
Build, optimize, and explore at your own pace in Scorchlands, a cozy yet strategic colony builder. Manage resources, shape the environment, and expand your network across a volcanic moon. No rush, no pressure, just satisfying logistics and endless possibilities.
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Scorchlands is a chill yet strategic city-building game where you expand, optimize, and shape a volcanic moon at your own pace.
🏡 Cozy, hex-based colony-building – Place buildings and optimize your cities without stress.
🔗 Deep but accessible resource management – Move resources between colonies, balance production, and create an efficient supply network.
🌍 Terraforming for growth – Shape the environment to unlock new resources and opportunities.
🧩 Tactical puzzle-like combat – Outsmart enemies with positioning and strategy, no micromanagement needed.
🔬 Tech progression that fuels creativity – Unlock new tools that let you play the way you want.

The birdfolk of Giwi are explorers, inventors, and pioneers, and now they’re taking their knowledge beyond their homeworld. Their destination? Helia - a volcanic moon full of uncharted wonders, untapped resources, and… unexpected dangers.
To thrive on Helia, you’ll need to establish colonies, build up production chains, and master resource logistics. Move materials between settlements, carefully balance supply and demand, and keep your industries running smoothly. All without the usual stress of city-builders.
But exploration comes with risks—strange creatures lurk across the landscape, and the only way to survive is through smart positioning and careful expansion.
Whether you love relaxing city-builders, satisfying logistics puzzles, or strategic exploration, Scorchlands lets you play at your own pace. No timers, no pressure—just you, your colony, and endless possibilities.

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Languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Russian, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch +41 more
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Hours played at review time, across 40 reviews with recorded playtime.
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[h1]A chill puzzle version of Factorio is not a terrible idea. Still, actual implementation could be a bit less wasteful in terms of real time[/h1] I mean, games like these live and die (mostly die) by their ability to facilitate constant rebuilds and optimisations. And there's just none. If you want to change something you have to move each building individually by drag & drop. And late-game colonies can have 200-300 buildings... I scrapped a few playthroughs because things become too messy. In the end I was able to complete it only by lowering difficulty to mininum AND cheesing transmutation crystals. IDK, maybe some people will like it as it is. There's demo and it shows almost all the game has to offer - definitely should play if you are looking to to buy.
A very interesting resource builder, but I'd recommend playing with a keyboard/mouse.
出人意料的好玩,很有规划深度
Great puzzle game with an extra something to do at every step. Gives a challenge while being very chill!
Klein aber fein
I feel bad giving this game thumbs down because it doesnt really deserve it, but its got so many good reviews that people thinking of buying it might find mine. Its an ok game. Just not what I thought it was I see City builder and screenshots made it look like Creeper World to me. And trailer made it look like there is automation. I saw cities with population and influence area claiming resources and I thought it might be like Civ. But its none of those things. Its closer to a puzzle game where you need to figure out placement of cities and transfer of resources to unlock the next step in technology and progress. Its a decent game with its own unique mechanics that im SURE some people will enjoy. And it absolutely deserves 92% positive reviews. Its just not for me. Because its not what I thought it was going to be at all.
Extremely well done and short (by the genre's standards) logistics game. Everything is smooth and satisfying.
Its a fun game that satisfies my urge to make a base on a hexagonal grid, I've also never experienced a game where everything is supply and demand-based either (that is to say, no storage). Despite everything though, I was really cutting it close at the end, I do wonder what I could have done better or how on earth anyone could complete this with only 8 colonies (or whatever the achievement number is).
편의성이나 일부 조작에서 약간 아쉬운 감이 있지만 퍼즐기반 도시건설류 중에서는 상당히 재미있습니다. 건설과 철거가 자유로워서 도시를 다 뜯어 고쳐도 부담이 전혀 없어 이것저것 시도해보면서 느긋하게 하기 좋은 게임.
非常好玩,因为只有200多MB我就下在办公用的笔记本上上班摸鱼玩,结果害的我休息的两天在家满脑子都是我的月球殖民地。有一点小小的建议,在地图界面看不到每条管道合并的哪一种资源,要是能把鼠标放在管道枢纽上显示的资源图标也显示在地图界面就更好了。 ======================================= translated by DeepL: It's a lot of fun, and since it's only 200MB so I put it on my office laptop to goof off at work, and the two days I had off from work at home were filled with my moon colony. One small suggestion, I can't see witch resources are combined in each pipeline in overview mode, it will be much easier to plan how to set pipeline.
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