Clanfolk

I am beyond in love and impressed with this game. As a huge fan of colony sim/survival/building strat genre, this game quickly became my favorite ♥ I loved RimWorld but always found the combat aspects annoying. Clanfolk gives me that amazing colony-building experience but focuses purely on survival and family management. It's perfect!

[b]Clanfolk[/b] is a medieval colony simulation set in the rugged [i]Scottish Highlands[/i]. Rather than focusing on warfare or grand conquest, it emphasizes the daily struggle of keeping a small family alive through farming, hunting, crafting, and surviving increasingly harsh winters. While its presentation invites comparisons to [i]RimWorld[/i], its gameplay is much calmer and centers on realistic survival and multigenerational settlement management. The progression system encourages experimentation. New technologies unlock naturally as your clan discovers and crafts new materials, making advancement feel organic rather than driven by a traditional research tree. The visuals are functional rather than flashy. Character sprites are simple, but the environments effectively communicate changing seasons, weather, and settlement growth. The soundtrack complements the [i]Scottish[/i] setting with relaxing, atmospheric music, while ambient sounds create a cozy survival experience. [b]Clanfolk[/b] runs smoothly on most modern PCs thanks to its lightweight 2D engine. Load times are short, and even larger settlements generally perform well. Players looking for intense combat or constant disasters may find the experience too peaceful, while those who enjoy optimization and long-term settlement building will likely appreciate its slower pace. [b]Clanfolk[/b] has steadily evolved into one of the strongest indie colony simulators in [i]Early Access[/i]. Its focus on realistic medieval life, family generations, and environmental survival creates a unique identity despite obvious inspirations from [i]RimWorld[/i]. Although the endgame can lose tension and the interface requires patience to master, the rewarding progression and thoughtful design make it an excellent choice for strategy and simulation enthusiasts. [h1]8.5/10[/h1] DISASTER | BAD | MEDIOCRE | OKAY | GOOD | [b][u]GREAT[/u][/b] |AMAZING| MASTERPIECE [quote] Reviewed on: Win11 Home 64-bit, Intel i5-11600K, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB PRIME, 32GB DDR4-3600 RAM, 2 x Kingston NV1 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD, Internet Broadband 1000/1000 Mbit[/quote] [quote] If you like this review, then please consider giving it a thumbs up. I've also reviewed other games that you might find interesting. If so please follow [u][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/27418263/] Top of the Chart.[/url][/u]

This is my favourite cosy game, and I've played a fair few. There's a lot going on in this game, but it's introduced in stages, so I haven't felt overwhelmed. The first few winters will be difficult, but once you find solutions to problems that keep popping up, they'll make so much sense that they'll become a natural part of the way you run your settlement. The developer is a frequent presence in forum chats about issues and ideas, and the game is regularly updated with both hot fixes and major content additions. It was a fantastic game when I started playing, over a year ago, and it's changed so much and continues to improve and have deeper, more rewarding gameplay.

I like the colony building aspect and the progression in technology without having to focus on warfare or base defense. There is still challenge and an urgency without the feeling like everything is just going to collapse and ruin a run.

It's pretty fun to build your clan up, but there is almost always going to be one *!#$ that refuses to wear clothes in winter and gets sick because they don't go to the fire for warmth. Besides that great game.

I love this game. Although it's still in early access, it's incredibly fleshed out in both clanfolk personalities, crafting branches, and items. It's great for players wanting full control over the look of their builds, and with minimal conflict other than survival. The setting is quite fun too, and I have enjoyed it a lot more than futuristic games like RimWorld. I can’t wait to see what comes with new updates.

Clanfolk sat in my wishlist for a while, but I kept going back to look at the gameplay screenshots and wondering about the game. I adore colony/town management that zooms into the management aspect (managing food stocks that matter to the folk, assigning jobs etc.) rather than zooming out (diplomacy, upper vs lower class, etc.), and this game absolutely scratches that itch. I adore the building ''discovery" system, wherein you have to collect a certain amount of an item to discover some related buildings/items (e.g. you need to have a certain amount of berries in general storage to discover a separate storage item for vegetables/fruits). This makes a lot of sense for me and it was INCREDIBLE playing this game for the first time and having just about every itch scratched. With the newest update, more QOL features were added and I can't wait to open the game up again and start another clan from scratch (I get attached to my clans, but I also dont want to 'spoil' them with the newest update features each time lol). As a player who loves games like Rimworld, Kenshi and Banished, I would very much recommend this game to anyone who is also keeping it in their wishlist, unsure of whether to give it a try ♥♥

The game is slow and repetative. The game has zero strategy, you just work towards unlocking and building the next thing from the tech tree. The furniture is weird, some can rotate, some don't, and it's sometimes hard to see on which tile item is located and where the pawns can walk.

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I love this game. I somehow already have over 100 hours in it. It’s my perfect game. All I want is more of it. More decorations, more story moments, more anything. I can’t wait to see what comes with new updates. I’m so excited to see what else will happen for the intimidation and persuasion skills, as I loved what I saw with the runaway mother when it occurred the second time (I married her almost immediately the first few times she showed up). One thing I wish was implemented was some sort of ceremony or traditions system. Something to mark marriages, deaths, etc. If not ceremonies, then perhaps some kind of mood buff (or buffs that differ based on their affinity for each other) when they get married. And it would be very cute to see pregnant clanfolk have their bump grow through the pregnancy, similar to how the life stage progression may show a late juvenile male with a shadow on the face. Now this review has just become me rambling about ideas. Anyways, yeah, I like