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Lead a fragile settlement through dark forests, balancing resources and settlers’ sanity while completing quests and fighting monsters.
Released 17 Aug 2023
Build a Palisade
Manage Settler Sanity
Pray for Battle Spells
Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.
Developed by Covenant.dev · Published by Team17
You lead the Tribe of the Dawn into forbidden lands, where each scenario sends your small community into a dark fantasy world inspired by Slavic folklore. Campaign objectives and side quests guide your efforts to survive and confront dangers beyond the settlement.
Build up and defend your settlement with structures and palisades while gathering resources and assigning settlers to different jobs. Each person has individual strengths and skills, and their health, hunger, illness, aging, and sanity affect the community’s ability to endure.
Send groups beyond the walls to explore, complete quests, fight monsters, and find items and secrets. You can also pray to gods for spells that affect combat, while scenario options let you adjust objectives, maps, enemies, resources, raids, and weather.
Players who enjoy Gord often point to its grim Slavic-inspired atmosphere, story and lore, and the blend of settlement management with exploration and combat. Some also praise its visuals, music, and campaign. Other reviews describe the experience as repetitive or overly demanding, and raise concerns about bugs, controls, and managing settlers.
Lead the people of the Tribe of the Dawn as they venture deep into forbidden lands. Complete quests that shape their personalities, impact their wellbeing, and decide the fate of their community. Ensure the survival of your populace in a grim fantasy world inspired by Slavic folklore.
Erect palisades, develop structures, and grow your gord from a humble settlement to a formidable fortress. However, expansion won’t be easy! Your population is constantly at risk from enemy tribes, gruesome monsters, and mysterious powers that lurk in the surrounding woods.

The versatile quests in Gord will have you venturing beyond the walls of your settlement, either to prevent calamity from happening or to address a personal matter of one of your subjects. The Scenario’s main objectives will guide your journey, while side quests and random encounters will dispatch you into the wilderness to hunt down legendary creatures, uncover secrets of the Ancients, or vanquish a nasty scourge. Expect the unexpected.

Set the stage by choosing from a wide range of Scenario options, and try to emerge victorious. Take it easy or set an impossible challenge; almost anything can be adjusted! Choose from a variety of primary objectives, select the level size, the intensity of raids, the environment you’ll play in, the types of enemies you’ll face, starting resources, and even the severity of weather. Of course, don’t forget the Horrors.

A healthy populace is the key to survival in Gord. Every aspect of your settlers’ lives - from illness, to hunger, to the death of their kin - can impact each subject’s Sanity levels. Keep a close eye on them, as once a subjects sanity reaches a critical point, they will suffer a breakdown or even flee your rule.

Please the Gods with your prayers and they may give you access to their spellcasting abilities. Incantations vary in nature - some are offensive while others are defensive - but they all help to tip the battlefield in your favor. Conceal areas from your enemies, gain control over threatening beasts, or turn an unholy rage against all who dare to oppose you.

The Chronicle explains the history of the Gord universe that blends real-world Slavic mythology with dark fantasy. Pages torn from The Chronicle will be scattered throughout the game’s landscapes, giving dedicated players an additional challenge of discovery. Collecting as many pages as possible will provide insight into the origins of the Gods, ancient factions, and the mystical Whisperers.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 64 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 5 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |