Axes and Acres
Released Apr 2016
Axes and Acres is a deep and engaging single-player strategy game designed to create exciting decisions every turn. The rules are easy to learn, but every turn can be played out in many different ways in order to farm, build and survive.
79% positive · 149 reviews
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All announced content has been released
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Steam $9.99
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Evaluation
Axes and Acres launched on April 7, 2016 and received a series of feature updates in its first year: patch 1.01 on April 11, 2016, patch 1.02 on April 24, 2016, patch 1.03 on August 15, 2016, patch 1.04 on October 17, 2016, and patch 1.05 on March 13, 2017. These patches added content such as leaderboards, a new win condition (the Castle), balance changes, and quality-of-life improvements. After that run of updates, developer activity on this game slowed significantly. The most recent post is a quality-of-life and hotkey patch (1.08) dated April 9, 2023 — the stable release of a patch that had been on a beta branch since April 2021. No new content or updates have been posted since April 9, 2023. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no announced future content, and no roadmap. The developer's news posts tagged as "major_content" in the scanned history all refer to other BrainGoodGames titles (SkyBoats, Solar Settlers, Militia 2), not new content for Axes and Acres itself. With no outstanding commitments, no sustained post-launch major content pattern for this game specifically, and over three years of silence since the last update, the game appears to have reached its final state with patch 1.08 on April 9, 2023.
Evidence
Patch 1.05 'Age of Castles' added a second major win condition (Castle) and balance tweaks. Last significant feature addition to the game's core content.
Patch 1.08 released to the stable branch, adding hotkeys and quality-of-life fixes. This is the most recent developer communication for the game.
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Developer
Publisher
BrainGoodGames
Achievements
15
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Axes and Acres is a deep and engaging single-player strategy game designed to create exciting decisions every turn. Axes and Acres includes elements of deck-building which allow you to strategically manage your peasants to farm, build, and survive. The rules are easy to learn, but every turn can be played out in many different ways, leading to complex and interesting choices.
In Axes and Acres you are the lord of a small but rich plot of land (and a couple smelly peasants). These peasants are represented by dice and can Build, Work, Gather Resources, and Reproduce, depending on their mood. Using a combination of your burgeoning population and "motivation" cards, you will build, chop, cultivate and plot to produce a thriving village!
In Axes and Acres both your workers and your motivations can be improved and changed, all within one game. Each play-through is discrete, every decision is difficult and interesting, and there are tons of decisions - making every minute of gameplay valuable. Axes and Acres will test your strategic and tactical skills while providing a rewarding and fun experience.
Axes and Acres is the second game from BrainGoodGames, the creators of the well-received single player strategy game Militia. (7000+ players, 97% review score).
In Axes and Acres you are the lord of a small but rich plot of land (and a couple smelly peasants). These peasants are represented by dice and can Build, Work, Gather Resources, and Reproduce, depending on their mood. Using a combination of your burgeoning population and "motivation" cards, you will build, chop, cultivate and plot to produce a thriving village!
In Axes and Acres both your workers and your motivations can be improved and changed, all within one game. Each play-through is discrete, every decision is difficult and interesting, and there are tons of decisions - making every minute of gameplay valuable. Axes and Acres will test your strategic and tactical skills while providing a rewarding and fun experience.
Axes and Acres is the second game from BrainGoodGames, the creators of the well-received single player strategy game Militia. (7000+ players, 97% review score).
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