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Lead refugees on an unfamiliar island, building a medieval village and managing food, work, and winter survival from two views.
Released 26 May 2017
Possess a Villager
Terraform the Island
Grow Varied Crops
LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.
Developed by Mindillusion · Published by Bitbox Ltd.









You lead a small group of refugees starting over on an unknown island. Build and expand a medieval settlement, shaping the land to make room for homes, farms, pastures, orchards, and other structures.
Manage villagers’ work and supplies: forage, hunt, farm crops, raise animals, and produce materials such as firewood and clothing. You can oversee the settlement from above or take control of a villager in first person to perform tasks and explore.
Changing seasons and weather shape the village’s needs. Prepare varied food to support health, keep people warm through winter, and adapt to droughts, heavy rain, disease, and disasters. Morale and living conditions affect productivity and population growth, while the surrounding ecosystem responds to how you use its resources.
Players who enjoy the game often describe it as a slow, absorbing village-building experience, praising the challenge of planning resources and growing a settlement over time. Some find its pace relaxing, and reviews also appreciate the changing seasons and the option to play in first person. Others criticize bugs, awkward management, and the lack of ongoing updates, so these positives are not shared by everyone.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 29 |
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| Players | From 1 (maximum not specified) |
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| Multiplayer | The provided information clearly lists Single-player as a feature. The store tags include Multiplayer and Co-op, but no multiplayer mode details, player counts, or supported features are described in the provided text. |
| Multiplayer & mods | The game is described as mod friendly, with LUA scripting access to AI, animations, task and resource management, navigation, sounds, and other systems. No provided text explains how mods affect multiplayer specifically. |
| Controller required | No |
| Website | Official website |
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