Relaxing, cozy and addictive
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“It's the perfect game to lean back, relax, and watch your medieval town come to life.”
Steam review · 241.2 h played ↗
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Very Positive · 87%Very Positive · 87%Polymorph Games2025City Builder · Simulation · Strategy
$34.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A beautiful, relaxing gridless medieval city builder with organic growth and modular castles and monasteries. Skip it if you want clear systems, stable performance or lasting challenge.
Great for
Patient players who want a chill, creative, gridless medieval builder to unwind with
Main risk
Opaque, buggy logistics and housing systems that break down as your town grows
What players love
Charming visuals and soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The soundtrack is peaceful, the graphics are beautiful, and being able to watch everything grow in organically is serene.”
Steam review · 11 h played ↗
Organic gridless town growth
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Watching roads form based on where your villagers actually walk is incredibly satisfying”
Steam review · 73.1 h played ↗
Modular castles, manors and monasteries
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“You can build bigger buildings like a manors house or the monastry piece by pice by yourself”
Steam review · 35.6 h played ↗
Mods and ongoing development
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“The mods that are available make it even better.”
Steam review · 492.7 h played ↗
Engaging economy and supply chains
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“Economy, growth, supply chains, EVERYTHING just makes sense.”
Steam review · 203.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Opaque UI and poor explanations
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“you'll get messages about a workplace being unusable, but no info why.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗
Logistics and food distribution break down
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“population starving despite having hundreds of different foods in the bank”
Steam review · 45.4 h played ↗
Crashes and freezes
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Delete a market stall, crash. Someone approached your great hall, crash.”
Steam review · 45 h played ↗
Poor performance and overheating
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“After having more than 70 population the game started to drop its fps down more and more.”
Steam review · 35.5 h played ↗
Houses constantly downgrade; patrol system
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“villagers waste every ounce of materials to downgrade houses just to rebuild them in a constant cycle”
Steam review · 189.5 h played ↗
Boring and shallow once running
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“Once you get your town functioning there's no challenge or purpose other than to decorate your town.”
Steam review · 56.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4460
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 960 / R9 290 - 3 GB Video Memory
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i7-6700K
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsRTX 2060
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4460
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 960 / R9 290 - 3 GB Video Memory
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