Farthest Frontier

Farthest Frontier does an excellent job of recreating what it could have been like to be a pioneer. It's a Medieval city builder that could take you by surprise. It's really rooted in history, which is fascinating and lends an air of authenticity to everything you do. Food, for example, spoils, so you must select what to harvest and, more crucially, when to gather it. Its farming techniques are also extremely detailed, so ready to think like a Medieval person very quickly. It's a lot to handle, but the overall effect is really cool, especially when it starts to affect the look and feel of your city.

Farthest Frontier drops you into one of four pleasant-looking biomes with a dozen tired inhabitants looking to start a new life. The principles of creating and operating a community are straightforward and should be recognizable to anyone who has played prior survival city-builders: gather wood, build houses, obtain food, and defend yourself against wolves and bears. The truly fascinating twist here is that all food eventually degrades. Even the initial stash won't survive much longer than the first winter, so you can't just harvest everything in sight and not have to think about it for a long time. At least not initially.

Steam Rating: 9/10 (11.041 reviews)
Developer(s): Crate Entertainment

Platform(s): Microsoft Windows
Price: Free
Age rating: 9+
Website: https://www.farthestfrontier.com/