Cute, cozy fairy-tale art and vibe
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“A fairy-tale kingdom builder with charm for days. Light, pretty, and perfect for a chill evening.”
Steam review · 25.8 h played ↗
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Very Positive · 86%Very Positive · 86%Grenaa Games2024City Builder · Colony Sim · Sandbox
$20.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A cute, cozy fairy-tale city builder that's easy and relaxing but shallow and short, with a notorious starvation/worker-assignment problem and some crashes. Skip it if you want depth or replayability.
Great for
Players wanting a low-stress, cute fairy-tale city builder for a few relaxing evenings, ideally bought on sale
Main risk
Villagers starving despite plenty of food, plus little content after ~10-20 hours
What players love
Relaxing, low-stress and easy to learn
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“It doesn’t overwhelm you at the start, and you can pretty much jump in and start building your little kingdom without needing a degree in city planning.”
Steam review · 40.4 h played ↗
Good value on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Picked it up for $8, def worth it for a chill builder.”
Steam review · 5.1 h played ↗
Addictive and hard to put down
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Then I played 6 hours straight and only stopped, because my dog reminded me it was walk time. Addictive as hell.”
Steam review · 18.4 h played ↗
Funny narrator and whimsical humor
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“5-stars just for the narrator alone.”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗
Romance and diplomacy with other rulers
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“you can actually court rival princes or princesses by sending gifts, throwing parties and trying to secure your own happily ever after”
Steam review · 23 h played ↗
What players complain about
Too short with little late-game content
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Took me 7 hours to get to "end game" and see everything the game has to offer.”
Steam review · 19.2 h played ↗
Villagers starve despite plenty of food
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Fablins will just starve to death even if you have enough food.”
Steam review · 22.5 h played ↗
Slow pace and lots of waiting
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Slow city builder, where you have to wait, then build all the buildings that become available without any obstacles, then wait some more, and repeat until bored to death.”
Steam review · 8.1 h played ↗
Crashes and save/load failures
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“it started crashing every 20 minutes or so, on the lowest graphics settings”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗
Shallow, easy, no real challenge
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“No challenge even on max difficulty your first playthrough on easy will be the same as your last playthrough on cruel difficulty.”
Steam review · 19.2 h played ↗
Worker/housing assignment is tedious
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Not being able to reassign fablings to a different house closer to their workcenter when it's a core game mechanic is a stupid oversight”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable
Minimum
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2 GHz | AMD FX 8120 @ 3.9 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 1060 / RX 580
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5 4690 @ 3.5 GHz | AMD Ryzen 5 1600x @ 3.6 GHz
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 1070 / RX VEGA-56
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2 GHz | AMD FX 8120 @ 3.9 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 1060 / RX 580
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