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Rebuild a village in a plague-ravaged medieval world by gathering, crafting, recruiting survivors, and defending your settlement.
Released 25 Feb 2026
Recruit Plague Survivors
Assign Villagers Jobs
Build a Working Hamlet
Nested Lands is a ruthless medieval RPG game featuring in-depth village building, large-scale social management and combats. Gather survivors, build a settlement, craft, master your skills, survive, and endure alone or in online co-op.
Developed by 1M Bits Horde · Published by META Publishing
You play a survivor trying to rebuild a settlement in a medieval world devastated by plague. Bandits, infected areas, harsh weather, and other hazards threaten both your character and the people who join your village.
Explore the surrounding lands and islands to gather resources, search abandoned places, take on quests, and encounter potential recruits, including prisoners held by bandits. Craft tools and supplies, and use stealth or combat to deal with threats.
Build and upgrade village structures, assign residents to work, and manage their needs as the settlement grows. Protect the community from illness and raids; play alone or in online co-op.
In the supplied reviews, players who enjoy the game often point to its bleak plague-era atmosphere, the appeal of growing a village, and the loop of exploring, looting, and recruiting survivors. Others describe the experience as engaging despite its rough state. Recurring criticisms include bugs and crashes, awkward combat, frustrating villager behavior, and limitations or technical problems in co-op.
Nested Lands is a multiplayer settlement-building RPG set in a dark, plague-ravaged world where twisted madmen and bandits roam the land. Your life will depend on how well you manage and grow your settlement. Fortunately, you're not alone in this dark world — your peasants will help you gather resources, craft items, and build defenses as you lead them through danger and privation. But remember, every choice you make has consequences and can lead your village to prosperity or a senseless death from the plague.
Start from a clean slate and build a brand-new civilization. Assign each peasant a specific role and order them to build, craft, or gather the resources you need to survive the hardships you will face. With dozens of upgradable buildings and hundreds of items to craft and customize, including farms and animals, you're free to shape your settlement as you see fit. But don't let your growing dynasty blind you — hostile forces lurk nearby, ready to spill your blood.
The only way to break through the endless darkness of Nested Lands is to gather the other survivors who share your plight, but have yet to fully give up hope. Save and recruit peasants during your journey across the world. But keep in mind that they will need your protection.
Harsh weather and the coming winter are also your sworn enemies, and the highly detailed world full of random events won’t grant you a single moment’s rest.
Start from nothing. Rise from the bottom, overcome monumental challenges, and make your fame echo across the Nested Lands. But be careful - all your decisions will be carefully watched and evaluated. Will your name be praised by all, or will its very sound instill fear into the common folk who dwell in this open world? The choice is yours.
The disfigured nature of the world makes survival even more challenging. Before facing other threats, you need to secure the basics — a lack of medicine can wipe your village out faster than any blade. Craft, improve your skills, and endure the harsh reality of Nested Lands. Brutal weather and the coming winter may be your greatest foes, but random encounters won't offer any respite.
Play your way - explore the Nested Lands alone, or embrace the horrors of this dystopian world with your friends in co-op mode.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 25 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |
