We Love It's Guide to…
As a refugee in a plague-threatened mountain village, farm and preserve food to keep its animal residents supplied and alive.
Released 22 Jul 2025
Keep Grimshire Fed
Preserve Perishable Food
Feed Two Diet Groups
A deadly plague threatens the village of Grimshire. Manage your farmland, forage the bounty of the wilds, prevent your harvest from rotting away and keep the root cellar full. Can you help bring the community together and survive?
Developed by Acute Owl Studio · Published by Acute Owl Studio
After fleeing a disaster, you arrive in Grimshire, an isolated mountain village that offers you a home and a neglected farmhouse. As the threat of a mysterious plague grows, you take on the role of farmer helping the community survive.
Grow crops and orchard trees, forage, fish, mine, and raise or tame critters for food and supplies. The village relies on your harvest, and its residents have different dietary needs, so you must manage food stocks as fresh ingredients spoil.
Cook and preserve food by drying, smoking, salting, or pickling it, and gather materials for village projects and research. Quests, friendships, skill perks, farm upgrades, and changing seasons add goals and choices, while crises can put residents at risk.
In this selected set of reviews, players often enjoy how feeding the village gives farming and resource management meaningful stakes, with food preservation and changing crises encouraging forward planning. Many also praise the story, memorable animal villagers, and charming presentation. Some players find the time pressure stressful, and several note that the available story currently ends after the first year; others criticize pacing or food-management frustrations.
You’ve barely escaped the chaos that consumed your hometown overnight. The friendly residents of Grimshire, an isolated mountain village, offer you a new home. Restore the cozy old farmhouse, and tend the fields. But beware, a mysterious plague is coming. The community must work together if everyone is to survive.
Feed Them
Keep the root cellar stocked, balance the needs of both herbivores and carnivores.
Prevent food from rotting away by salting, pickling, drying, and smoking.
Cultivate a field of crops, and plant an orchard of fruit and nut trees.
Tame wild critters and raise them for a steady supply of eggs, milk, and meat.
Forage for seeds, flowers, herbs, nuts, roots and berries.
Go fishing in nearby marshes, rivers, and lakes.
Be a part of the Community
Gather materials and construct village projects to strengthen the community.
Donate specimens for research and discover new methods to increase the odds of survival.
Befriend the adorable villagers of Grimshire. But don't get too attached... It's possible that not everyone will survive.
Explore the World
Dive deep in the mines of Grimshire valley, and root out every vein of ore.
Experience beautiful shifting dynamic seasons and weather.
Decorate your home and farm with a variety of furniture, fences, pathing stones, and more!
| Platforms | Windows |
|---|---|
| Achievements | 19 |
| Age ratings |
|
| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
