DarkSwitch

If you like city building but are tired of flat maps and endless sprawl, DarkSwitch takes you up instead. Your settlement climbs the trunk and branches of a giant tree while the fog creeps closer, and every choice about where to hang a ladder or a zipline matters. The mood is uneasy and quiet, with the sense that something waits just beyond the lit branches. What hooks you: - Your first sessions go to working out how to move your life up the tree: resources have to be hauled along ropes and stairs, so layout becomes a puzzle. - The fog is more than scenery. It weighs on your residents' mood, so you start thinking about light and defense before you think about looks. - Expeditions into ruins left by an ancient civilization add an exploration layer, and the story of what happened slowly comes together. - The soundtrack is by Akira Yamaoka, the Silent Hill composer, and it shows in the darker scenes. To get DarkSwitch on Steam as a gift, send your Steam friend invite link: the bot adds you as a friend and sends the game as a gift straight to your account. The Tree Provides, The Tree Protects, The Tree Prevails! DarkSwitch is a vertical survival city builder set in the boughs of a gigantic tree. Defend your leafy home against the perils of the creeping fog by managing light and flame. - Gather resources, research technologies, and send pioneers to explore the ruins of those who came before: discover their secrets and doom. - Set in a world of folk horror and creeping dread, DarkSwitch blends vertical city-building, tower defense, and exploration into a unique strategic experience. - Navigate a stunning, dangerous, dark fantasy world enriched by cinematic cutscenes and an atmospheric soundtrack from Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka! Build your city upwards, utilizing both trunk and bough. - Limited horizontal space requires a strategy; construct zip lines and stairways to connect your growing settlement layers. - Manage raw and processed resources, production facilities, and citizen morale, while fortifying defenses to withstand fog's creeping chaos. Fog drives your citizens to madness and conceals stalking terrors. - Fight back by illuminating paths, crafting light-powered weapons, and mastering the raw energy of Solium. - Push back the gloom and save your nation. Send scout detachments into the misty unknown to chart new airship routes. - Establish far-outposts, and excavate rare resources and artifacts. - Encounter strange and lethal creatures lurking in the fog. - Uncover the remnants of an ancient civilization. Shape your citizens' destiny through morally complex decisions. - Witness various dramatic storylines. - Navigate choices where even small actions can spiral into grim consequences. - Campaign Mode: 20+ hours of single-player, story-driven gameplay with quests, branching narratives, and high-stakes choices. - 80+ unique buildings for full tree city customization. - 11 resource types: balance raw and processed goods to survive. - 4 technology levels to advance and unlock new growth possibilities. - 200-meter-tall tree that serves as the foundation for your city. - Atmospheric soundtrack composed by Akira Yamaoka (Silent Hill series).