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Bastide

Build. Survive. Thrive. Bastide is a 13th-century city-building strategy game where you transform a vulnerable peasant village into a fortified town. Manage your workforce and protect your people from the constant threats of starvation, disease, winter, and bandits.

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February 26, 2020
6 years and 247 days ago
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About the Game

Survive the 13th Century

Bastide is a medieval city-building strategy game where you must guide a vulnerable village of peasants toward survival and prosperity. Starting with almost nothing, you will manage resources, assign vital jobs, and expand your meager settlement into a thriving, fortified town. But beware: starvation, disease, brutal winters, and ruthless bandits are constantly at your gates. Careful and efficient management of your people is essential, as danger can strike at any time.


Key Features:

  • From Peasant Village to Fortified Town: Assign your villagers to a wide variety of jobs to gather food, manage resources, and construct buildings. Organizing your labor force efficiently is the only way to ensure your people's survival and continued growth.

  • Harvest, Hunt, and Husbandry: Take advantage of the wilderness around your settlement. Hunt wild animals or raise livestock in pastures to provide your people with life-saving resources, including meat for food, and wool and hides for clothing, tools, and winter warmth.

  • Play Your Way: Whether you want a punishing medieval survival experience or a relaxing city-builder, Bastide adapts to you. Tweak multiple difficulty settings or disable enemy invasions entirely to tailor the game to your preferred playstyle.

  • Endless Replayability: No two landscapes are the same. Procedurally generated maps offer endless variety and new geographical challenges with every single playthrough.

  • Powered by Unreal Engine 5: Experience the harsh beauty of the Middle Ages brought to life with modern, next-generation rendering.

Join the Development Journey

Bastide is actively being improved and expanded! You can follow along with all future updates, fixes, and planned features on our public development roadmap: Bastide Trello Roadmap

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