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Lead a beaver colony through droughts and toxic tides, engineering waterways and stacking a resource-producing city to survive.
Released 12 Mar 2026
Divert Rivers
Store Drought Water
Stack Beaver Cities
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
Developed by Mechanistry · Published by Mechanistry
In a post-human wasteland, you lead a colony of beavers as it tries to survive. Choose between two factions, each with distinct buildings, technology, and traits.
Manage food, water, and wood while preparing for recurring droughts and toxic-water seasons. Build dams, reservoirs, pumps, canals, and irrigation systems to store and redirect water, and reshape terrain to protect your settlement and keep land arable.
Expand with stacked buildings, bridges, transport routes, and power networks, then develop production chains and automate settlement systems. Research unlocks more options, while colony growth and beaver well-being support larger projects; you can also play on included maps or create maps with the editor.
In the supplied reviews, players often enjoy the water-engineering systems, especially planning dams, reservoirs, and river diversions, alongside the freedom to build vertically and develop a colony at their own pace. The beaver theme and open-ended projects add to the appeal for some. Others say that after securing water and food, the game can lose pressure, with few clear goals to guide further expansion.
Mankind turned Earth into a dry wasteland and perished, but some species adapted and evolved. Pick one of the beaver factions and see how long your colony can last.
Control one of two beaver factions: the nature-friendly Folktails or the industrious Iron Teeth. Each faction has unique buildings, technology, and gameplay traits. Choose what fits your playstyle!
Prepare your settlement for recurring droughts and waves of toxic waste. Stockpile food and keep fields and forests alive even after rivers dry up. Rely on both natural water sources and artificial irrigation to keep the land arable and your beavers safe.
Beavers’ engineering skills are legendary. With Timberborn’s 3D water physics and terraforming, so can be yours. Put up dams and floodgates, erect massive aqueducts, dig canals and tunnels with explosives, and reshape the terrain to your liking.
Harness the game’s unique vertical architecture system. Space is limited, so stack lodges and workshops on top of each other. Construct platforms and bridges, set up an elaborate power grid, and let your beavers speed around on ziplines or through tubeways.
Turn timber into sophisticated machinery – from water wheels and lumber mills to engines and mechanized pumps. Wood is the core resource in Timberborn, but the most advanced structures require metal. To find it, send your scavengers to the ruins of the old world.
Automate tasks across your settlement by creating an intricate system of sensors, relays, counters, and other tools for advanced engineers. Self-controlling dams and factories are just the beginning.
Supercharge your colony with mechanized beavers. Power them up, maintain them, and you'll get extra-efficient workers for almost any job. They operate 24/7, and you can send them to the most hazardous areas.
Build a sprawling city with efficient production chains and follow the lives of its inhabitants day and night. As the population grows, satisfy your evolved rodents with a balanced diet, entertainment, decorations, and end-game monuments that help restore the Earth.
Play on one of the included maps or create your own and share it with the community. On top of the built-in map editor, Timberborn features official mod support. Tons of extra player-made content and quality-of-life additions are available, with more coming each day.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Achievements | 59 |
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| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Metacritic | 85/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
