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Orrstead
Orrstead is a relaxing city builder that combines resource management and incremental game mechanics. Unlock technologies, complete quests, and adapt to the changing seasons.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“This game was a real disappointment. I'm sad to say that I would not recommend it, my friends. What worked: +This is a city builder and management game, and you do that + graphics look nice What didn't work: -There is no tutorial, menus, the hover over popups on stuff is so…”
— a player, Steam review · 38 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
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Update 1.0.2 Patch Notes
Added dynamic library and tax collector quests Map generation seed can now be manually specified Shadows can now be turned off Railroads are now rotated correctly when drag-placed Drag-demolishing rai
Update 1.0.1 Patch Notes
You can now hold shift to pan the camera faster Revised some tooltips to improve consistency and provide hints Forester range and reliability increased Sheep pen no longer shows red border Improved Lu
A Message from the Developer [Release Time, Presskit]
Orrstead officially releases March 7 at 12am EST ! Message to the Community I've been working on this game for the past 4 years, and am very excited for people to check out my first major release. Orr
Steam Next Fest Conclusion & Update 0.20
Thanks to everyone who discovered Orrstead in Steam Next Fest, and the thousands of players who tried the demo! There has also been lots of useful feedback, some of which has already been incorporated
Last Chance Preview Event
https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steam/apps/693940/extras/gif3.gif?t=1705881449 Orrstead now has seasons! Experience this final major update for free. The demo now ends after the first year. Thi
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | City Builder · Sandbox · Colony Sim · Building · Management · Medieval · Base-Building · Strategy · 3D · Isometric · Top-Down · Relaxing (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 23 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7, Windows 10 and Windows 11 64-bit Processor: X64 architecture Graphics: DX11-supported DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1000 MB available space