Inspired by the original Stronghold and Stronghold Crusader, players will gather resources, manage production chains, build massive fortresses, and prepare armies for intense siege warfare. Featuring huge maps, fog of war, building upgrades, and other improvements.

Build massive castles with fortifications while managing resources and production chains. Assemble a large army and lay siege to enemy castles. Lead your people and bring respair to your kingdom. Play a story-driven campaign or engage in intense skirmishes against AI opponents.

Gather essential resources like wood, stone, and iron. Workers collect these resources and deliver them to your stockpile, making them available for use in production chains. Don’t forget to feed your population - choose between quick options like apple farms or build more reliable food systems, such as wheat fields that supply to mills and bakeries. Every decision shapes the prosperity of your kingdom.

Managing your population’s happiness is essential for maintaining a thriving kingdom. If your people are unhappy, they’ll abandon their work and even your castle. Build churches, taverns, and decorations to boost morale, but be careful - more people means more buildings to keep them content. Alternatively, you can rule through fear by placing intimidating structures like torture machines, increasing productivity at the cost of happiness.

As your kingdom grows, so do your needs. Start with basic buildings and upgrade them to improve efficiency, ensuring your economy scales with your ambitions. Strategic upgrades are key to maintaining a robust and thriving economy.

Fortify your defenses with strong walls, strategic towers, and deep moats to safeguard your kingdom from enemy invasions. Protect your king at all costs. Once your defenses are secure, shift focus to your offensive strategy. Produce weapons, train soldiers, and deploy siege machines like ballistas, catapults, and siege towers to conquer enemy castles. With the fog of war hiding enemy locations, careful scouting and strategic planning are essential for victory.

Age Of Respair is being developed by two people with years of experience at studios like Saber Interactive and The Coalition, along with the help of several freelancers. They are huge fans of the Stronghold series, creating the game they always wished for, so they decided to make it themselves.

Key Features:

• Spiritual Successor to Stronghold: A modern take on the beloved classic, balancing city-building with RTS.
• Massive Maps, Massive Castles, Massive Armies: Explore a large world, build a huge castle and gather a large army.
• Castle Siege Warfare: Build and defend your castle while launching sieges on enemy castles.
• Resource Management & Production Chains: Efficiently manage resources to keep your kingdom thriving and your army strong.
• Population Happiness: Keep your citizens content by balancing resources, taxes, and entertainment to maintain productivity.
• Building Upgrades: Start with basic buildings and upgrade them to improve efficiency.
• Campaign & Skirmish Modes: Play through a narrative-driven campaign or test your strategy in one-off battles against AI.

Age Of Respair is coming to PC (Steam) in 2025.