FortressCraft Evolved!

FortressCraft Evolved!

Released Nov 2015

FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.

72% positive · 3,057 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

FortressCraft Evolved! released from Early Access on November 9, 2015 and went on to receive 25 free content patches, plus two paid expansions: the Frozen Factory Expansion (July 11, 2016) and the Adventures Pack (December 10, 2018). The Adventures Pack was the final piece of paid DLC and the last major content addition to the game. All five DLC listings are marked as released with no unreleased items remaining. The developer's attention has now fully shifted to a sequel — FortressCraft: Phoenix (Steam App 1038080). Developer posts from July 2024, September 2025, October 2025, and May 2026 are all exclusively about Phoenix's development status, with no mention of new content for Evolved. The July 2024 post (NEWS-10) explicitly addresses Evolved players in a farewell-adjacent tone, noting that the developer "always has a bunch of other projects on the go" and directing Phoenix-excited players to the sequel's channels. The store description itself celebrates the game's journey, noting "25 free Content Patches since leaving Early Access" — language that reads as a retrospective summary of a completed content run, not an ongoing one. The last patch activity for Evolved dates to 2018, and the post-2018 communications are entirely about Phoenix. The game shipped as a fully realized product with a substantial body of post-launch content, and the developer has communicated no plans to add anything further to Evolved.
Evidence
Developer update is entirely about FortressCraft: Phoenix (the sequel), discussing missed launch dates, UI overhaul progress, and networking plans. No mention of new content for Evolved.
news post · May 6, 2026 source development ending
high
Developer post about Phoenix missing its planned launch date and pushing to May 2026. Entirely focused on the sequel with no reference to Evolved content.
news post · Oct 20, 2025 source development ending
high

Content

5 of 5 released · no outstanding content

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Details

Developer
Publisher
Digital Tribe
Achievements
85
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · PvP

About this game

"This really isn't the same game that I originally purchased anymore. With all the changes that have been made over that duration the game is so much more fun

now that there are machines to alleviate almost every large build annoyance that used to exist. The FALCORs, thieves, excavators, drills etc.. all did so much for

automation it's almost hard to believe I ever did that stuff manually before."

A Whole New Survival Experience...

FortressCraft has continued to evolve, and now sits at 25 free Content Patches since leaving Early Access. This has included radical visual alterations, completely reworking the surface, along with a brand-new rendering system. On top of that, there has been an enormous amount of work to make the game more understandable and accessible for new players, with a new UI, new Tutorial, new Missions and a updated context-sensitive Handbook. The combination of these things should work towards making it feel like a fresh, new experience. Prepare for a new exploration and survival experience!

FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines. Using hand-held scanners they must locate ore resources, place down Ore Extractors and Conveyors to automate the raw material back to the Smelter; take the fresh ingots through multi-machine assembly lines, followed by researching new technologies that help them explore thousands of meters below the planet's surface.

An advanced HoloBase allows players to keep an eye on their factory which they must defend against waves of alien attacks with multiple tiers of missile and energy turrets. To survive they must continue to develop new and unique power systems, from Solar Energy to Jet Turbines, culminating in crafting an Orbital Energy Transmitter, thousands of cubic meters in size, to beam power off-planet, and start the next phase of the game.

And all this runs on a custom engine with an enormous draw-distance, scaleable gameplay engine that is equally at home on high-end or low-end computers, and full multiplayer support!

Experience the largest worlds ever seen in any computer game - ever!
Create a futuristic mining operation consisting of thousands of huge machines.
Full Tower-Defense style combat in a voxel universe.
Use hi-tech machinery to locate and process resources from thousands of meters away.
Explore thousands of metres vertically, overcoming ever-more difficult challenges.
Official Texture Pack and Mod Pack support
State of the art lighting and shadowing, utilising high resolution maps for machinery and environment
Innovative“Build to Me” Feature to facilitate rapid, accurate building
Super Build Tools allowing instant creation of primitive shapes

[I]"In a world where early access and indie usually means abandoned, unfinished garbage, this game's post-launch development is outpacing many AAA titles and companies."[/I][/I]

Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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