Are you tired of the crowded east coast cities? Grab your family and move to the West where there is free land for everybody and claim your future. With fertile soil and abundant resources, you’ll find more than adventure and freedom. This is your chance to be a driving force of the American dream.

Become a visionary and shape the foundation of America, when you set out to explore and colonize the frontier. After humble beginnings, you can eventually establish a townhall and expand the encampment you started with into a hustling and bustling city.

Wild West Pioneers is a classic city builder with a modern touch, putting you in control in developing the American frontier. Lay the groundwork for prosperous settlements, decide who will lead the city and establish production chains for food, wood etc., so the needs of each settler are fulfilled. Appoint sheriffs, build up defense systems and protect your aspiring, prospering town from outlaws and wild animals. Then send another trek on its way to expand your sphere of influence. Set up trade routes and prepare the land for the coming railroad network.

Learn to secure new territories via Scout or Colonization Posts, explore the strategic map, manage multiple settlements and adapt to challenges waiting for you in the undiscovered frontier.

With a variety of quests, an intuitive interface and eye-catching visuals, the world of Wild West Pioneers evokes the spirit of the heyday of city builders and catapults it into the presence. No need to stress out, when you can just relax and watch the charming hustle and bustle of a busy settlement as well as dozens of buildings and production chains.

“We are very happy to work with EmpireCraft Studios on Wild West Pioneers”, comments Matthias Wünsche, CEO Toplitz Productions. “They have embraced our core philosophy of creating ‘Games with Heart and Soul,’ bringing a thoughtful and well-crafted approach to the city builder genre. Their vision strikes a careful balance between modern design and the classic appeal of strategic settlement building. We look forward to seeing players shape their own communities and experience life on the American frontier.”

“We will launch into Early Access with the feature scope layed out on the store page, this includes a variety of upgradable buildings, multiple biomes, a world map that interconnects multiple settlements, each of which populated with fully simulated settlers. Appoint citizen roles, set up expeditions to scout for new points of interest and make sure to lead your community to prosperity.”

“We see Early Access as a collaborative process, and we are excited to see how your feedback will shape the story of Wild West Pioneers. We know that there is a lot of work to do and for the full version, we are envisioning new production chains, more advanced buildings and structures, new means of transportation, random events and map variety.”

Key Features:

• It Is Your Choice: You decide what the West will look like. Choose from a wide variety of buildings both commercial as well as residential and upgrade them over time to accommodate the ever-changing needs of the settlers. Pick mayors and sheriffs, but be careful who you appoint - their perks will affect the cities’ growth.
• The West Is More Than One City: One settlement is only the beginning. While you discover new resource streams and production chains the urge to expand will become unstoppable. Send your settlers into uncharted territory and build new villages. Then set up trade routes, so resources can be exchanged. Don’t leave anybody behind or it will cost you dearly.
• Every Settler Is A Person: Your villages are filled with characters. Everybody has needs and demands that you have to fulfill, if you want your reputation to precede you. Only with a sufficient happiness level influenced by job availability, health standards etc. will you be able to attract new settlers and become one of the driving forces in the expansion of the United States.
• The Circle Of Life: Day and night cycle have an impact on the game world. Watch the city life change from dusk till dawn and show true leadership skills when you take on the challenges of efficient production chains and trade routes.
• Strategize Your Expansion Of The West: The strategic map will help you to plan your progress. Send expeditions, establish trading outposts and dispatch wagons with daring explorers eager to found new settlements. With the sandbox character of Wild West Pioneers, no game will ever be the same.
• Take a seat: Sit back, chill and watch your plans come to fruition. Observe the hustle and bustle of city life, where every job is executed by a person and not a backend value. Watching your settlement grow in its detailed glory is half the fun.

Wild West Pioneers is coming to Steam Early Access later in 2025, with full v1.0 launch planned for 2026.