The Fire Must Grow

The flame provides all. In this hex-based village builder, your people live and work within its glow, gathering resources, building homes, farms, and workplaces, and expanding and sustaining the fire to keep the darkness at bay. Beyond its light, strange creatures lie in wait.

Grow The Fire

Survive in a world of complete darkness where the light of the flame provides safety. You must keep the flame alive using any means necessary. Provide the necessary resources and you can expand its range, allowing you to build further and grow your population. Beware, the larger the flame, the more resources needed to maintain it.

Expand The Village

Manage your villagers carefully, balancing their needs while ensuring the flame never dies. Assign roles, harvest and produce resources, and make difficult choices to keep your settlement thriving. Build homes, workplaces, and other structures to keep your villagers happy...and sane.

Please The Light

The flame gives but it also demands. Give your villagers to the flame to advance the tech tree and unlock new structures and upgrades. Carefully manage the balance of progress whilst maintaining your workforce. Those sacrificed to the flame will also sustain it.

A World of Darkness

Live in a world that never sees the sun. Grow mushrooms, insects, and other crops and animals suited to the dark. Encounter the creatures who live in the shadow, some are benign, most are not.

Venture Beyond The Safety of the Flame

Explore beyond the safe circle of light and face story-driven events and challenges that force difficult decisions. Moral dilemmas, strategic choices, and unexpected encounters will shape your village’s growth, survival, and legacy.