Exodus Borealis

Smug Marmot Studios / Nov 18, 2021 / Strategy

windows
Steam Deck Playable

2 playing now

In this city builder and tower defense game, you will command a small band of ship wrecked colonists. Progress from struggling to survive the elements to a thriving kingdom that will smash the demon hordes that dare attack your settlement.

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What's new

Patch Notes - Version 6.7

2023-08-02

• Finally! Exodus Borealis's largest non native English speaking playerbase can now play in their native tongue. Thanks to Wernke zur Borg, Exodus Borealis is now available in German! • Reworked animations that had issues with lower level of detail, causing invaders to have visual glitches. • Updated to a new version of Unity that includes many performance enhancements and platform specific bug fixes.

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What players say

Very Positive

87% positive, 252 reviews

Recommended13 hrs played

Super Addicting Game! You'll know you enjoyed this game if you launch it, glance at the clock a few hours later, and realize you completely lost track of time. Like every game, Exodus Borealis has its pros and cons. Sure, I'd love to see better graphics, more features, or maybe even a sequel someday. But honestly, even without all of that, I had an amazing time. I put around 10 hours into my very first map, and I...

1 found this helpful, 2026-06-27

Not recommended4 hrs played

Decent game. I was entertained for a couple of hours - but then the lack of QOL features start to show. Simple stuff like auto-pausing production when a certain limit is reached or the ability to see if your farmers are successfull in tending a fields in a season. A few minor QOL updates would have made this game a recommendation, but since this game clearly is considered complete by the devs, I cannot recommend it.

0 found this helpful, 2026-04-26

Recommended61 hrs played

For some reason, this game gets a lot of negative criticism. I personally enjoyed it very much and don't agree with that same hate. It does a good job of introducing players to the genre of "god mode" City Builder + Tower Defense. Also, its a very relaxing game with the option to speed up the game to 8x speed if you want to advance gameplay to match your speed. I'm also someone who doesn't care what other people...

0 found this helpful, 2026-03-10