Shipwrecked and abandoned in an unknown land. Build, expand, and even influence a medieval world where every decision shapes your rise. Establish yourself, repel threats, and guide your people's progress and destiny from above and on the ground in this relaxing single-player city builder.
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Coming Soon To Early Access

The developers of this game intend to release as a work in progress, developing with the feedback of players.

Note: Games in Early Access are not complete and may or may not change further. If you are not excited to play this game in its current state, then you should wait to see if the game progresses further in development. Learn more

What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“We’re launching Dawnworld Founders in Early Access to build the best possible game with the community. Early Access lets us share the core gameplay early, gather valuable feedback, and refine the experience based on real player input.

By involving players now, we can improve features like settlement management, god-mode systems, and bandit threats, while adding new content and polishing the game over time. This collaborative approach ensures that the final release is balanced, fun, and matches community preferences.

Your support and feedback during Early Access will shape the world of Dawnworld Founders — together, we’ll build a rich, immersive medieval city builder experience.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“Although there isn't a fixed end date for Early Access - Dawnworld Founders will leave Early Access when we believe it’s fully ready. We estimate this could be around 6 to 12 months to give time to react to community feedback, however our focus is on delivering a complete, polished experience with the depth and quality players expect. We’ll continue to regularly expand the game based on the planned features and community feedback, and we’ll share progress and make updates available along the way.”

How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?

“It's planned that the full version will be an extension of the main idea, it's planned to add features like more organic survival, crafting, greater interaction with the settlers, rising up the influence ladder and large scale defence for example. There is also the possibility that there will be an online version available, if there's a demand for it within the community.”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The Early Access version of Dawnworld Founders includes the core gameplay loop: gathering essentials to survive, establishing a settlement, managing resources, constructing buildings, trading locally and defending against bandit raids. Players can build and grow a small to mid-sized town, and make early decisions that guide, influence and occasionally tip the scales on their settlement’s development.

While some features like advanced regional management, late-game city progression, and additional player influence systems are still in development, the current version is stable and offers several hours of relaxing, engaging gameplay. Players can explore a the regional map, deal with dynamic events, and experience the foundational systems which will continue to grow throughout Early Access.”

Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?

“We do not plan to increase the price initially. As more concepts are introduced it may go slightly as it's currently priced low to encourage early adoption. Original buyers should have access to all added features as updates (at no extra cost).”

How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?

“I'd like to hear back with any constructive ideas about the game idea, building it into a well rounded game that's enjoyable to a good cross section of players.

Community feedback will play a key role in shaping the future of Dawnworld Founders. We plan to involve players through regular updates, feedback threads, polls, and open discussions on our Steam forum. Your ideas, bug reports, and suggestions will help us prioritize features, balance gameplay, and improve overall quality.

We’re building Dawnworld Founders not just for the community, but with it, and we’ll be listening closely every step of the way.”
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About This Game

Shipwrecked and abandoned in an unknown land. Build, expand, and even influence a medieval world where every decision shapes your rise. Establish yourself, repel threats, and guide your people's progress and destiny from above and on the ground in this relaxing single-player city builder.

  • Shipwrecked and Abandoned

    After your hopes are dashed and your fellow travelers decide to move on, just a few decide to stay and build a new life. There's a few supplies from the wreck to start off. so it's a good idea to start gathering essential resources to keep you going and survive.  

  • Survive

    Start with a small camp, collect materials and build the basics, like shelter where you can prepare food, forage huts for herbs and berries, hunting lodges for food and start farming to sustain the people. Keep the health and contentment of your settlement up to establish a good starting point to expand.

  • Build from Nothing

    Once you have enough resources, start to improve on what you have. Improve on your existing buildings or build better ones straight away. As word gets around, there will be more opportunity to trade for what you need.

  • Dual Mode of Play

    Build, observe and direct from above or zoom down to ground level to inspect progress.

  • Influence Developments as you go

    Guide the settlers to survive and grow from above. Tip the scales occasionally in their favor while they benefit from their efforts. This mechanism also allows the control of difficulty level and speed of advancement, so you can enjoy playing at whichever level you prefer.

  • Grow

    Build a trading post and trading dock to attract more passing trade. Build production units, like iron ore smelters, potteries and blacksmiths, increase production and build warehouses for storage. This sets you up for expansion and more control over the surrounding region, or you can decide just to build up your town where you are. 

  • Balance the Essentials

    The ratio of wells, herbs and berries, meat, bread and housing are important to keeping the people content and working well. Settlement production depends on how happy the people are, if you guide them well they will thrive and prosper.

  • Fend Off Bandits

    Defend your settlers from danger while maintaining peace and order. As your settlement improves, it will become more attractive to local bandits. Set up defense towers and walls to protect the settlers and make the settlement more appealing to passers by. 

  • Explore and Expand - Claim Free Areas

    Discover new areas, unlock resources, and expand your influence across the region if you like. As you establish your control over a vacant area through flags and outposts. Local bandit may well object as you enter their area of influence. Decide where and when you act to drive out threats from a particular area, making it safe for locals and allowing expansion. 

  • Monitor your Areas From Above

    Keep an eye on regional movements from above. The areas you control are shown from on high by hexagonal blocks. You can see when invaders move into your area, changing to a warning hexagon. If you lose control, this is also indicated so you can deal with it as you prefer.

  • Relaxed Gameplay

    Designed for players who enjoy thoughtful, non-rushed city building, DawnWorld Founders can played at various levels, enjoy low risk while keeping you people happy, balance their work-life with trade opportunities to grow at a comfortable rate, or expand a little more while controlling the risk to reward ratio, 

  • Single-Player Focus

    No distractions, just you and the world you're building.

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 (x64)
    • Processor: i5-3570 or Ryzen 5 1600
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 or AMD R9 290
    • DirectX: Version 12
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 (x64)
    • Processor: i7-11700 or Ryzen 7 5700X
    • Memory: 16 GB RAM
    • Graphics: RTX 3050 or Ryzen 7 5700X
    • DirectX: Version 12
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
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