Dorfromantik

Dorfromantik is a building strategy and puzzle game developed by Toukana Interactive, a studio founded by four game design students from Berlin. Players create a growing landscape of villages, forests, water bodies and other terrain by placing tiles. The game has no 4X strategy, trading, resource management, combat or multiplayer.

Each session begins with a stack of procedurally generated tiles. Players draw the top tile, choose an available slot, and rotate the tile to fit the surrounding landscape. Points are awarded according to how well the tile matches its neighbours. Some tiles carry special objects that set quests, such as bordering a windmill with 6 grain fields, connecting a locomotive to 10 tracks, or giving a deer a forest of at least 50 trees. Completing quests earns more tiles, and the game ends when the stack is used up.

As the landscape expands, players can reach new biomes and find pre-placed objects that provide long-term tasks. Completing these tasks unlocks further tiles, biomes and quests. Several modes are included: quick mode for shorter sessions, hard mode for a tougher challenge, a custom mode for creating and sharing rulesets, a monthly mode with a new challenge each month, and a creative mode for building without limits. The game uses a handpainted, boardgame-style art style.