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Viticulture Essential Edition

Digital board game about seasonal worker placement at a Tuscan vineyard

DIGIDICED · Released Jul 10, 2020

CasualIndieStrategy

Reviews
Mixed
69% of 242
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Playing now
0
peak 24h 2
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update
2 years ago
Feb 5, 2024

What is Viticulture Essential Edition?

This turn-based board game adaptation puts you in charge of an inherited vineyard in pre-modern Tuscany. In matches against computer opponents or other players, you assign workers and visitors to seasonal tasks, build structures, plant vines, and fill wine orders while competing for task spaces.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy strategic board games with seasonal worker placement
  • +you want to practice against computer opponents

Not for you if...

  • you prefer simple rules over complex worker-placement decisions
  • you want action-driven play rather than turn-based planning

What players say

69% of 242 reviews are positive

Players praise the board game adaptation and its strategic decisions. The most common complaint is a slow, clunky interface that makes actions take too many steps; some players also report bugs and difficulty learning the controls.

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Viticulture Essential Edition

Viticulture Essential Edition system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS
Windows 7 (SP1+), Windows 10 and Windows 11
Processor
x86, x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
Graphics
DX10, DX11, DX12 capable
Memory
2 GB RAM
Storage
500 MB available space
DirectX
Version 10

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements
5
Steam features
Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Playable

  • Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese.

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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