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Hearthlands

Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.

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Four White Cats
Publisher
Four White Cats
Release
April 28, 2017
9 years and 97 days ago
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Very Positive413 reviews82.6%

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About the Game

Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic and other things a typical king deals with on a daily basis.

The game is very flexible: you can build a powerful realm and rule the lands with an iron grip, or establish a humble fishermen village. Or create a trading empire. Or found a small, but well-defended outpost or a raider's camp. Or become a host of a wizard's manor.

All characters, from a humble hauler to a powerful wizard have their own minds and behavior patterns. Sometimes it is interesting just to watch people scurry about minding their own business.

Features:

  • Build a medieval city;

  • Play the game the way you like it: experiment with sandbox settings or play a campaign mode (ex. Polish localization);

  • Keep your people happy by providing them with necessary resources and services;

  • Gather resources, produce goods and build industries;

  • See reports and tune up your economy;

  • Build an army and protect your city from monsters and invasions;

  • Trade and conduct diplomacy with neighbouring realms, or go to war with them;

  • Research technologies and cast spells;

  • Challenge yourself by going after one of the many achievements.

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