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About This Game

Found a village. Raise a family. Hand it all on.

Alderfolk is a cosy settlement builder about a family as much as a town. You start with a handful of settlers in a quiet valley, and the village grows around the family you found: the heir's apprenticeship, the children's paths, and who takes over when the founder steps down.

A village with a thousand small details

Grow grain, mill flour and bake bread. Fish the river and hunt the woods. Build daycare, kindergarten and school for the little ones, manors for families who want more, and an inn for visitors. Every building tells you, in one plain line, what it is waiting for and what would help, and every warning comes with a button that fixes it.

A valley shared by many folk

Woodland folk (foxes, otters, badgers and hares) live alongside humans, elves and dwarves, each with a role in the village.

Festivals, neighbours and a wider world

Light a lookout, send an expedition across the river and find the village over the hill. Celebrate with feasts and festivals, and watch a neighbour warm to you.

Thirteen places to begin

Choose from thirteen villages, each with its own map, and follow the Long Road campaign through the lands beyond.

A narrator for your story

The village's story is read aloud (in English), so you can play with your eyes on the valley.

Play at your own pace

Pause anywhere, and turn on colour-blind friendly colours, larger text or reduced motion in Settings.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

The art, voices, music and sound effects in Alderfolk were created before release with generative AI tools (images with ChatGPT and Canva, voices, music and sound effects with ElevenLabs). Parts of the game’s code were written with AI assistance. Nothing is generated while you play, and the game makes no AI or network calls.