Rise to Ruins (formerly Retro-Pixel Castles) is a city-building strategy video game developed by Raymond Doerr and published by his independent company, SixtyGig Games, for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux. The game was released into Steam Early Access on 27 October 2014.[1][2]

Rise to Ruins
Developer(s)Raymond Doerr
Publisher(s)SixtyGig Games
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
Release
Genre(s)City-building, strategy
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

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Rise to Ruins is a city-building strategy game with pixelated design, survival and god game elements,[2][3][4][5] and influences from the video games Towns, Gnomoria, Warcraft, Banished, and Dwarf Fortress.[1]

Development

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Rise to Ruins is being developed by Raymond Doerr for publication by his independent company, SixtyGig Games.[1][2] The game exceeded its crowdfunding goal of US$5,000 by raising US$10,163 in 2014 on Kickstarter.[2][6] The game was greenlit through Steam Greenlight and released into Steam Early Access, for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux, on 27 October 2014.[1][4]

As of July 2018, the game was still in development and received regular updates up to several times a month.[7]

The game was fully released in October 2019.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Retro-Pixel Castles · AppID: 328080". Steam Database. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d Duncan, Alasdair (17 October 2014). "Rise to Ruins is all the work of just one person". Destructoid. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Thoughts on Retro-Pixel Castles after some major updates, a godlike village simulator on Linux". GamingOnLinux. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  4. ^ a b Benson, Julian (31 October 2014). "Retro-Pixel Castles video reveals bloody rain and sexy, sexy villagers". PCGamesN. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  5. ^ Aidan, Julian (11 October 2014). "Endless Survival Is Impossible In Retro Pixel Castles". Hardcore Gamer. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  6. ^ Doerr, Raymond (September 2014). "Retro-Pixel Castles — Village Survival Mayhem!". Kickstarter. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Steam Community :: Group Announcements :: Rise to Ruins". steamcommunity.com. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Release 1 - The Milestone Update - Released!". Steam. 13 October 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
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