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Place workers, gather resources, and play cards to build a woodland city that scores points over four seasons.
Released 28 Jul 2022
Build Woodland Cities
Gather Valley Resources
Recruit Woodland Critters
Harvest resources to build a village of woodland critters in this adaptation of the award-winning tabletop board game!
Developed by Dire Wolf · Published by Dire Wolf







Everdell is a digital adaptation of a strategy board game about founding a woodland city. You manage a group of workers and a hand of Construction and Critter cards as you compete to build the highest-scoring city.
On each turn, place a worker to collect resources or cards, play a card into your city, or prepare for the next season. Resources such as berries, twigs, resin, and pebbles help pay for buildings and critters.
Your city can hold up to 15 cards, which can score points, provide resources, or unlock abilities. Workers return as the seasons change, and the game ends after four seasons; play against AI, take on solo challenges, or compete with other players.
Players often praise the adaptation for making the board game quicker and easier to play digitally, while retaining its worker placement and card-combination strategy. Its woodland artwork, characters, and relaxed atmosphere are recurring draws, and some players especially enjoy the solo challenges and using the game to learn or practice strategies. Criticism in the sample includes weak AI challenge, limited online matchmaking or connection trouble, and requests for more expansions.






| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Achievements | 29 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 2 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |
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