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Released May 26, 2017 $22.48 Mixed Counts toward your Steam games

Life is Feudal: Forest Village

By Mindillusion · published by Bitbox Ltd.

Followers —
Reviews 5,245 Mixed
Players yesterday 38 at the busiest moment
Owners 200K–500K estimated

About Life is Feudal: Forest Village

Life is Feudal: Forest Village is a game tagged City Builder, Colony Sim and Strategy by Mindillusion, released May 26, 2017. It has 5,245 Steam reviews (Mixed). It has an estimated 200K–500K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Banished, Settlements Rising and My Colony.

LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow various food to prevent your villagers from avitaminosis and starvation. Possess them for additional micromanagement or simply to wander around.
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Everything Steam lists for Life is Feudal: Forest Village · record updated 1 day ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID496460
Release dateMay 26, 2017Early Access May 26, 2017
Last change number39323160
Last record update1 day ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
Mindillusion
Publisher
Bitbox Ltd.
Steam profile
Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025

Languages

9 · 0 with full audio
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
English Yes
French Yes
Italian Yes
German Yes
Polish Yes
Portuguese - Brazil Yes
Russian Yes
Simplified Chinese Yes
All 9 languages
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
Spanish - Spain Yes

Platforms

Windows
Steam Deck
Unsupported

Features

4
Single-playerSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$24.99
On sale0 of 41regions right now
Lowest seen · US$24.99Oct 24, 2026
Checked1 day agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Patch notes

10
  1. Jul 23, 2020 Better Custom Mods Support (1.1.6814)

    Hey, villagers! Today, we’re bringing some more improvements and solutions to the problems you’ve encountered, based on the feedback received after the last patch. We hope you’ll like it! Patch notes (ver 1.1.6814) Bug fixes and Optimizati…

  2. Jul 21, 2020 A Bunch of Fixes (1.1.6811)

    Hey, villagers! We’re excited to bring you several crash fixes and other optimizations that should provide you with a more pleasant gameplay experience. Take a look at the full list below! Patch notes (ver 1.1.6811) Bug fixes and Optimizat…

  3. Mar 22, 2018 Bigger Map and Optimizations (1.1.6611)

    Hey, villagers! We’d like to share our happiness with you - our many optimizations has made it possible to now play maps that are 4x times larger! We’re looking forward to see what kind of towns your villages evolve into on these vast land…

  4. Dec 22, 2017 Pavement, Patios, Steel and more (1.1.6452)

    Hey, villagers! Along with some Christmas content we’ve decided to add a bunch of REAL reasons to play the game during the holidays! Pavement, patios, steel and a large amount of gameplay tweaks, visual additions and modding support. Happy…

  5. Oct 20, 2017 Gameplay quality boost (1.1.6379)

    Hey, villagers! We’re staying true to our word and are continuing the development and improvement of our game. In today’s patch, we’ve added some goodies that should improve your overall gameplay and modding experience! Patch notes (ver. 1…

  6. Sep 15, 2017 Raiders and more villagers Inc.! (1.1.6322)

    Hey, villagers! Prepare to see some new faces in this major patch. Some of those faces will be friendly new faces of your villagers, but some of them will not be that friendly. Those will be Raiders! Make sure to build enough fortification…

  7. Jul 27, 2017 First major update since release! (1.0.6285)

    Hey, villagers! We have been hard at work on improvements and new features and as you can see we have been very busy for such a small team. We hope you enjoy these improvements to stability, the visual quality, effects and improvements to …

  8. Jul 27, 2017 First major update since release! (1.0.6285)

    Hey, villagers! We have been hard at work on improvements and new features and as you can see we have been very busy for such a small team. We hope you enjoy these improvements to stability, the visual quality, effects and improvements to …

  9. May 29, 2017 Steam Achievements and Comparison with the Other Game (1.0.6205)

    Hey, villagers! Firstly we would like to announce that Steam Achievements are implemented now. We accidentally seemed to overlook them in the initial release! We also wanted to answer multiple topics and reviews that compare us with anothe…

  10. May 26, 2017 Release! (with long awaited Steam Workshop support) (1.0.6191)

    Hooray, villagers! After a busy early access schedule and many improvements, the long awaited release of the game - along with Steam Workshop support - is here! Feel free to play the wonderful game with all the new features added and share…

Builds

1
BuildBranchUpdated
5323129publicJul 23, 2020

Packages & DLC

Packages

2
IDNameGamesPrice (US)
8377 Bundle Life is Feudal Franchise Games 2 $22.48
113292 Life is Feudal: Forest Village 1 $24.99

Depots

Depots

4
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
228984 — shared from 228980 Windows — — —
228986 — shared from 228980 Windows — — —
228990 — shared from 228980 Windows — — —
496461 — Windows 321.8 MB 299.7 MB 1280200325672706298

Branches

1
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 5323129 Jul 23, 2020 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Life is Feudal Forest Village

Launch options

1
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
ForestVillage.exe Windows

