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Farthest Frontier
Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “deep resource farming systems” (74 of 103 reviews) and “rewarding challenge options” (24); the most common complaint is “simplistic combat late-game staleness” (19). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
74 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“If you took Manor Lords and sacrificed a good part of the graphics for gameplay, you'd get his game”
“I've only played an hour, so, probably will update this later, but some early thoughts: #1 - The concept is great. Reminds me greatly of Banished, another sort of medieval-ish survival city-builder. Except this has…”
“If you enjoy Banished, you will absolutely have a good time with this one! Practically the same game, with some additions that Banished does not/did not have. The raider/wildlife conflict is incredibly fun, and…”
24 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I've only played an hour, so, probably will update this later, but some early thoughts: #1 - The concept is great. Reminds me greatly of Banished, another sort of medieval-ish survival city-builder. Except this has…”
“Recommend this game when on sale and if you're looking for slow-pace city builder. Some other reviews compare it to Banished. Personally, I hated Banished but quite liked playing this one. The game is still being…”
“I got this game from my hubby after I kept monopolizing his from our Family Share. It's like an upgraded version of an older game I loved called "Banished" and the always classic "Rimworld"! This does take a little bit…”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“The atmosphere, visuals, music, farming, and overall “frontier survival” fantasy are excellent. The first 20–30 hours are immersive and enjoyable. But the game starts falling apart because of its internal design and…”
“I've only played an hour, so, probably will update this later, but some early thoughts: #1 - The concept is great. Reminds me greatly of Banished, another sort of medieval-ish survival city-builder. Except this has…”
“If Age of Empires and Banished had a baby, it would be this. I like playing it at normal speed, slowly plodding along while admiring the pretty forests. Very fun. 10/10 Highly recommend.”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“One of the best in the genre. I bought at full price, prior to the current 50% off and would say it's without a doubt worth it.”
“If you enjoy Banished, you will absolutely have a good time with this one! Practically the same game, with some additions that Banished does not/did not have. The raider/wildlife conflict is incredibly fun, and…”
“Really, this is a very good city builder. I have gripes, and there are things missing, but even as it is, it's worth the money, if this is your type of genre. 8.1/10”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“If you enjoy Banished, you will absolutely have a good time with this one! Practically the same game, with some additions that Banished does not/did not have. The raider/wildlife conflict is incredibly fun, and…”
“If you enjoyed Banished or wished Against the Storm had a marathon mode, this is a perfect game. 13 hours in, I'm still enjoying an easy run on pacifist mode, so I expect there'll be plenty more hours of entertainment…”
“As a big fan of city builders to just sit down, relax, and unwind, I haven't found any better than Farthest Frontier. Currently 321 hours into it and still coming back for different settlement playthroughs. When I think…”
19 of the 103 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“The atmosphere, visuals, music, farming, and overall “frontier survival” fantasy are excellent. The first 20–30 hours are immersive and enjoyable. But the game starts falling apart because of its internal design and…”
“I've played a number of games like this one, namly Banished being the most similar, I really enjoyed that game. While Farthest Frontier sure has had a lot of work put into it, the game has a long way to go to be…”
“Great time killer, and just an overall sit back and relax kind of game. Once you get your town to be self sufficient it becomes relaxing and fun to watch you town go about their day to day. I personally do wish there…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“I've played a number of games like this one, namly Banished being the most similar, I really enjoyed that game. While Farthest Frontier sure has had a lot of work put into it, the game has a long way to go to be…”
“The bad -UI bad ,building picture is soo ass you cant recognize any of it in a single glance. -Veryyy slow pacing 1x 2x 3x 5x speed(slow enough to the point you can do other thing like watch movie while play this game…”
“It's hard to track who does what in the village, which i guess was the side effect of devs trying to make this game less micro managable. You always get the sense that you don't understand what's going on in the…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I've played a number of games like this one, namly Banished being the most similar, I really enjoyed that game. While Farthest Frontier sure has had a lot of work put into it, the game has a long way to go to be…”
“Farthest Frontier is a strong city builder with a lot of depth, especially in the early game where survival and expansion feel rewarding. However, heavy tools create a frustrating progression bottleneck. Many important…”
“This game is really boring and very underwhelming. Way too much sitting around because your villagers are so slow to do everything. Game sends raiders way too quickly to plunder your small pathetic village, giving you…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“If you took Manor Lords and sacrificed a good part of the graphics for gameplay, you'd get his game”
“Beat a game on normal but it wasn't fun. Feels like a mix between Age of Empires and City-Builder Survival. Upkeep costs, especially gold, are frustrating to work with and afaik there's no way to automate trade so you…”
“It's hard to track who does what in the village, which i guess was the side effect of devs trying to make this game less micro managable. You always get the sense that you don't understand what's going on in the…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Great time killer, and just an overall sit back and relax kind of game. Once you get your town to be self sufficient it becomes relaxing and fun to watch you town go about their day to day. I personally do wish there…”
“I was Here from Early access. When I fly international this bad boy is a killer one for that. Its well worth the price. The only thing I wish you could do is co-op and co-op trading that would make this a S-tier for the…”
“If you like builders, it's a good one. It's relatively easy to learn, and there's challenge with those nasty raids. I spent 60 hours before it got boring. I suggest implementing multiplayer”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 86.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Great game if you are interested in travelling time. You will start playing at a given point in time and end your session at 5am a few days later and remember you forgot to eat.”
— a player, Steam review · 116 hrs played“I've been waiting a long time for a game to replace Banished in the medieval city/survival sim genre, this is the one. It blends a lot of the strategy games into one, from Anno to AoE and it's well worth the full price. It carries a lot of the same concepts you'd expect and…”
— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played“Its a great fantasy city builder, and probably one of the best I've seen out there. Visually the game looks great and the trading system feel engaging through the whole gameplay. Its a rare survival city builder where you can make a city that's trying to survive and also have…”
— a player, Steam review · 30 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-22.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Early Access · Historical · Agriculture · Medieval · 4X · Immersive Sim · City Builder · Resource Management · Top-Down · RTS · Strategy · Management (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Workshop · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Ukrainian * |
| Achievements | 74 |
| Official site | https://www.farthestfrontier.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 or later (64bit versions only) Processor: Processor: Intel Core i5 3470 @ 3.2 GHz | AMD FX 8120 @ 3.9 GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 | AMD R9 290, with 3 GB VRAM or better DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 11 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX-compatible using the latest drivers