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Laysara: Summit Kingdom
Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
73 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Excellent city builder with a strong visual identity. Both relaxing and scratching my optimizer itch.”
“Overall it's a pretty good city builder. It plays like a less complex Anno series with a small twist here and there, so if you like that kind of city builder you'll be at home with this game. Pro + Unique theme +…”
“Laysara: Carpal Tunnel Kingdom Nope nope nope. Super cute, scratches the optimization and puzzle itch. But you didn't finish your game, guys, why did you release to 1.0? - You cannot rotate buildings (this is a…”
40 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“>want to buy Cities Skylines 2 >mixed rating, expensive ripoff, infinity DLCs, crashing >meh >look at Laysara >it is cute >cute makes me happy Thank you Laysara, very cool. Buy the soundtrack too! EDIT: idk why this is…”
“Excellent city builder with a strong visual identity. Both relaxing and scratching my optimizer itch.”
“Overall it's a pretty good city builder. It plays like a less complex Anno series with a small twist here and there, so if you like that kind of city builder you'll be at home with this game. Pro + Unique theme +…”
17 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Banger game for those who want to dip their toes into the city-builder genre but feel too intimidated by how overcomplicated many of its games are. The campaign had the perfect amount of challenge on the "Professional"…”
“Great puzzle game for people that love optimizing things. The graphics look great, the only issues I've had was the resolution settings getting reset on each game start. The campaign has a good variety of challenges,…”
“Quite refreshed to play this game! I had dreamed of playing a wonderful resource management game for so long, until I met this game. Very novel form, extremely limited space and a reasonable level of challenge (at least…”
16 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Excellent city builder with a strong visual identity. Both relaxing and scratching my optimizer itch.”
“Great little game with good music and charming art style. However, I don't think the "City Builder" and "Colony Sim" terms really apply here. Yes, you're building a city and managing a colony, but it's way more arcade-y…”
“Quite refreshed to play this game! I had dreamed of playing a wonderful resource management game for so long, until I met this game. Very novel form, extremely limited space and a reasonable level of challenge (at least…”
8 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A great game worth the price. City Builder, Resource Management, and Puzzle Solving. The game is more similar to Banished where resource management is key to everything. Followed by puzzle solving on getting everything…”
“As a city builder, it's more reminiscent of Anno than anything else. And I enjoy this more than the Anno games I've played. The way Laysara weights different resources differently for the population classes forces me to…”
“I love this game. I completed the campaign. I been working on new maps and some of the challenges. If you like city builders and enjoy competing a mission in an evening this game is for you.”
30 of the 103 reviews raise this · 15 of them still recommend the game.
“This game turned out to be more of a puzzle game then a city builder, which really disappointed me since I was looking forward to playing such a beautiful game. I sincerely dislike puzzle games, and since all of these…”
“As the game crashes following completion of the tutorial on an otherwise-stable system, and as the tutorial indicated that this is a very shallow, bland citybuilder with low visual variety and little control over…”
“Not really fun, I wanted a city builder and it is basically just a glorified tetris with buildings. I kind of feel cheated.”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Laysara: Carpal Tunnel Kingdom Nope nope nope. Super cute, scratches the optimization and puzzle itch. But you didn't finish your game, guys, why did you release to 1.0? - You cannot rotate buildings (this is a…”
“Very pretty game, and fun puzzles to solve. You will become frustratingly constrained not by the layout of the mountains, but by the ridiculously short ranges on every building. I wish it brought me more joy but having…”
“Quite refreshed to play this game! I had dreamed of playing a wonderful resource management game for so long, until I met this game. Very novel form, extremely limited space and a reasonable level of challenge (at least…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“>want to buy Cities Skylines 2 >mixed rating, expensive ripoff, infinity DLCs, crashing >meh >look at Laysara >it is cute >cute makes me happy Thank you Laysara, very cool. Buy the soundtrack too! EDIT: idk why this is…”
“[b]It's less a city-building game than a puzzle game that happens to feature city-builder's elements.[/b] Laysara is very far-fetched from Cities:Skylines or SimCity, or any other free-form city builder, It's more akin…”
“I want to like the game but is absolutely 'death spiral the game'. It was a problem in EA and its still a problem, you can't even complete the 2nd tutorial without disobeying it and preparing. Can you have fun ? sure.…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I want to like the game but is absolutely 'death spiral the game'. It was a problem in EA and its still a problem, you can't even complete the 2nd tutorial without disobeying it and preparing. Can you have fun ? sure.…”
“Its a really good but the income system is broken and ruins it. During the tutorial, if you follow it exactly you will become bankrupt and fail. Tried it twice following the objectives to the letter...fail. So had to…”
“The build tile limitations makes for a fun challenge, made more forgiving with a no-cost building movement tool. However, the fact that there is a fail state in the game feels bad. All it takes is a level 3 avalanche…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“As the game crashes following completion of the tutorial on an otherwise-stable system, and as the tutorial indicated that this is a very shallow, bland citybuilder with low visual variety and little control over…”
“Laysara: Carpal Tunnel Kingdom Nope nope nope. Super cute, scratches the optimization and puzzle itch. But you didn't finish your game, guys, why did you release to 1.0? - You cannot rotate buildings (this is a…”
“Its a really good but the income system is broken and ruins it. During the tutorial, if you follow it exactly you will become bankrupt and fail. Tried it twice following the objectives to the letter...fail. So had to…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 81.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“This game is super charming and really engaging, with a beautiful style and a surprisingly incredible soundtrack. The gimmick of building on limited space is tempered by a very forgiving difficulty curve (at least on the default difficulty settings) and when things do start to…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“What I love about this game is tibetan vibe with a pinch of humor, what I don't is a gameplay. In particular while you constantly have to adjust the puzzle, it'd be great to have a possibility to rotate buildings or to move a cluster at once. Besides I wish I had more info like…”
— a player, Steam review · 167 hrs played“The game is wonderful, however I can not recommend it (4.5/10). the economy, on a fundamental level does not make any sence. You pay "penalties" for bad conditions, such as too little food, etc. But on the same side endless hordes of unemployed villagers generate infinite money.…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 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 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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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.
Hotifx (ID 17780)
Hotifx (ID 17780) is now live! Patch notes: "Save game" button and Quick Save (F5) option will no longer overwrite "Campaign mission X completed" automatic saves Translated a few missing phrases in al
Patch: New scenario & going back to previous mountains in campaign
Hello, fellow mountain lovers! We’re delighted to share that we’re back with a patch that brings new content and highly requested quality-of-life improvements! Let’s jump right in and explore what thi
Official Steam Deck support!
Hello! We're thrilled to tell you that a Steam Deck-friendly version of the game is finally available for everyone! We don't have the "Deck certified" badge just yet, but we're working on it :) You do
Hotifx (ID 17635)
Hotifx (ID 17635) is now live! Patch notes: When a campaign mission cannot be completed due to missing Summit Temple resources, showing what resources are lacking (in the tooltip for the "Finish missi
Hotifx (ID 17627)
Hotifx (ID 17627) is now live! Besides smaller tweaks & fixes, this Hotfix introduces a highly requested quality of life feature: the possibility to transfer transport routes between Posts! Patch note
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · City Builder · Resource Management · Colony Sim · Building · Real-Time with Pause · Base-Building · Immersive Sim · Simulation · Management · Singleplayer · Automation (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Ukrainian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Italian * |
| Achievements | 47 |
| Official site | https://quiteokgames.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64 bit) Processor: Quad Core Processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 660 equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 12 GB available space