Foundation

Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.

Foundation is a city builder, medieval and simulation game developed and published by Polymorph Games.
Released on February 01st 2019 is available only on Windows in 24 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Czech, Dutch, Norwegian, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Finnish, Greek, Japanese, Polish, Swedish, Turkish, Vietnamese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Danish, Hungarian and Ukrainian.

It has received 15,072 reviews of which 13,207 were positive and 1,865 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 33.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Foundation into these genres:

City Builder Medieval Simulation Strategy Sandbox Resource Management Atmospheric Relaxing Management Economy Building Indie Singleplayer Base-Building Colony Sim Open World Survival RTS Choices Matter Early Access

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Requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i5-4460
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GTX 960 / R9 290 - 3 GB Video Memory
Additional Notes: OpenGL 4.3

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

I love this game and it has really bloomed over its year of early access. Developers listened to community requests and were smart enough to get excellent modders on their team to create a really fun, unique, kingdom builder (They say I'm not the ruler but I don't believe it). We build the manors, the castles, the churches- we zone the land, we decide what's in the market. We send soldiers to help "the king" in his foreign wars so I'd say we're a very powerful landed Duke/Duchess or Baron/Baroness at the least. The replayability is endless with this game- the map generator is EXCELLENT- really love this addition. My favorite part is watching the realm come to life in/with the terrain (houses will build into hills giving a realistic earthbound look) and the organic road system. Building bridges over to isolated monastery islands is beautiful and fun. Paths appear where people walk so if you want a 90 degree grid of roads you're going to have use the zoning strategically in the early days. I really like this aspect and how alive this realm feels once you've got the market going. It's most certainly a top favorite city/village/realm builder. Also-there's a mod that introduces dragons! Mods are easy to browse and download right from the game's main menu, and I really do appreciate how easy the devs made it for me to update and keep up with mods used. They are setting a new standard of innovative gaming. One last shoutout for the art and music- both feel painted with love.

Dec. 2024

I really enjoy this game. When I am in the mood to gather resources and amass wealth, this has been a solid go-to. It's slow pace, beautiful art, and interesting neighborhood growth are all unique and well done. Progression can be fast or slow depending on your choices or the choices of your little people. I often leave this running on my second screen while doing other things online because I feel the need to play a game but have other things to do. It scratches the itch!

Nov. 2024

This is the game that I always wished existed, and it finally does. I have been trying to design this game, essentially, my whole life. The game where you're a medieval lord overseeing a fief, from the early beginnings of hunting and gathering, all the way to making a glorious castle-covered kingdom. This game is very, very well designed and works smoothly, it's well balanced, the tools make sense, and the mods (which are very easy to acquire since they integrated them into the main menu) make the game truly awesome! I definitely recommend this game, I get lost in it for hours on end.

Jan. 2024

It's a good medieval city-building/management game and a decent successor to Banished (and games like it). I like the fact that there isn't a grid system and that the villagers make the paths themselves just by walking around. Some of the mechanics are interesting. There's a little bit of replay value if you want to pursue different development tracks. The trade system works pretty well, although it took me a while to figure out how to upgrade my trade routes. Like other games in this genre, it does tend to fizzle out toward the endgame. Once you've built everything there is to build, there doesn't seem to be much reason to keep playing unless you're really interested in earning achievements. If you get your dopamine hits by watching your city develop and expand, while you make small adjustments to guide it on its path, then this is worth trying. I got about 50 hours of game play out of it before I got bored.

Jan. 2024

A breath of fresh air in the City Building genre I have played a variety of City Builders and Colony Sims from both Cities: Skylines, to Banished and Urbek City Builder. Each with their own charm. But there is just something beyond special about this game allowing you to step away from grid-based development and watch your colony grow more organically. This is a City Builder / Colony Sim that I have gone back to time and time again, and will continue to do so. If you are passionate and love Colony Sims, this does not disappoint .

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33.99€

8.6

13,207

1,865

Online players

443

Developer

Polymorph Games

Publisher

Polymorph Games

Release 01 Feb 2019

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