Ymir
City-building strategy with Pigmen civilizations and simulated economies
Thibaud Michaud · Released Mar 16, 2019 · Early Access
IndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 76% of 1,115
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 17
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Unsupported
- Last update
- 7 months ago
- Feb 8, 2026
What is Ymir?
Ymir is a 4X strategy and city-building game where you develop a Pigmen civilization from the Stone Age. You switch between a world map and isometric regional maps to explore procedurally generated areas, build settlements, shape a simulated economy, trade, and fight real-time battles in single-player or multiplayer.
For you if...
- +you like building settlements with interdependent economic systems
- +you want persistent multiplayer civilization building and diplomacy
Not for you if...
- −you prefer simple economies and an easy learning curve
- −you want direct control over each citizen's work and spending
What players say
76% of 1,115 reviews are positive
Players praise the economic depth and multiplayer settlement building, but say the game takes effort to learn.
Screenshots and trailer
Ymir system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 8
- Processor
- Intel core i5
- Graphics
- AMD Radeon HD 7800, screen resolution 1920x1080
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 1
Steam Deck: Unsupported
- Not supported on SteamOS
Tags
- City Builder
- Strategy
- Colony Sim
- Multiplayer
- Economy
- Simulation
- 4X
- Indie
- Building
- Grand Strategy
- Early Access
- Alternate History
- Historical
- Management
- Massively Multiplayer
Recent updates
- Feb 8, 2026 · Minor patch & New game starting
- Nov 9, 2025 · Ymir "New Dawn": progress update
- Jul 16, 2025 · Ymir "New Dawn": progress update
- Apr 21, 2025 · Ymir "New Dawn": progress update
- Jan 30, 2025 · Adding 5 New resources with new game start on Server 1 this Saturday
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