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The Last City

Establish your civilization in The Lost City, a focused turn-based strategy game. Scout the wilds, deploy settlers to found new outposts, and manage your workforce to harvest timber and food. Protect your citizens from bandits and monsters in this streamlined city-building adventure.

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IceWaveOne
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IceWaveOne
Release
February 25, 2026
158 days ago
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About the Game

How long can you hold the light in a world that has forgotten civilization?

Can you save your people before the skittering dark consumes them?

EXPAND, MANAGE, AND DEFEND

  • Fast Travel, Deep Recon – Your units move quickly but only catch a glimpse of the terrain. To reveal every detail of a tile, you must perform a dedicated Scout action.

  • Exploration-Driven Growth – Your city can only expand onto tiles that have been fully explored. Thorough scouting is the only way to claim new territory for your empire.

The Lost City offers a classic turn-based strategy experience focused on the essentials of empire building. Start with a handful of survivors and grow into a network of cities through careful resource management and unit deployment.


GAMEPLAY FEATURES:

  • Settle the Wilds: Use Settler units to strategically found new cities across diverse terrain. Every new settlement is a foothold for your expanding empire.

  • Tactical Scouting: Send out Scouts to reveal the fog of war, identifying prime locations for farms and discovering hidden threats before they reach your borders.

  • Workforce Management: Distribute your growing population between different tasks. Assign workers to Farms for food or send them to clear forests for essential building materials.

  • Turn-Based Defense: Train Infantry to defend your civilians. Position your troops to repel raids from opportunistic bandits and territorial monster spiders.

  • Strategic Growth: Balance your expansion. Build farms to support a larger population, but ensure you have enough materials and soldiers to protect what you’ve built.

Thank you for your support – every purchase directly helps me develop this game and bring new ideas to life. Please share your feedback and suggestions in the discussion section. Thank you for your trust!

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