- County of Fortune LAUNCHES into Early Access November 5th, demo coming October - 16 September 2026
Stewards, the time is nearly here!County of Fortune launches into Early Access on November 5th 2026You can check out the reveal hereThat’s not all, though!You’ll also be able to try Nepos Games’s epic county builder before it launches, with a free demo coming in October. The demo includes many community-requested features from June’s Steam Next Fest, including the ability to move settlements, reworked cultures, rebalanced mayors, an improved construction points system and much more.What’s even better is that your demo progress will carry with you to the game, should you want to come on the Early Access journey with us.You can find out more about what’s being added based on your feedback using the Steam News. Here are the features added so far:· Moveable settlements· Mayor rebalancing· Construction points rework· Reworked cultures We can’t wait to start the Early Access journey with you,…
- Traditional Products and Reworked Cultures - 14 September 2026
Hi Stewards! And welcome to another post about post-demo improvements. This time, we will try not to start by saying that this was “one of the most…” anything :) Still, Cultures were definitely one of the systems that many players did not feel much need to pay attention to. So we decided to rethink how their bonuses work and give players much more control over them. The biggest change is that cultures no longer divide all products between themselves and provide bonuses to everything assigned to them. Instead, each culture now has 6 slots for Traditional Products. Starting from Renown level 2, every new Renown level unlocks two additional slots. And most importantly, you decide which products become traditional for each culture. There is only one restriction: the culture must have been the largest producer of that product during the last 12 months. So Traditional Products still represent…
- Construction Points Overview - 3 September 2026
Hi Stewards! Welcome to another post about the improvements we have been making since the demo. This time, we want to take a closer look at Construction Points. Construction Points were also one of the most discussed features in the demo, but probably the most misunderstood one too. That is quite understandable. Construction Points are a somewhat unusual mechanic for a city builder, and we did not explain them particularly well. The UI also did not do a good job of showing how the system actually worked. The mechanic itself also includes several similar concepts, especially regular Construction Points and Free Construction Points, which made the whole system even easier to misunderstand. So we have been working on making Construction Points much clearer and easier to follow. All types of Construction Points are now displayed directly in the main bar in the top-right corner. This means y…
- QoL Improvements #1 - 24 August 2026
Hello Stewards! Not every improvement needs to be a big new feature. Sometimes, the small things that make the game easier to read and nicer to use can be just as important. And, from a programmer's point of view, it is also nice to occasionally take a break from working on large features and add something small that can be finished quickly, while still making a noticeable difference to the game. So today, we have three smaller post-demo improvements to show you! First, walkers and ships now show their carrying capacity directly in their UI. This was added based on feedback from the demo and, to be honest, I'm not entirely sure why it wasn't there already. :) Second, production buildings now show a warning icon when they are missing an input product. During the demo, some players understandably assumed that the production numbers shown on a building card represented its current producti…
- Mayors Rebalance - 11 August 2026
Hi Stewards! And welcome to another post about our post-demo improvements. This time, it's a big one — Mayors. Mayors and their bonuses were one of the most discussed parts of the demo. We know they also caused quite a bit of frustration for some players, which is obviously not what we want. At the same time, we didn't want to completely redesign the system. One of its main goals was to make you actually care about who governs each settlement — and judging by the feedback, that part definitely worked. So instead, we've rebalanced the system. Negative mayor bonuses are gone. In practice, they mostly created frustration without giving you many interesting ways to deal with them. We've also completely removed the penalty for swapping mayors between settlements. It didn't really make much sense, and we actually want to encourage you to move mayors around when another settlement would benefi…
- Dev Diary #2 - All About The Buildings - 5 August 2026
Stewards, Thank you for all your support you’ve given County of Fortune so far, we can’t wait for you to see what’s coming off the back of all the incredible feedback you’ve given us throughout the demo. It’s time for the second video dev diary for County of Fortune, which is all about BUILDINGS. You can watch the full video version to this below, but without further ado, let’s get into the basics of buildings Before placing your settlement, you’ll first need to select the type of industry building you want your settlement to contain. Ideally, you’d want your first settlement to be a farm, or food producing building placed on fertile land, but you’re free to do what you want! Once you’ve created your first settlement, the next ideal step would be to build a settlement with a logging camp, to produce Logs, and then another settlement with a Carpenters’ Guild, which then converts those Lo…
- Settlement movement - 30 July 2026
Hello Stewards! We know that moving settlements was one of the most requested features during the County of Fortune demo, so we made it one of our priorities. We have now added the option to move an entire settlement after it has been founded. Moving it has no cost or penalty. We do not want to punish players for a misclick, for choosing a poor location before they fully understood the surrounding area, or simply for later realizing that the settlement would work better a little closer to something important. At the same time, settlement movement is not meant to be a way to freely relocate villages across the entire map. A settlement must always remain near the place where it was originally founded, regardless of how many times it has already been moved. This gives you more freedom to correct or improve your early decisions without making settlement placement meaningless. We look forwar…
- County of Fortune has hit 150K Wishlists! - 9 July 2026
Hey Stewards,It doesn’t seem long since we posted the last wishlist milestone, but here we are celebrating another one.County of Fortune has hit 150,000 wishlists!We keep saying thank you in our posts, but it’s because we’ve been so blown away by your reaction to County of Fortune. So truly, thank you to each and every one of you who’ve checked the demo out, given us some feedback, or taken a look at County of Fortune on our social media!Here’s to the next milestone!
