honestly i want to like this game, i really do, but i just can't. this game is supposed to be in a full-release state but in actuality it still feels like it's a beta version. the game released in 2021 and only this year added something as simple as a resource management tab ( a basic necessity in colony/management sim games). initially the game seems to have a lot to offer with all the buildings and crafts you can do, then as you progress you start to realize that there really isn't all that much, and progression is made slow on purpose to disguise how little there actually is in the game.

i absolutely can not recommend buying at full price, but if you can catch it on sale for under 20$ i'd say that's a fair price.

This game is left abandoned, seems to be typical of these devs judging from other games they made. Game progression stops just as you reach where it feels like mid-game. Its been 4 years since this game released, and it just goes nowhere after getting your village set up to be able to get all the basic materials. The devs also rejects the idea of being able to mod the game, so no content from that way either.

I’m a big fan of survival and city/base-building games, but unfortunately, this is the first one in the genre that I genuinely disliked.

I gave it a fair shot (30 hours of gameplay) hoping it would grow on me, but the experience was more frustrating than fun. The main issue is the insane grind. Both XP and materials take far too long to acquire, especially in the early game. Many players recommend adjusting the settings to ease the XP curve, which helps a bit, but it doesn’t solve the deeper problem: materials. Trees, for instance, take years to regrow. I’m the type of player who likes to keep trees within my city intact for aesthetics and chop groves outside my city limits for resources. Unfortunately, this turns the game into a tedious cycle of running back and forth between distant groves and my base. There’s no way to speed up tree respawn, and I really wish that option existed.

It would also be a huge quality-of-life improvement if the game let you customize how many materials are required for each building. Even with faster XP gains, you're still stuck needing massive amounts of resources for even simple structures, which really bogs things down.

Another frustrating aspect is how rigid the farm placement system is. If you have any kind of OCD tendencies or just prefer a clean, orderly city layout, be warned: farms can only be built in specific gridlocked directions, while houses other structures can be placed in any rotation. This means that if you’ve already put down a house and want your farm to line up neatly with it, you’re probably out of luck. And if you decide to demolish and rebuild to make things match, you won’t get all your materials back, so you're penalized for trying to keep your city organized.

Despite large stones being scattered around the map, you can’t break them down into smaller stones with your pickaxe—a feature common in similar games. As for reeds, I’m not even sure if they regrow at all, or if they follow the same glacial pace as trees. This means you’re constantly trekking across the map to scavenge basic materials.

The grind isn’t the only frustration. Some animals are extremely hard to spot, to the point where I had to turn my foliage settings all the way down just to see them. I really wish there was an option to highlight animals, especially for things like wolves, which are hard to track and can ambush you easily. Hunting in general feels clunky, especially without a proper sneak mechanic. I ended up quicksaving constantly before hunts just to locate wolves without getting attacked.

There are also odd design choices in the build menus. For example, traps are inexplicably categorized under "furniture and decorations," which makes no sense, and even campfires feel awkwardly placed in the same section.

Unfortunately, even after tweaking custom settings, the grind is so overwhelming that I find myself dreading playing rather than enjoying it. Without deeper customization options of resource mechanics, I just can’t recommend this one. Genuinely wish I could refund this.