Odd Realm

Odd Realm

Released Aug 2024

Build a settlement in a realm recovering from the Fracture, a calamity that nearly destroyed the realm. Choose from several unique races, establish a new kingdom, and survive in a land filled with magic and strange creatures. Farm the land, fish the seas, or raid rival kingdoms for their treasures.

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Evaluation

Odd Realm launched its full 1.0 release on August 16, 2024. Since then, the developer — a solo developer at Unknown Origin Games — has maintained a consistent pattern of substantial content updates delivered as free patches. The most recent major update, 1.1.0 'Darkest Depths', shipped on June 17, 2026. It added the fifth and final advertised playable race (the Tomek, a subterranean bat-turtle species with unique mechanics), new creatures (the Machix, Exonaut, and Cave Mip), expanded overworld features allowing players to build roads, claim tiles, and raid rival kingdoms, new rooms, UI improvements, and much more. This followed an extended public beta period that ran from May 8, 2026 through at least June 16, 2026 (17 beta iterations). Prior to that, the 1.0.38.4 "Codex, Cooking, and Content" update shipped on October 22, 2025, and a combat-focused feature patch shipped on June 26, 2025. In October 2024, the developer posted a candid update acknowledging post-launch burnout and personal challenges, but confirmed continued development — a statement that proved accurate given the volume of updates that followed. All post-launch content has been delivered as free updates. The only DLC listed on the store is the game's soundtrack. No specific future content has been formally announced, but given the developer's clear and active history of shipping major updates every several months, the game is in ongoing development. At just two months past the 1.1.0 release, we are well within the historical window for the next major update cycle.
Evidence
1.1.0 'Darkest Depths' launched on the main branch, adding the fifth playable race (the Tomek), new creatures (Machix, Exonaut, Cave Mip), expanded overworld kingdom features including tile claiming and settlement raiding, new rooms (Apiary, Imp Den), UI overhaul, and extensive tuning.
news post · Jun 17, 2026 source content shipped
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Major update 1.0.38.4 shipped with a new Codex window, new boss scenarios, cooking items, a new critter (Moss Kuplin), UI polish, and dozens of bug fixes. Described plans for 'Critical Failures and Critical Successes' as part of a larger jobs system expansion.
news post · Oct 22, 2025 source content shipped
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Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Released
Aug 2023

Media

Details

Publisher
Unknown Origin Games Inc
Achievements
11
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

Features

  • 5 races to start your kingdom with, each with unique playstyles

  • Unlimited procedurally generated deserts, mountains, tropical islands, and frozen tundras

  • Dynamic weather and seasons unique to each biome

  • Hundreds of plants, animals, and items

  • A research tree with options for each race that unlock new blueprints and rooms

  • Outfit individual settlers with tools, weapons, and gear

  • Manage your kingdom and view other kingdoms on an expansive world map

  • Battle raiders, invading armies, and underground horrors

Choose from unlimited generated landscapes to make your new home. A desert oasis? The ribcage of a long-dead giant? A magical mountain range? Where you choose to settle will determine what resources you have at your disposal, what you encounter, and how challenging your experience will be.

Use the resources in your environment to build... well.. whatever you want! A sandstone castle in the desert? An underground fortress? Or, maybe, an island beach house? You decide!

Dig mines into the earth to uncover lost tombs, dormant gods, and lakes filled with creatures watching from the deep. Just make sure not to go too deep!

Welcome the less-than-friendly arrival of your neighbors with cold steel and hugs made of arrows. Ask questions later.

Last evaluated Aug 19, 2026
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