Games

Timberborn

Mechanistry

2026•Strategy•PEGI 3•About 31 hours

Taste attributes: animalsslowfresh & originalheavyimaginaryintricatelinearglossybig & varied

Boxlist takeInventive and wide-ranging: an intricate strategy game, slow-burning rather than fast. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

83 / 100

18 ratings

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About This Game

Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? Timberborn is a sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Mankind turned Earth into a dry wasteland and perished, but some species adapted and evolved. Pick one of the beaver factions and see how long your colony can last.

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

Animals

Keywords

Post-apocalypticAnimalsLevel editorPhysicsVoxelResource managementManagementNature

Where to play

Details

Developer: Mechanistry
Publisher: Mechanistry
Released: 12 March 2026
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Time to beat: 23h rushed, 31h normally, 51h complete
Age rating: PEGI 3
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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