Grim Realms

Grim Realms

Released Mar 2024

A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.

80% positive · 428 reviews
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Evaluation

Grim Realms launched out of Early Access on March 16, 2024, after roughly two and a half years in Early Access. The developer (Mattias at Edym Pixels) celebrated this milestone and thanked the community for their support throughout development. Since the 1.0 release, the game has continued to receive meaningful updates. In January 2025, Patch 1.1 delivered a significant graphics overhaul, enhancing nearly all sprites, adding combat visual feedback, and making performance improvements. Throughout 2025, the developer has also added localization for Chinese, Russian (May 2025), Japanese (June 2025), and Portuguese (August 2025), each accompanied by bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements. Additional patches in March and May 2025 addressed gameplay systems, balance, and crash fixes. The most recent developer communication was on August 21, 2025. While no specific future content has been formally announced, the developer has maintained a consistent pattern of post-launch updates spanning from launch through at least August 2025. No statement has been made indicating the game is complete or that development has concluded. The only DLC listed is a released soundtrack, so there is no unreleased paid content on the horizon — but the cadence of free updates indicates Edym Pixels is still actively engaged with the game.
Evidence
Patch 1.1 shipped a major graphics overhaul with enhanced sprites across nearly the entire game, new combat visual feedback (damage popups, damage flashes), and performance improvements.
news post · Jan 16, 2025 source content shipped
high
Developer announced 1.0 launch, celebrating the end of Early Access after 2.5 years. No announcement of content completion — framed as a milestone, not a final update.
news post · Mar 16, 2024 source ambiguous
high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Released
Nov 2022

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Edym Pixels
Achievements
17
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

A grim world will be generated...

Explore everything from bare deserts...

... to snow covered mountains.

Recruit blacksmiths, brutal pirates, noble intellectuals and everything inbetween.

They will all struggle to survive in a world overrun by the undead...

... and you will be their guide!

A game inspired by Rimworld, Dwarf Fortress and Terraria:

  • All humans have unique portraits, different backgrounds and come from distinct cultures. They will develop and age as the seasons change and the years pass.

  • They all have different skills and abilities; some will become expert miners, great counsellors, and others master blacksmiths.

  • Manage their needs, set their priorities and equip them for war or work. They will eat, sleep, socialize, create art, fight and abandon your faction if pushed too hard. They might return later, but as a friendly visitor or leading an attack?

  • Defend your settlement from hordes of undead, bandits, large raiding parties and necromancers.

  • Mine for riches deep below the surface, discover ancient shrines and powerful magic.

  • Start practicing necromancy, raise the dead and have them work for you - see if you can defend your faction from paladins instead! Or maybe harness the powers of light and try to banish the undead for good!

  • Craft a huge variety of weapons, armor and clothes from all kinds of materials.

  • Plant crops and later harvest to create food and medicine.

  • Hunt animals, or tame them to produce milk and fur.

  • Grow your knowledge by plenty of research options. All the way from longbows to muskets and grenades.

  • Trade with visiting merchants, convince them to join your settlement or plunder them if you wish!

  • Create caravans, travel the world by land or sea; discover new locations and establish new settlements.

PS: This game is in the same franchise as Grim Nights. However, this game will focus less on tower defense and much more on your villagers and the management of your growing settlement.

(Also: This game was previously called 'Grim Nights 2'. Long story short: the name was changed because it is too different to easily be considered a sequel.)

Last evaluated Jun 23, 2026
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