Is this similar to the style of game as simcity or more like banished?

[Millennial_KiwiGamer]

Or something else? It looks really cool but im not sure what I can use as a reference to see what kind of game it is. Definitely wishlisted though. Steam front page actually shows something thats not hentai for a change.

[Alcator]

Definitely not SimCity.

Somewhat similar to Banished, in that early on, you may struggle with basic necessities like food and water, and that you need to cut down and re-plant trees to have building material.

However, in Timberborn, you may easily get 3-4 harvests of the fastest growing crops between droughts, whereas in Banished, you had one window of opportunity for planting crops (Spring) and you had one period for harvest (Autumn/Fall) -- if you missed those, you were out of luck. In Timberborn, you can easily plant carrots just 4-5 days before drought (Droughts are TB's equivalent of "Winter" in Banished), and harvest them.

Furthermore, once you grasp the whole "Building dams" thing, you will be able to become "drought-proof", which is as if in Banished, you could 'disable winter'.

There is no Trader in Timberborn, and your beavers can magically conjure seeds of crops and saplings of trees out of thin air to plant.

[jaquig]

Timberborn is a sandbox more than a plot driven game.
With the verticality option for construction, landscaping abilities you have the option of truly massive construction and map remodel in game.

[QueenPixxa]

I didn't play both mentioned games for a long time, checking my stats I only have 157 hours on Banished and I was surprised, it feels like 2000!, because it is such a good game, and I was obsessed with it for a while. If I had to compare the two, I'd say Banished is much harder, but that's my experience. It is also based on different dynamics.

Simcity is just a different planet. I still plan to reinstall it and give it a go again, one of these days. I still miss it, after such a long time... But it is nothing like Timberborn.

[Jambie Lionheart]

In some ways yes and others no. It's very alien, compared to Banished in setting and feel but it has a very similar kind of methodical developer behind it. There's some issues, of course and the game still needs developing and added content (unlike banished, for which the developer has finished with that game).

as for simcity, that ones not even comparable. simcity is set in the modern era so doesn't even play remotely the same way, doesn't feel similar, they're nothing a like at all as far as I can tell. Timberborn has a more, late medieval feel to it minus all the blood, guts and violence. This game is purely peaceful with the only real roadblock thrown at the player, so far being droughts and occassional (adjustable) injury. Other than this, it's a logistics game.

[QueenPixxa]

Well, Simcity is all about pathfinding, public/personal transport, city managenent from trash to pollution.
I can't imagine 2 games so different as these two.

[brown29knight]

It is like banished.

Like banished in that your beavers age quickly and die quickly, so you go through lots of them over a game. (Age in Timberborn is measured in days, and treated like years, so an average beaver will live 50-70 days) Population is (vastly) easier to manage, as young grow up quicker, and do not require school to be productive.

Like Banished in that you need to plan for your seasons (drought instead of winter) and stockpile resources to survive, but drought seasons are not always the same number of days, they can vary wildly, (2 days to 60 days or more, tending to start small and get longer as the game goes on) unlike Banished, where winter is always the same length, give or take a day.

Like Banished in how resources are made, down to using foresters to replant trees and gathers to pick berries.

Like Banished in keeping people healthy and happy is the next priority after survival is met, and so you need to have medical beds, decorations, and entertainment.

Unlike (vanilla) Banished, You then have to manage power sources, water flow and depth mechanics, irrigation of land, and Terraforming. You do not need to deal with spreading illness, tool making, clothes making, buying or selling anything, immigrants, or graveyards.

Unlike Banished, the map is 3D, and buildings can be built on each other, making vertical growth important.

[MadArtillery]

Definitetly a bit like banished but with entirely new challenges to face and vertically stacking buildings on top of eachother into mega cities.

[jamiechi]

In some ways it is like Captain of Industry except with beavers instead of trucks. And with the drought period added. Both are Unity games and mod creation is virtually the same.

I never played Banished, and it is not like Sim City as others above have mentioned.

The terrain is 'blocky' like some have mentioned about minecraft game that I have never played. Appearance of the terrain in Captain of Industry is much better than this game. I play this one for the gameplay challenge rather than looks anyway.

I keep trying to drag the paths like belts in the other game (COI), and it never works.

[Nina]

this game reminds me of a RTS or a 4X game but without the opponent. you need to find and exploit your resorces and prep more for next season, but you also need to plan a city. for me it is just relaxing and not worth worrying about what it is or isnt