City-builders are great, but have you ever looked at your bustling little town and thought, “I want more. I want the whole kingdom”?
Well, you are in luck. Publisher Aquila Interactive and developer Nepos Games have officially dropped the highly anticipated free demo for County of Fortune onto Steam! Launching just ahead of Steam Next Fest, this demo gives strategy fans an early taste of a city-builder operating on a completely different scale.
Not Just a City—An Entire County
If you’ve played Nepos Games’ previous work, you know they love depth. With County of Fortune, they are zooming out. Instead of micromanaging a single market square, you step into the shoes of a lokator—a medieval coloniser and noble steward. Your task? To build, connect, and govern an entire living, breathing region.
Here is what sets this grand-scale builder apart:
- Regional Logistics: You aren’t just laying down roads; you are weaving trade networks across rivers, mountain passes, and varied biomes. Where you place a settlement matters just as much as what you build inside it.
- A “Second Game” of Politics: Once your towns start growing, the human element takes over. Settlements are run by named mayors with unique traits, all belonging to rival noble houses. You’ll have to navigate regional politics and shifting migrant cultures to keep your county thriving.
- Procedural Growth: Watch villages organically grow from tiny hamlets into sprawling cities with procedurally generated buildings filling in your grids.
Play the Demo Today!
The County of Fortune demo is live on Steam right now. It arrives as the perfect appetiser ahead of Steam Next Fest, giving strategy buffs plenty of time to master the medieval economy, manage fickle mayors, and map out their ideal territories.
Whether you want to build a peaceful, interconnected trade paradise or a patchwork of proud, competing noble houses, the foundation of your empire starts today.
Head over to Steam, download the demo, and don’t forget to hit that wishlist button to support the developers!
Source – https://s.team/a/3204330
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