Folklands

Release Date: March 24, 2025 Early Access

Strategy, fantasy, economic, RTS, 2D, indie games, city builder, multiplayer, singleplayer, internet, LAN

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A city builder, combining classic strategy elements from Caesar-like titles with modern mechanics. The gameplay in Folklands revolves around building a settlement in a fantasy world, gathering resources and creating production chains. Instead of combat, the game focuses on satisfying the needs of our villagers.

Gameplay
Multiplayer
Engine and graphics

Folklands is an economic city builder strategy, created by three brothers who run the independent studio Bromantic Games. Set in a fantasy world, this RTS draws on classics like the Caesar series.

Gameplay

The game involves building a settlement on randomly generated maps, transporting and improving resources, and satisfying the constantly changing needs of the residents. To ensure the happiness and safety of our growing community, we cultivate land, gather materials, and manage production chains that quickly branch out into more sophisticated ones. We are engaged in the production of tools and trade, while also taking care of settlement services, such as health, fire protection, or fighting crime.

In Folklands, supply is crucial. Without water resources, the city will burn, without herbs doctors will not heal the sick workers, and without guards, anarchy will break out. Finally, thanks to the extraction of gold ore, we can mint our own coins.

The main challenge in Folklands is not military conquest, but maintaining the satisfaction of the inhabitants as the settlement develops. Placing the tool factory right in its center is good for efficient distribution, but it may irritate representatives of the upper social class, as they do not want to live in cramped industrial areas.

Progress, prosperity, and happiness of the residents of our settlement depend on interactions with the three factions surrounding us. We repel invasions by building walls and sending patrols or by asking one of the factions for help.

Multiplayer

In addition to solo gameplay, Folklands offers a multiplayer mode for up to eight people. The participant can withdraw from the game at any moment, and the settlement will continue to develop in their absence. If we want to switch to offline mode, we can also use the option to save the game.