Medieval Dynasty
Best Early Access Games of 2021
The popularity of survival games has exploded in recent years, so you’re unlikely to be wanting for choice when it comes to choosing a good one.
Still, for fans of medieval history, Medieval Dynasty’s ambitious design is exciting not only because it offers a truly immersive survival experience for a single character but a whole community of settlers.
Like many other survival games, Medieval Dynasty starts small; your first port of call is to build yourself a small house and fashion a means to live — you craft some tools, chop some wood, and forage for food as a humble peasant. Before long, though, the scope of your initiative expands drastically as you seek to establish a sprawling new settlement full of NPCs.
It’s made easy thanks to an intuitive building mechanic that allows you to erect new structures and defenses, clear land for agriculture, and more using the resources and tools you’ve found along the way. Of course, standing in your way are the unpredictable elements and harsh wilderness.
One caveat to keep in mind is that Medieval Dynasty is still very much in the early stages of its Early Access, so it’s lacking a fair bit of polish. In fact, it’s more or less an alpha build right now.
The potential here is obvious, though, and those enamored with the genre are likely to want to get involved for the long haul.
