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Foundation
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Recent Reviews:
Very Positive (73) - 89% of the 73 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.
All Reviews:
Very Positive (13,970) - 87% of the 13,970 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date:
Feb 1, 2019
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Polymorph Games

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What the developers have to say:

Why Early Access?

“The Early Access is an opportunity for players to get access to the game earlier while allowing us to add content and improve the experience based on player feedback.”

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?

“Acknowledging that we are a small indie team, we have raised the initial estimate of one year by an additional couple of years in Early Access. This will give us the opportunity to deliver the ambitious game we have envisioned.”

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

“During Early Access we have already delivered a number of major improvements such as a new UI, additional gameplay mechanics, production chains and monuments. However much more is yet to come during development including:
  • New buildings and production chains
  • Deeper Estate system
  • New biomes and environmental props
  • Buildings aesthetic revamp
  • Deeper narrative content
  • New map generator
  • New modding capabilities
  • And more…
”

What is the current state of the Early Access version?

“The actual game is fully playable and contains around 60% of the planned content. It contains 5 diverse maps, more than 70 buildings and structures, open ended gameplay as well as an active modding community.”

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

“Price may increase slightly upon final release.”

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

“We are encouraging players to provide us with their feedback. We already have a very active Discord Community and a public bug tracker.”
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About This Game

Foundation is a gridless medieval city builder where you create modular buildings, shape organic cities and manage its villagers!



BUILD THE ORGANIC MEDIEVAL CITY OF YOUR DREAMS
Foundation combines free-building tools and procedural generation to create the ultimate organic city-building experience.



MANAGE YOUR VILLAGE AND MAKE IT COME TO LIFE
Assign jobs, create production chains, establish trade. In Foundation, your creations come to life!



PLAY AT YOUR PACE, RELAX AND ENJOY THE VIEW!
Foundation offers various difficulty levels, so you can play the way you want! Choose an Aspiration to discover new ways to play, or just play in Creative mode, relax and enjoy the view!

FULL GAME FEATURES (available at Full Release)

This section shows the content of the game at Full Release, available on January 31, 2025. See the Early Access section below for more information about the Early Access Version of the game.
  • An advanced gridless City Building experience, with unlimited generated maps and almost no construction constraints.
  • Free-building tool: Create modular buildings from individual parts, beautify and transform them into majestic monuments!
  • Organic development with our unique Painting tool: Guide your villagers by defining areas for building homes, decide where to pave roads and set patrols, designate forest extraction zones, and more!
  • Manage your village: Develop production chains, tax your villagers, trade with neighboring villages, or fight for the King. There are multiple ways to create a successful economy!
  • Progress with the three Estates of the Realm: Three distinct progress paths await you: Labor, Clergy or Kingdom. You can either specialize in one or combine all three.
  • Tailor your gaming experience: Select an Aspiration, adjust the difficulty level or build without constraints by playing in Creative Mode.
  • Full modding integration!
  • Foundation Original Soundtrack: Immerse yourself in over 100 minutes of atmospheric medieval music crafted by the award-winning composers at Audinity.
  • and much more!

EARLY ACCESS FEATURES

Organic urbanism
Create gridless and organically sprawling cities that grow like medieval cities of the period. Plan the construction of various workplaces and watch as the villagers create natural paths and build their own houses. Intuitively paint zones to define areas like housing, farming, gathering and more.

Thrive and prosper
Weave a complex web of interactions between inhabitants’ needs and skills, resource availability, extraction, and goods production.

Flexible building creation
Craft and design unique free-form buildings such as Taverns, Keeps, Churches and more, using a system of interlocking building parts. Get even more creative by toggling off the snap function for a fully customizable creation.

Interact with the Estates of the Realm
Develop the splendor of your village and raise your reputation among the different Estates of the Realm to gain access to exclusive buildings and perks.

Modding community and support
Create and share your own characters, buildings, quests, terrains and even visual and gameplay tweaks with Lua and mod.io and be part of the creative Foundation community.

Original soundtrack
Immerse yourself in our blissful soundtrack by Audinity, talented composers who worked on Paradox titles such as Crusader Kings II and Europa Universalis IV!

System Requirements

    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS *: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 or newer (64 bit)
    • Processor: 3.2 GHz Quad Core Processor
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: GTX 1060
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
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