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Released Aug 20, 2026 $9.99 Positive Not counted on Steam profiles yet

KERF: Sawmill Tycoon

By MGDB Studio

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Reviews 38 Positive
Players now 0 Peak today 0
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About KERF: Sawmill Tycoon

KERF: Sawmill Tycoon is a game tagged Simulation, Singleplayer and Management by MGDB Studio, released Aug 20, 2026. It has 38 Steam reviews (Positive). The Steam games most like it include Sawmill Simulator, Timberflow: Sawmill Simulator and Hotel: A Resort Simulator.

Fell trees with your own hands, saw logs into planks, chop firewood, craft furniture and sell it all to your customers. A first-person sawmill tycoon where you do the work yourself: take on commissions, hire a crew, replant the forest and grow a humble yard into a timber empire.
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Steam data

Everything Steam lists for KERF: Sawmill Tycoon · record updated 20 hours ago

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Overview

App ID5010520
Release dateAug 20, 2026
Last change number39865870
Last record update20 hours ago

App info

App type
Game
Developer
MGDB Studio
Publisher
MGDB Studio
Steam profile
Not counted yet: Steam is still getting to know this game, so it doesn't add to game counts or achievement totals · checked 21 hours ago
Technologies
Unity detected

Platforms

Windows 64-bit

Features

4
Single-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$9.99
On sale0 of 41regions right now
Lowest seen · US$9.99Oct 23, 2026
Checked23 hours agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Patch notes

4
  1. Sep 7, 2026 Update 1.4

    This time I focused on KERF's visuals and performance. A lot has changed since version 1.3.1: The town is open. The rebuilt town is now accessible. For now, you'll find new furniture delivery addresses there, and I plan to add more activit…

  2. Aug 31, 2026 Update 1.3

    The chainsaw you asked for, plus a lot of fixes from your reports. New: Chainsaw. Buy it on the board and it replaces the axe. Hold the left button and it cuts into the trunk, let go and it stops in the cut. Nothing rewinds Upgrades now ge…

  3. Aug 25, 2026 Update 1.2

    More and more of your reports keep coming in and I am fixing them as they arrive. Almost everything below came from you. Fixed: Exiting to the menu and pressing Continue no longer wipes your sawmill The game takes your language from your S…

  4. Aug 21, 2026 Update 1.1

    Thanks for over 100 copies sold and 1,000 wishlists. Honestly - I did not see that coming. Added and fixed: Headlamp on the L key Opening and closing the sawmill Reworked weighting of customer orders Fixed collision between a falling tree …

Builds

1
BuildBranchUpdated
25192617publicSep 8, 2026

Depots

Depots

1
IDNameSystemsSizeDownloadManifest
5010521 — All 1.35 GB 273.1 MB 5991107021317724386

Branches

1
BranchBuildUpdatedAccess
public 25192617 Sep 8, 2026 Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/KERF Sawmill Tycoon

Launch options

2
ExecutableArgumentsSystemsDescription
Kerf.exe Windows
Kerf.app macOS

Cloud saves

Space per player100.0 MB
Filesup to 50
Save locations1
RootPathPatternSystems
WinAppDataLocalLowMGDB Studio/KERF Sawmill Tycoon/Savessave_*.jsonAll

Achievements

Achievements172 hidden
Most unlocked96.5%First Cut
Rarest11.4%Full Catalogue

Global unlock rate

share of players who have it
  • First Cut Fell your very first tree. 96.5%
  • New Growth Plant your first sapling. The forest will not regrow on its own. 94.6%
  • The Customer Is King Serve your first customer at the counter. 90.9%
  • Three For Three Split a log with three perfect strikes in a row. 88.7%
  • Fresh Sawdust Cut your first plank. 66.8%
  • Not Alone Anymore Hire your first worker. 57.7%
  • Five In A Row Five logs in a row, every one of them perfect. No slips. 38.7%
  • Masterwork Build a piece of furniture of the highest quality. 21.1%
  • Special Delivery Deliver your first piece of furniture to a customer's door. 20%
  • Deep Water Hidden achievement 19.7%
  • Steady Hand A perfect result on every machine in the sawmill. 18.7%
  • Dendrologist Fell a tree of all ten species, from spruce to teak. 16.8%
  • Full Crew Fill all six positions: three at the machines, three at the counters. 16.3%
  • The Legendary Lumberjack Hidden achievement 15.7%
  • Night Shift Fell twenty trees between 22:00 and 6:00. 14.9%
  • Nothing Left To Buy Buy every upgrade in the sawmill. 13.1%
  • Full Catalogue Craft every one of the ten pieces in the catalogue. 11.4%

News

  1. Aug 20, 2026 · Community Announcements KERF: Sawmill Tycoon is out now

    The sawmill is open KERF: Sawmill Tycoon is out now on Steam, and it is 29% off for the first week. This is a first-person sawmill sim where nothing happens without you. Every tree is felled by your …

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