Ornelia
A cozy village-builder and benevolent god game where you build freely, guide the Kinous, and spread kindness to bring your valley back to life.
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Build a village that comes alive in Ornélia, a cozy builder and benevolent god game set in a magical valley. Guide lovable creatures, the Kinous, and shape a peaceful world where every action has an impact. In Create Mode, available in Early Access, you’re free to shape your world at your own pace—placing buildings, decorating the land, and creating a home where the Kinous can live, play, and grow.
Choose what to build, where to place it, and how your town comes together. Design for beauty, efficiency, or a balance of both as you create a village that reflects your style.
Throughout Early Access, we will continually expand and improve Ornélia. Just as players grow the village of Ornélia, the game itself will evolve alongside them. We can only do this with your help. Play early, lend your voice, and help determine the destiny of our game on our road to version 1.0.
Choose what to build, where to place it, and how your village takes shape. Prioritize beauty, efficiency, or find your own balance as you create a place that reflects your style.
Guide the growth of your village and help its inhabitants thrive. The Kinous respond to the world you create. They emote, celebrate, ask for help, and fill your village with small moments of life. Zoom in close and see how your choices shape their world.
You’re not just observing from above. Pick up Kinous and help them directly, intervening as a gentle spirit guiding the land.
Infinite Mode, available in Early Access, gives you freedom to build and personalize your world at your own pace. Adventure Mode, planned for 1.0, introduces a narrative journey where your kindness helps restore the Kiskanu tree.
Sandbox Create mode available in Early Access
Continuing support and updates shaped by your feedback
Build and decorate a cozy, living village
Creatures that react to your care and creations
Direct god powers, including direct interaction and small miracles
More than 30 professions for the Kinous by 1.0.
Numerous hobbies and activities that bring your village to life
An immersive original soundtrack
