About This Game
Quick Overview
Timberborn is a city-building survival game where humanity is gone and clever beavers are now trying to rebuild the world. Instead of managing humans, you build a beaver colony with dams, water wheels, farms, wooden towers, platforms, bridges, and vertical cities. Its full 1.0 release arrived in March 2026, adding automation-style systems on top of its already deep colony-building loop.
What makes Timberborn special is water. Droughts, floods, rivers, reservoirs, irrigation, and dam design are not side features — they are the heart of survival. A good colony is not just about food and houses; it is about controlling the landscape before the dry season destroys everything.
Who Should Play This Game?
Play Timberborn if you enjoy colony builders, city planning, resource management, automation, and creative building. It is a strong pick for players who like games such as Banished, RimWorld, Against the Storm, or Oxygen Not Included, but want something calmer, cuter, and heavily focused on water engineering.
Skip it if you want combat, fast action, or a simple city-builder with no survival pressure. Timberborn may look cozy, but bad planning can leave your beavers starving, thirsty, or stuck when the water disappears.
Performance on PC
Timberborn is moderate on PC, but big colonies can become heavier over time. Steam lists minimum specs as Windows 10 or newer, 4-core 1.7 GHz CPU, 8 GB RAM, GTX 950 / Radeon R9 380-class graphics, DirectX 11, and 3 GB storage. Recommended specs are Windows 11, 4-core 2.9 GHz CPU, 16 GB RAM, RTX 2070 / Radeon RX 5700-class graphics, and 5 GB storage.
In simple terms, a budget gaming PC can run it, but large maps, tall cities, many beavers, water physics, automation systems, and late-game building networks can push performance harder. For smoother gameplay, use a decent CPU, 16 GB RAM, and lower shadows, water quality, and simulation-heavy settings if the colony starts slowing down.