Eco strategy game Terra Nil gets release date on Steam and Netflix

Terra NilA new release date has been set for ‘Eco-Spin on City Building: An Ecological Spin On a Game About Cities. It requires you to reclaim nature and build ecosystems with wind power and irrigation. Devolver Digital, the publisher of the game, announced the launch date for the game on Steam on Windows 28 March. The game also joins the growing number of mobile games that are included with a Netflix subscription.

Developer Free Lives — the South African outfit behind the tonally very different Broforce, a tribute to 1980s action heroes — also announced that it would be donating a portion of all of its profits from Steam sales of Terra Nil To the Endangered Wildlife Trust

A new trailer shows off the game’s verdant isometric art, chill soundscapes, and peaceful vibe. The press release states that it takes six to eight hours to fully see the game. Terra Nil’s four regional biomes, which include ruined cities, tropical islands, and volcanic glaciers. But they’re all procedurally generated and replayable, and there are unlockable alternate levels to boot.

After sampling a demo of the game for Polygon back in 2021, Charlie Hall wrote, “There was a delightful tension to using the least amount of resources possible to have the greatest impact on the land. It was not a distant, thoughtful tension. This tension is the same as when you plan the layout for a vegetable garden, or pick the wall that will be used to accent your living room. And that tension was at all times mitigated by the game’s delightful, Ghibli-inspired landscapes and animations. As the land came back to life, flocks of geese crowded the sky, while frogs and herbivores caroused in the forests.”

Sounds delightful indeed. This is a great game! DorfromantikPlease sign me up