- Thank you for playing County of Fortune’s demo! - 6 July 2026
Hey Stewards,Thank you SO MUCH to the over 120,000 of you who’ve checked out and played County of Fortune’s demo over the past few weeks. Whether you played 20 minutes or 20 hours, left us feedback, comments and questions – thank you so much for your support, it’s been truly incredible.As of today, the demo is no longer available to play – but fear not, this isn’t the end, but the start of an adventure as County of Fortune builds up to launch. And we can’t wait for you to be on this journey with us!We’ll keep you all updated on how things are going, tell you what we’ve learned from your feedback over the past few weeks, give you more in-depth details of County of Fortune with dev diaries, alongside some sneaky peeks of what’s being worked on!If you haven’t already, come and join the County of Fortune Discord where you can discuss all of this and more with the devs, and follow us on the…
- Last Demo Weekend – DEMO ENDS 6th JULY - 3 July 2026
Hey Stewards,Thank you to all of you who’ve played County of Fortune’s demo so far! It’s been so incredible to see all of your comments and feedback.We put the demo up as part of Steam’s Next Fest, and it’s been so successful and one of the most-played during that week that we decided to extend the demo for a couple of extra weeks.All good things must come to an end, though, and after this weekend, the demo will no longer be available. Don’t worry yet though, as you still have the entirety of this weekend to go and build the county of your dreams!Need a bit of help? You can head to our YouTube playlist right here to get some County of Fortune tips and tricks!And as always, please do continue giving us your questions, comments, feedback and thoughts both here and in the Steam forums and in the County of Fortune Discord across this weekend!Thank you so much, Stewards – we’ll see you in th…
- DEMO EXTENDED - Steam Next Fest may be ending, but the demo won’t be! - 22 June 2026
Hello, Stewards!Steam Next Fest may be ending, but the demo won’t beTo the over 85,000 of you who have played County of Fortune’s demo so far: the amount of questions, comments, feedback and love you’ve given has been absolutely incredible, so thank you to ALL of you.It’s with all that in mind that even though Steam Next Fest is ending, the demo won’t be. We’ll be keeping the demo open for the next couple of weeks so you can continue to create the county of your dreams!As always, please, please do keep giving us your questions, comments, feedback and thoughts both here and in the Steam forums and in the County of Fortune Discord, as it’s hugely appreciated.Thank you so much, Stewards – we’ll see you in the demo!
