Villagers

Villagers is a medieval town-building and people simulation game. You gather resources, construct buildings and manage your villagers’ work and needs as you grow a settlement. Their happiness affects their productivity, and the town must contend with illness, attacks and harsh weather.

Story mode

Story Mode follows a group of medieval settlers living through war and illness. Across six missions, you learn the different parts of town management, from building your first town and trading with merchants to providing food and water, supporting villagers’ emotional wellbeing, dealing with illness and defending the settlement.

Build a community

You begin on undeveloped land and develop a town using natural resources. Villagers need food and water, and you assign them jobs to help the settlement improve and expand. Happy villagers are more productive, form relationships and build homes. Couples may have children, who grow up to become workers; adults eventually grow old and die, letting you follow villagers’ lives from birth to death.

You can construct 27 buildings and manage 16 professions, each with its own clothing set. The game also features 16 illustrated characters and AI that affects villagers’ happiness, relationships, families and duties. Travelling artists can spread illness, while bandits and wild animals may attack townsfolk, and extreme weather can threaten their survival.

Game modes

Villagers has two modes: Story Mode and Free Play. Free Play gives you access to all 27 buildings across six varied maps. The game also includes missions involving livestock, food and water supplies, and producing and selling crops.