
DarkSwitch is a vertical survival city builder. Build a city on a great tree and defend it against the Fog. Face the challenges of limited real estate, scarce resources, and tough moral choices as you seek to uncover the mystery of the Shroud. The Tree Provides! The Tree Protects! The Tree Prevails!
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DarkSwitch is a vertical survival city builder set in the boughs of a gigantic tree. Defend your leafy home against the perils of the creeping fog by managing light and flame.
Gather resources, research technologies, and send pioneers to explore the ruins of those who came before: discover their secrets and doom.
Set in a world of folk horror and creeping dread, DarkSwitch blends vertical city-building, tower defense, and exploration into a unique strategic experience.
Navigate a stunning, dangerous, dark fantasy world enriched by cinematic cutscenes and an atmospheric soundtrack from Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka!
Limited horizontal space requires a strategy; construct zip lines and stairways to connect your growing settlement layers.
Manage raw and processed resources, production facilities, and citizen morale, while fortifying defenses to withstand fog's creeping chaos.
Fog drives your citizens to madness and conceals stalking terrors.
Fight back by illuminating paths, crafting light-powered weapons, and mastering the raw energy of Solium.
Push back the gloom and save your nation.
Establish far-outposts, and excavate rare resources and artifacts.
Encounter strange and lethal creatures lurking in the fog.
Uncover the remnants of an ancient civilization.
Witness various dramatic storylines.
Navigate choices where even small actions can spiral into grim consequences.

Campaign Mode: 20+ hours of single-player, story-driven gameplay with quests, branching narratives, and high-stakes choices.
80+ unique buildings for full tree city customization.
11 resource types: balance raw and processed goods to survive.
4 technology levels to advance and unlock new growth possibilities.
200-meter-tall tree that serves as the foundation for your city.
Atmospheric soundtrack composed by Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill series).
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Languages: English*, German, Polish, Russian*, Simplified Chinese, French, Kazakh*languages with full audio support
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Классный концепт с туманом и выживанием на дереве. Красивый дизайн и картинки. Круто, что есть озвучка, проще следить за историей. А на поздних этапах еще и экономика и квесты на глобальной карте есть
Buen juego, gran historia!
希望能像风暴之城(against the storm)那样,开局的时候树是固定的,但是周边是随机的地图,这样子更有多刷的乐趣,设定上看就像是在不同的圣树上创建光之穹顶,拓展人类生存的版图之类的?总之又多了一个不错的策略游戏。(虽然我玩得很菜哈哈)
I've played both Frostpunk games and this looked similar. This game does a lot of similar things, but nothing really stands out. I've finished the game in 12.4h. No real challenge and no difficulty options. I don't see a point to play it again and get the different endings.
Не спешите проходить пролог! Постарайтесь улучшить исследования до которых можете дотянуться, чтоб потом было проще
За первые 50 дней ты изучаешь всё что есть, строишь весь флот, укомплектовываешь базу всем что можно и тупо ждёшь финальных 2-х дней за которые тебе вынесут всю оборону, но не снесут город. Слишком легко и имеется всего 1 сюжетная линия. С фростпанком и рядом не стояла по сложности.
Пару раз переигрывал пролог, потому что в начале торопился построить город. Прикольно, что на протяжении всей игры ты управляешь одним городом и развиваешь его до уровня промышленной столицы. И при этом вокруг тебя происходит история.
the game is engaging. Hopefully at late stages, there will be calm down, from non stop attacks, when tech advances. It is still to buggy (alpha quality) and will continue after some stability fixes.
Я ставил все свои лесопилки и дома жителей в Тумане. Они оказались захвачены туманом. Не повторяйте моих ошибок. Нравится.
Game have great potential, but it is wasted due to gameplay not being balanced out, Everything is way too easy. No challenge at all. Also UI is less than stellar. You need too many clicks to micromanage everything. Would change to positive if devs add much harder difficulty settings. Also ingame music suck. I'm not sure game even have music. And they selling soundtrack, lol!
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