Enter an living open world (over or underground), exploring. Looking for and digging out the remnants of ancient civilisations, in relaxing environment.
With patience and perseverance will bring success, just like real Archaeology exploration.
- Includes help and quick guide section to get you started.
- Play the role of an archaeologist, treasure hunter and adventurer.
- Realistic digging mechanics, archaeology, into different types of earth and rock to dig through.
- Mark your dig sites with tape in case you want to come back later, to remember your last dig area.
- Use torches when exploring underground areas/tombs,
- Travel with vehicles or animals, or swim (mind animals like crocs though). Watch out for dangerous animals or thieves that could hurt you, steal your loot.
- Use your research from your notebook to discover clues where to dig (relics/treasures might not always be in the place you expect! Won't be easy to find them), e.g. decipher hieroglyphs, or try to match possible locations from sketches/maps.
- Scavenge food and water to survive, sell or buy food with money you make.
- Visit shops to buy/sell food/treasures in other towns, or go to the museum to display your treasures found (bear in mind these may not be located close by, meaning travelling and discovering).
Be brave, go out at night or get some sleep in your tent.
Meet other local people in game, chat to them for clues, locate a radio station to send messages via radio/telegraph to your home about new discoveries made. Be careful with digging, you might break the fragile relics. As you dig if you discover something of interest you can zoom in and dig close up and carefully not to risk breaking the relic. If walking is too far then use other forms of transport available to go to other areas faster, such as cars, horses or camels.
Realistic digging mechanic:
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Core i5 equivalent
- Memory: 4000 MB RAM
- Graphics: nVidia gtx 760
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Sound Card: NA
Recommended
Recommended:
- OS *: Windows 8/10
- Processor: Core i7 equivalent
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: nvidia 980 / 1060 equivalent
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Sound Card: NA
Supported Languages
English*
*languages with full audio support
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
Going free
With the recent Unity Runtime Fee being announced it will affect this title, it will be made free.Read full article on Community Announcements (Khos)AnnouncementsOfficial
Share screenhots of your digging
We would love to see your screenshots of the digging you have done in-game, see a sample of ours here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1828512476Read full article on Community Announcements (Khos)Patch NotesOfficial
Update incoming.
You will have noticed an update was published. This includes: -Adjusted health loss calculation if falling/jumping from big height. -Egypt level:Fixed some scripting/materials not showing correctly in cave areas. -Added option to stop sand/dune slow reset, gives unlimited time to dig without loosing current progress(sand growing back slowly), sand does not reset at all. To access: While in game, press the Escape key, on menu there is a button at bottom of menu to turn this on/off. Please do not hesitate to provide feedback or have questions.Read full article on Community Announcements (Khos)Patch NotesOfficial
Update incoming
Hi, Watch out for an update coming soon, this includes some improvements and also better lighting effects. Please do let us know if you have any comments / feedback.Read full article on Community Announcements (Khos)AnnouncementsOfficial
Enabled discount now for the Christmas / New Year period.
Apologies that this is a bit late, have been able to enable a discount now for the Christmas / New Year period, lasts 10 days.Read full article on Community Announcements (Khos)