- County of Fortune hits 100K Wishlists! - 19 June 2026
Stewards, we have exciting news for you! County of Fortune has hit 100K wishlists! Thank you to all 100,000 of you who’ve wishlisted and the 55,000 of you who played the demo so far! Seeing all your comments, thoughts and carefully considered feedback has been incredible, so thank you to all of you. If you haven’t already checked out the demo, you’ve got until the end of Steam’s Next Fest on the 22nd June to give it a try - feel free to give us your feedback in the County of Fortune Discord, or let us know your thoughts here in the Steam forums! Here’s to the next 100K! Nepos Games ChannelsWebsiteDiscordYouTubeXFacebookRedditAquila Interactive ChannelsWebsiteDiscordYouTubeTikTokInstagramXFacebookReddit
- County of Fortune Demo FAQs - 15 June 2026
Welcome to County of Fortune’s demo, Stewards – we hope you have fun building the county of your dreams during Steam’s Next Fest!Whilst you’re starting to build out your regions, we wanted to give you some hints, tips and answer some of your frequently asked questions about County of Fortune! What’s the game about?You are a lokator – a medieval colonizer and noble steward – given a blank stretch of kingdom to turn into a living county. It’s your job to create the county of your dreams. And you’ll have plenty of opportunity to do just that in the demo! How long’s the demo available for?You’ll be able to play the demo until the end of Steam’s Next Fest. We may even run it for a few days afterwards too! Is the demo free?Yes, it’s free! How do I build settlementsAll you need to do to build a settlement is select the ‘Build New Settlement’ on the bottom bar, or use the shortcut ‘C’ on keyboa…
- County of Fortune - Developer and Creator Livestreams - 15 June 2026
Hello, Stewards, and welcome to County of Fortune's demo! You'll be able to play the demo from the 10th June all the way through until the end of Steam's Next Fest on the 22nd June.Come and join us as we explore the demo in livestreams throughout the week! What’s the game about?You are a lokator – a medieval colonizer and noble steward – given a blank stretch of kingdom to turn into a living county. It’s your job to create the county of your dreams. And you’ll have plenty of opportunity to do just that in the demo!What’s in the demo?You’ll be able to get your hands on many hours of content in the demo. Build your settlements and govern as many regions as you’d like!Alongside being able to upgrade your settlements to level two, you’ll be able to get your hands on a total of 35 products, ranging between raw, intermediate and finished, as well as build 34 separate kinds of building.That's…
- Update 0.0.22 - 15 June 2026
Hi Stewards! Demo update 0.0.22 is live. Changelog: Fixes: - fixed possible Linux-specific memory leak and crash - fixed incorrect coastal tile count in the new settlement window
- Dev Diary #1 - Settlements - 13 June 2026
Stewards, we hope that you're enjoying County of Fortune's demo! As you're getting into the game, we wanted to share the first video dev diary for County of Fortune, which is all about settlements.Watch the full dev diary here:Settlements are the building blocks of your county. Instead of constructing individual buildings, in County of Fortune you found entire settlements and oversee their growth from small villages to bustling cities. Let's get in to the basics of settlements in County of Fortune. First, though, you'll need to find somewhere suitable to place your settlements. Your first one ideally needs to be on fertile land, so you can provide enough food for your growing population!Here you can see the two main tabs you'll need to control your settlement: the 'Needs' tab and the 'Buildings' tab.The Needs tab shows what meals and equipment are available in the settlement. Each meal…
- Update 0.0.21 - 13 June 2026
Hi Stewards! Demo update 0.0.21 is live. Changelog: Features: - added Spanish, and Korean localizations
- Update 0.0.20 - 12 June 2026
Hi Stewards! Demo update 0.0.20 is live. Changelog: Features: - added Italian, Mexican Spanish, Ukrainian, Turkish, Polish, and Japanese localizations Fixes: - fixed game soundtrack not playing - fixed unconnected road warning not being removed correctly
- Update 0.0.19 - 12 June 2026
Hi Stewards! Demo update 0.0.19 is live. Changelog: Features: - added warning for unconnected roads - added slow automatic generation of free construction points Improvements: - added dedicated close buttons for builders, vendors, and ships - allowed windows to be closed by right-clicking anywhere Fixes: - fixed possible negative storage capacity - fixed inconsistency in missing product tooltips - fixed buildings being generated on disconnected tiles
- County of Fortune Demo - LIVE NOW! - 10 June 2026
Stewards, we’re extremely happy to announce that County of Fortune's demo is live NOW! From now until the end of Steam’s Next Fest, you’ll be able to found villages, shape cultures, govern a whole region and build the county of your dreams.Watch the official demo trailer right here: What’s in the demo?You’ll be able to get your hands on many hours of content in the demo. Build your settlements and govern as many regions as you’d like!Alongside being able to upgrade your settlements to level two, you’ll be able to get your hands on a total of 35 products, ranging between raw, intermediate and finished, as well as build 34 separate kinds of building.That's a lot to govern your regions with! What makes County of Fortune different?• You build at a regional scale — founding villages, not placing tiles• Every settlement shapes the county's identity and prosperity• Noble houses rise in influen…
