Exile

Exile is a village-management game in which you lead displaced settlers cast out into an unforgiving land. You clear paths, build shelters and manage resources so the village can endure, adapt and thrive through the seasons. Your decisions shape its future across generations, as villagers learn and pass knowledge on.

Keep the village alive

Your people depend on supplies and care. If you neglect firewood, they may freeze; when food runs low, they grow weak and desperate. Disease can spread if medicine or sanitation is overlooked, while shortages, harsh winters and raging fires bring further challenges. You can build farms, schools, libraries and workshops to produce tools and books that carry knowledge through generations. The village’s story can follow a path of hardship, innovation or quiet resilience.

Manage land and resources

Gather raw materials, craft tools and structures, and use resources carefully. Explore the wilderness, trade with others and expand the village. The terrain ranges from flat plains to rugged mountainsides, and its rises, slopes and gaps shape where you build and how the village grows. You may carve through stone, span gaps or create steps uphill.

The land is part of a changing ecosystem. Overfishing can make fish disappear from a lake, while birds follow migration paths and wildlife can vanish. You can hunt animals, live alongside them or leave them undisturbed, but anything that moves can disappear if you are not careful.

Seasons and challenges

The world changes with the seasons and the day-night cycle. Summers can scorch and winters bring harsh conditions; autumn turns trees red, snow arrives overnight and spring brings fresh growth to the fields. Days move from sunrise to twilight, and the land and its wildlife continue to change as the village expands.

Challenges also include sickness, food shortages, fire and accidents. Some villagers may get drunk, slip on ice or vanish into the mud. The simulation supports villages of hundreds and beyond, with villagers choosing nearby food, shelter or tasks. You can pause time, slow it down or speed it up, and the soundtrack responds to the pace you set.

Soundtrack and controls

The game features a custom-composed, dynamic soundtrack of 40 tracks that shifts with the seasons. You can turn off its dynamic changes, silence the music or skip a track; a skipped track will not return for hours.