Spiritlands

Spiritlands is a 4X settlement-management game about growing a community from a campfire into a network of towns and cities. Gather resources, assign people to work as farmers, explorers, and soldiers, and balance their needs for water, power, happiness, food, and shelter as your settlements expand.

Shape a world in the map editor or use a randomly generated landscape, then explore beyond your starting settlement. Reveal ruins, colonies, and enemy camps as you develop your people, automate resource gathering, and decide whether to trade with nearby groups or fight them. The changing terrain and available resources influence how you build and expand.

Gameplay and features

• Build and manage settlements: Found villages and cities, assign residents to different roles, and provide essentials such as food, shelter, water, and power. Schools, taverns, and attractive surroundings also support your population.
• Gather and automate resources: Collect food, wood, stone, coal, and special items. Develop farms, lumberyards, quarries, mines, and fishing areas, then assign workers to keep resources flowing.
• Explore and expand: Place campfires to reveal the fog and search for ruins, loot chests, colonies, and enemy encampments. Expand across the map while choosing how to deal with its inhabitants.
• Trade or fight: Trade with the Port Keepers, Woodlanders, Stonecutters, and Miners, or risk conflict. Build armies and fortifications to defend settlements from attacks.
• Create a custom world: Use the map editor to paint terrain, adjust resource amounts, and choose landscape presets such as Desert or Wasteland. Randomly generated areas are also available.

Frequently asked questions

What kind of game is Spiritlands?

It is a 4X resource and people-management game focused on settlement building, exploration, automation, and survival.

What do residents need?

Residents need water, power, happiness, food, and shelter. They also serve as workers, explorers, and soldiers within their settlement.

Can I create my own map?

Yes. The map editor lets you paint tiles and adjust resource amounts. You can also use presets or play on randomly generated terrain.

How can I interact with colonies?

Discover colonies and trade with them at markets to build friendly relations, or attack them and risk retaliation.