When the time permits, I’m all over city builder games, so the news of Distant Kingdoms Early Access is a welcome one, due around Q2 2021 from Kasedo Games and Orthrus Studios.

Initially for Windows PC, players will be able to experience strategy, social management and magic as they unite their kingdom of humans, dwarves, elves and orcs, saving civilisation from apocalyptic ruin.

A bit like a Peter Molyneux game (that’s a massive compliment), you’re banished by the gods of Ineron due to a clerical error (that’s not it, but sounds intriguing, huh?), you have to raise your peasants to nobles.

Distant Kingdoms Early Access features include:

  • Build a sprawling network of towns and villages as you forge a new civilisation.
  • Research new technologies and dabble in magical conjuration to support your growing settlements.
  • Accessible for beginners, with complex and deep gameplay for experienced city-builders.
  • Explore a new world filled with secrets, sending out adventuring parties into the unexplored mists. Help decide their fate through a choose-your-own-adventure style quest and event system.
  • Deal with troublesome creatures, from Dragons to Imps, Wraiths and Trolls and venture into deep, dark and curious dungeons spread across the map.
  • Provide for your population’s needs through a deep web of production lines, as they move through the social strata from peasant to noble, catering to each race’s desires.
  • Help the humans, dwarves, elves and orcs come together across multiple maps and scenarios in a future grand campaign to save civilisation from apocalyptic ruin.
Distant Kingdoms Early Access - Observe
Observe this! Source: Steam

Although we had initially planned a full release, the excitement and input of the community since announcing has made us rethink a little. By going to Early Access, it means we can involve the community and mould our already unique game world into something players can play for many hours.

Oliver Smith, Founder of Orthrus Studios

The demo for Distant Kingdoms is currently available during the Steam Games Festival until the 9th of February. Distant Kingdoms Early Access will be available around Q2.