Cities Skylines turns into a minimalist, tile-based metropolis builder in Dawnfolk

At a primary look, you won’t assume that Dawnfolk is a metropolis builder. With its tile-based strategy and minimalist artwork model, it maybe resembles a comfy puzzler greater than a Cities Skylines rival. Nevertheless, you’d be flawed. Constructed by a single developer, Dawnfolk takes a extra streamlined strategy to metropolis constructing whereas retaining plenty of the deep strategic gameplay followers of the style love, and it’s simply launched on Steam.

Whereas the likes of Cities Skylines engross you with a to-scale recreation of an actual metropolis, full with tower blocks, highways, parks, and even the odd Hadron Collider when you’re expert sufficient, it will probably get quite demanding and bloated. In Dawnfolk, issues are just a little extra stripped again. Offered in tile kind, every adorned with charming artwork of the terrain you uncover and the stuff you assemble, it appears as if it may very well be one of the vital stress-free metropolis constructing video games ever. The Stardew Valley-esque backing monitor and sound results add to the vibe too.

Nevertheless, there’s a severe undertone. The realm during which you reside is being overrun by darkness. Tile by tile, you intention to light up the world round you by increasing your settlement outwards, amassing sources as you go. Sure tiles may even characteristic distinctive minigames that can decide how a lot useful resource you extract from them.

There’s additionally nonetheless an honest quantity of strategic depth, regardless of it being a comfy, 2D affair. Your settlers nonetheless want meals to outlive, supplies to construct with, and so that you can make the precise selections when confronted with unpredictable world occasions like storms.

This appears like an absolute cracker of a recreation, and regardless of a modest pattern measurement up to now, it’s sitting on a really spectacular 96% score on Steam for the time being. Dawnfolk’s solo developer Darenn Keller has additionally been tremendous clear relating to the sport’s efficiency, revealing that it achieved over 42,000 wishlists pre-launch and has bought virtually 3,000 copies in its first 24 hours.

Dawnfolk is out now on Steam, and up till Thursday, February 20, you possibly can seize it with 15% off, making it simply $12.74 / £10.87. Add it to your library, or easy study extra about it, proper right here.

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