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Exodus Borealis
In this city builder and tower defense game, you will command a small band of ship wrecked colonists. Progress from struggling to survive the elements to a thriving kingdom that will smash the demon hordes that dare attack your settlement.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“Fun game, looks good, has a great balance between it's tower defense and it's city management. My primary issue is one of direction, that is, a lack of once I left the tutorial. The goal is to build a statue that includes all the gems plus a special gem that you get from the…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“I had a lot of fun, needs some polish, but overall a grate game.”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Decent game. I was entertained for a couple of hours - but then the lack of QOL features start to show. Simple stuff like auto-pausing production when a certain limit is reached or the ability to see if your farmers are successfull in tending a fields in a season. A few minor…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedLatest official news
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Patch Notes - Version 6.7
Finally! Exodus Borealis's largest non native English speaking playerbase can now play in their native tongue. Thanks to Wernke zur Borg, Exodus Borealis is now available in German! Reworked animation
Patch Notes - Version 6.6
Improved lighting model. Illuminated windows will now cast light on nearby objects. Citizen lanterns and gems on towers will project more light, illuminating nearby objects. At nighttime, areas are da
Patch Notes - Version 6.5
Exodus Borealis has now been translated to Korean! Buildings that internally store output were stopping production if they were full based on all the input resources and produced resources, not factor
Patch Notes - Version 6.4
Fixed a bug that could cause resources to be lost when removing from a storage being tore down, and the destination to place those not being able to fit the whole of what was pulled out by a single fo
Patch Notes - Version 6.3
Fixed bug on Kuro island. When loading a game, any paths or gates right next to obstacles would not have their pathing applied, meaning invaders could go through gates or paths wouldn't speed up. A fe
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Tower Defense · Building · City Builder · Colony Sim · Indie · God Game · Fantasy · Mythology · Survival · Tactical · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Spanish - Spain * , Spanish - Latin America * , Russian * , Dutch * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Korean * , German * * |
| Achievements | 12 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://smugmarmot.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i3-3245 or AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GTX 1050 or AMD RX 560 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 10 GB available space