14 DAY TRIAL // Hearthlands, a new city-building real-time strategy game developed and published by Sergio & Simon on Steam, has been released on the Windows and Linux platforms.
Linux gamers don't have too many strategy games like Hearthlands, although there are a number of city-building titles. The Tropico franchise comes to mind, but this game looks and feels much more like the old Caesar, Pharaoh, and Zeus, although it incorporates many more features.
"You take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, heroes, magic and other things a typical king deals with on a daily basis," reads the Steam entry.
Players might notice that the gameplay takes place on a grid, just like the titles we just mentioned before, and that makes for some very interesting cities. The game has just landed in Steam Early Access, which means that it's not complete yet, although it's very much playable. The developers want to add more content like heroes, religions, more monsters, and various other features.
Hearthlands is expected to remain in development for the next six months, which is actually a very short amount of time. Also, it's worth noting that the game needs at least Java 1.6 and it won't run on integrated video solutions like Intel HD.
More details about the title can be found on the Steam website.
