Founders' Fortune

Colony sim about building a village and managing settlers' lives

Dionic Software · Released Dec 18, 2020

Reviews: Very Positive; 80% of 2,189
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 18; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 1 month ago; Aug 18, 2026

What is Founders' Fortune?

In this colony sim, settlers arrive with only their clothes, and you build their village from scratch. You direct them to gather materials, design houses, farm crops, and research technologies while managing their needs and preparing for winter.

For you if...

+you enjoy open-ended village building with survival planning
+you like tracking settlers' moods and family ties

Not for you if...

−you prefer hands-off management over directing individual settlers
−you want to build without worrying about food and winter

What players say

80% of 2,189 reviews are positive

Players praise the house-building options and the relationships that develop among settlers. Common complaints concern limited guidance and systems that some players find unintuitive or unfinished.

Screenshots and trailer

Founders' Fortune system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

Graphics: Intel HD 4000
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 500 MB available space
Notes: Runs with 35 fps on my test setup with a resolution of 1376x768 and low graphic settings.

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Achievements: 20
Steam features: Workshop, Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Verified

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Turkish, Russian, Ukrainian, Dutch, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Czech, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Hungarian.