Cloud saves

Space per player953.7 MB
Filesup to 10,000
Save locations1
RootPathPatternSystems
gameinstallsave*.lvlAll

Achievements

Achievements290 hidden
Most unlocked29.8%Pioneer
Rarest0.4%Ferdinand Magellan

Global unlock rate

share of players who have it
  • Pioneer Build a port 29.8%
  • Merchant Build a Market 18.2%
  • Village elder Reach a population of 100 people 18.1%
  • Camelot Build a Keep 16.2%
  • Village Build 100 buildings 13.3%
  • Diligent student Get training 10.5%
  • Don't count your chickens Grow 5000 chickens 9.4%
  • Hunter Kill 100 wild animals in first person 8.6%
  • Teacher Train 300 people 7.3%
  • Scheherazade Spend 1001 night in the game 7.1%
  • The agrarian revolution Sow 100,000 meters 6.7%
  • New hope Create 250 places for housing 6.6%
  • Designer Build 200 decorations 4.8%
  • Life is Feudal Build 20 castle buildings 4.8%
  • Trade empire Buy 10,000 products on the market 4.4%
  • Do it yourself! Use abilities 500 times 3.5%
  • Liege Reach a population of 500 people 2.1%
  • Cowboy! Grow 1000 cows 2.1%
All 29 achievements
  • Enlightener Train 1000 people 1.9%
  • Chinese Wall Build 100 castle walls 1.7%
  • Defender Kill 50 wild animals on farms with livestock 1.2%
  • Botanist Plant 100 trees 1%
  • Expansion boom Create 1000 places for housing 0.8%
  • Town Build 500 buildings 0.7%
  • Сrazy museum Build 1000 decorations 0.6%
  • The King Reach a population of 2000 people 0.5%
  • Megapolis Build 1000 buildings 0.4%
  • Big farm Build 50,000 meters of pasture 0.4%
  • Ferdinand Magellan Finish 50 expeditions 0.4%

Screenshots

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Update history

Changes to the Steam record

since we started watching
  1. Oct 25, 2026 · 11:41 #39323160
    • appid removed
    • common.ReleaseState added released
    • common.releasestate removed

News

  1. Sep 4, 2018 · Community Announcements Fv Announcement #33 Game Improvements Non Stop (1.1.6705)

    Hey, villagers! First we want to thank you for being patient with us. Now, after a short break we are back on track! In this update you can see a lot of bug fixes, optimizations and overall improveme…

  2. Apr 19, 2018 · Community Announcements Continuing Game Development & Improvements! (1.1.6634)

    Hey, villagers! As always, we are continuously - and passionately - working hard on the development and overall improvements of Forest Village for you guys to enjoy (we enjoy doing it, too!) As we pr…

  3. Apr 19, 2018 · Community Announcements Continuing Game Development & Improvements! (1.1.6634)

    Hey, villagers! As always, we are continuously - and passionately - working hard on the development and overall improvements of Forest Village for you guys to enjoy (we enjoy doing it, too!) As we pr…

  4. Mar 22, 2018 · Community Announcements Bigger Map and Optimizations (1.1.6611)

    Hey, villagers! We’d like to share our happiness with you - our many optimizations has made it possible to now play maps that are 4x times larger! We’re looking forward to see what kind of towns your…

  5. Dec 22, 2017 · Community Announcements Pavement, Patios, Steel and more (1.1.6452)

    Hey, villagers! Along with some Christmas content we’ve decided to add a bunch of REAL reasons to play the game during the holidays! Pavement, patios, steel and a large amount of gameplay tweaks, vis…

  6. Oct 20, 2017 · Community Announcements Gameplay quality boost (1.1.6379)

    Hey, villagers! We’re staying true to our word and are continuing the development and improvement of our game. In today’s patch, we’ve added some goodies that should improve your overall gameplay and…

  7. Sep 15, 2017 · Community Announcements Raiders and more villagers Inc.! (1.1.6322)

    Hey, villagers! Prepare to see some new faces in this major patch. Some of those faces will be friendly new faces of your villagers, but some of them will not be that friendly. Those will be Raiders!…

  8. May 29, 2017 · Community Announcements Steam Achievements and Comparison with the Other Game (1.0.6205)

    Hey, villagers! Firstly we would like to announce that Steam Achievements are implemented now. We accidentally seemed to overlook them in the initial release! We also wanted to answer multiple topics…

  9. May 26, 2017 · Product Release Now Available on Steam - Life is Feudal: Forest Village

    Life is Feudal: Forest Village is Now Available on Steam! LiF:Forest Village is a city builder with survival aspects in a realistic harsh medieval world. Shape, build and expand your settlement, grow…

  10. May 26, 2017 · Community Announcements Release! (with long awaited Steam Workshop support) (1.0.6191)

    Hooray, villagers! After a busy early access schedule and many improvements, the long awaited release of the game - along with Steam Workshop support - is here! Feel free to play the wonderful game w…

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