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Timberborn

Beaver colony builder centered on water engineering and survival

Mechanistry · Released Mar 12, 2026

IndieSimulationStrategy

Reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
95% of 40K
Recent reviews
Very Positive
94% of 376 in 30 days
Players
3,383
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
2 weeks ago
Oct 20, 2026
Minimum PC
GeForce GTX 950
8 GB RAM · 3 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 85/100 (critic reviews)

What is Timberborn?

A single-player colony simulation and city-building sandbox set on a dried-out Earth where humans are gone and beavers have adapted. Choose one of two factions, manage food and production, build vertically, and engineer dams, canals, irrigation, and automation to survive droughts and toxic seasons.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy open-ended colony building and logistics management
  • +you like stacking structures and reshaping terrain
  • +you want detailed automation for dams and production

Not for you if...

  • −you need a campaign or explicit victory goals
  • −you prefer light management with little planning

What players say

95% of 40,394 reviews are positive · 94% of 376 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the water engineering, vertical construction, and shift from survival into logistics and terraforming. The main complaints are the lack of campaign goals and lasting late-game challenge once water threats are controlled. Several players also criticize missing work and construction sounds.

Players over time

▼ -13% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 6,475 players on Sep 21, 2026.

Show the data
DayPlayers
Nov 7, 20263,383
Nov 6, 20262,597
Nov 5, 20262,580
Nov 4, 20262,889
Nov 3, 20262,933
Nov 2, 20262,977
Nov 1, 20264,613
Oct 31, 20264,087
Oct 30, 20262,999
Oct 29, 20262,894
Oct 28, 20263,015
Oct 26, 20263,398
Oct 25, 20264,289
Oct 24, 20263,973
Oct 23, 20263,257
Oct 22, 20263,178
Oct 21, 20263,199
Oct 20, 20263,105
Oct 18, 20264,304
Oct 17, 20263,799
Oct 16, 20263,093
Oct 15, 20263,165
Oct 14, 20263,443
Oct 13, 20263,645
Oct 11, 20264,523
Oct 10, 20263,957
Oct 9, 20263,363
Oct 8, 20263,267
Oct 7, 20263,400
Oct 6, 20263,571
Oct 4, 20264,467
Oct 3, 20264,031
Oct 2, 20263,298
Oct 1, 20263,256
Sep 30, 20263,342
Sep 29, 20263,642
Sep 27, 20264,831
Sep 26, 20264,445
Sep 25, 20263,759
Sep 24, 20263,795
Sep 23, 20264,175
Sep 23, 20264,217
Sep 22, 20264,452
Sep 21, 20266,475

Screenshots and trailer

Timberborn screenshot 1

Timberborn system requirements

Minimum: GeForce GTX 950, 8 GB RAM, 3 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 10 or newer
Processor
4-core 1.7 GHz or better
Graphics
GeForce GTX 950, Radeon R9 380 or similar
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
3 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Recommended

OS
Windows 11 or newer
Processor
4-core 2.9 GHz or better
Graphics
GeForce RTX 2070, Radeon RX 5700 or similar
Memory
16 GB RAM
Storage
5 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Does Timberborn have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Timberborn run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Achievements
59
Steam features
Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Ukrainian, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish.

Does Timberborn use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 6, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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