Create your own medieval kingdom in Kingdoms & Castles, the medieval city-building sim coming to Xbox on December 1st. Check out the official trailer and learn more on @XONEHQ.

Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliances, and war with neighboring AI-controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.

Your kingdom must survive a living and dangerous world. Do the Viking raiders make off with your villagers? Or are they stopped, full of arrows, at the castle gates? Does a dragon torch your granary, your people dying of starvation in the winter, or are you able to turn the beast back? The success of your kingdom depends solely on your skill as a city and castle planner.

Strategically lay out your town to improve your peasants' happiness and to attract new residents. Tax them just enough to fund your castle. Make sure your peasants are fed in the winter and healed of plagues. Build churches to keep them from despair and taverns to keep them happy. You can even throw festivals if you've built a town square! Send out wood cutters to collect wood, set up stone quarries to build your castles, and farm the land efficiently so your town can grow and thrive.

The new land you're settling is at risk of Viking invasion. These raiders seek to kidnap and kill your peasants, steal your resources, and burn your town to the ground. Use a powerful castle-building system where castles are constructed using blocks that can be placed anywhere. Towers and walls are dynamically created based on how you stack and arrange them. Archer towers and other weapon emplacements have longer range the higher their tower. Try different layouts to best protect your kingdom and express your glory as a king or queen.

Kingdoms & Castles features

• Cozy gameplay, aesthetic, and a soothing soundtrack for an immersive experience.
• Simple but challenging gameplay.
• Focused on having fun.
• Survive in a living world where the forest grows and the seasons change.
• Raise your walls and defend your city against the attacks.

Kingdoms and Castles will be available on Xbox on December 1, 2023 for 14.99 USD | Euros.

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