Planned Release Date: Q1 2027

About This Game

Keel & Trading Post – From Timber to Launch

From a single timber comes a keel. From a keel comes a ship. And from a small shipyard, perhaps one day, a great enterprise.

Take charge of a small historical shipyard in the Hanseatic trading world and develop it into a respected shipbuilding business. Start with simple boats, attract customers, hire skilled workers and gradually expand your capabilities to construct increasingly sophisticated sailing ships.

But building a good ship takes more than timber and iron. It requires experienced craftsmen, suitable materials, careful planning and an owner who understands the cost of doing business.

Your Shipyard. Your Decisions.

Design and expand your shipyard, establish workshops, warehouses and slipways, and organise production. Every new contract brings opportunities, challenges and greater responsibility.

People Make the Difference

Your workers are more than interchangeable units. Each brings different skills, experience and personal characteristics.

An experienced master can shape an entire workshop, while younger craftsmen must develop their abilities. Skilled workers expect fair wages, and valuable knowledge may disappear if it is not passed on.

Build Ships for Your Customers

From simple rowing boats to large sailing vessels, every contract presents different requirements.

Design ships to meet customer demands and decide which materials and components to use. Quality takes time and money, but cutting corners can cost far more than the profit you hoped to make.

Manage the Business

Material prices, wages, construction times and delivery deadlines all affect your success.

Negotiate contracts, organise supplies and decide when investing in your own production facilities makes economic sense. A busy shipyard is not necessarily a profitable one.

Knowledge Drives Progress

New possibilities emerge through experience, skilled employees, construction drawings and the study of different ship designs.

Rather than relying on an artificial research tree, your shipyard develops through the knowledge of its workers and the capabilities of your growing business.

Will you run a small, reliable shipyard, or build a name known in every harbour?

AI Generated Content Disclosure

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

Generative AI tools were used during the development of "Kiel & Kontor – Vom Stamm zum Stapellauf" to create and edit visual assets, including illustrations and promotional materials.

These assets are created in advance, reviewed and selected by the developer, and incorporated into the game or its presentation. No content is generated using generative AI during gameplay.