Timberborn

Beaver colony builder centered on water engineering and survival

Mechanistry · Released Mar 12, 2026

Reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive; 96% of 42K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 94% of 640 in 30 days
Playing now: 4,175; peak 24h 4,217
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: 2 weeks ago; Sep 3, 2026

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

96% of 41,812 reviews are positive · 94% of 640 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.

Screenshots and trailer

Timberborn system requirements

As published by the developer.

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

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Achievements: 59
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

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

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Ukrainian, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish.