The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores
Released Aug 2020
Build, survive, explore. Design your city, manage resource chains and workers, Send ships on expedition, trade with cities, discover mysterious dungeons and uncover secrets of ancients.
68% positive · 371 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
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Steam $11.99
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Evaluation
The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores launched on August 21, 2020 as a build/survive/explore strategy game. After release, the developer shipped one major free content update — the Dungeon Update on August 4, 2022 — which added dungeons, new buildings, new enemies, a final boss, and several hours of additional gameplay. This represents the game's only major post-launch content milestone.
The store description includes a line stating "We have plans to expand more in the world map post-launch," however this language appears to have been written at or shortly after launch and was not reiterated in any subsequent developer communication. The Dungeon Update, announced in August 2021 and released in August 2022, was a substantial expansion of the world map and exploration systems — it very plausibly fulfilled that original promise.
Following the Dungeon Update, the developer's only further communication was a bug fix patch (Update 2.1.0) on December 21, 2023, addressing minor issues. There are no unreleased DLC entries on the store (the only DLC is the soundtrack, released October 30, 2020). No roadmap, sequel teaser, or announcement of additional content has been published since the Dungeon Update shipped.
The developer has been silent since December 21, 2023 — over 18 months as of today — with no content announcements, no roadmap, and no stated future plans. With a single major content release in the game's history, no outstanding commitments, and an extended period of silence, the game appears to have reached the end of its content development. The most recent patch date of December 21, 2023 is used as the completion date, as it represents the last confirmed developer activity on the product.
Evidence
Dungeon Update released as a free update, adding dungeons, new ships, a final boss, three new buildings, new enemies, and 4-5 hours of additional gameplay — described as the culmination of the game's exploration expansion.
Patch 2.1.0 released with bug fixes for guard AI, trading, dungeons, and achievements. This is the last official communication from the developer.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Xigma Games
Achievements
24
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game

BUILD
- A survival strategy game where you build, craft, gather resources during the day.
- Place buildings and design your own city layouts.
- The positioning of these buildings can be vital to manage certain resources and affects gameplay.
SURVIVE
- Defend your settlement from monsters like wolves, chupacabra, spiders, and Tribal enemies.
- Different bosses for each enemy type. Random enemies are spawned each night.
Explore
- A randomly generated world-map to explore with ships.
- Find cities to trade with and random encounters and loot.
- We have plans to expand more in the world map post-launch.
Procedural Characters
- Every character unit has stats such as Strength, agility intelligence.
- Every character has unique personality skills.
- Managing health, energy, and hunger is key to the survival of units.

Character Progression
- Character units gain XP and level up.
- Craft items and equip units with better weapons and armors.

Sequel to the award-winning game The Bonfire: Forsaken Lands, The Bonfire: Uncharted Shores expands on every aspect of the original and brings greater depth. Design your city, manage resources chains and workers with unique personalities, explore procedurally generated world map in ships, trade with free cities, and discover mysterious dungeons. Build a powerful city and gain magical artifacts to defeat an ancient evil.
Last evaluated Jun 25, 2026
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