70%Strong matchSettlement Survival
86%7k86% positive reviews, Very Positive across 7k reviews·City Builder · Medieval
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Cast into an idyllic wilderness, will you endure? A sandbox city-building game featuring a deceptively cheerful world: build freely —no grids— plus a fully simulated economy, intricate production chains, deep research tree, and growth you can feel. Can your people survive the winter?
Forgotten Vale
SteamForgotten Vale is peaceful. It will not forgive you.

Winter is always coming. As you build, research, and expand, the cold waits for no one — stockpile enough food and water and your settlement will endure. Study the Vale well, and you may even learn to conquer the cold entirely.

Building is truly freeform — no grids! Rotate buildings freely and create natural-looking roads without technical restrictions. All resources must be moved across a complex web of depots — there are no magic central inventories here! Placing your production chains too far apart could mean the difference between life and death for your settlement. Build new houses to grow your population, but beware — if you can’t meet their needs, your people will suffer.

The lost Library is why you came here. It holds the secrets of everything your people have lost. Through a sprawling research tree you will unlock new buildings, tools, efficiencies, resources, advanced heating systems, and much more. Master the balance between surviving today and building toward tomorrow.

Ancient gates block the way forward — you must contribute resources and risk the lives of your settlers to open them. Each biome is visually distinct, rich in unique resources, and full of challenges that will reshape how you build.
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