Axes and Acres

Overview
Axes and Acres is a deep and engaging single-player strategy game designed to create exciting decisions every turn. The rules are easy to learn, but every turn can be played out in many different ways in order to farm, build and survive.
SteamVery Positive (85%)
106 Steam user reviewsMetacriticNot rated
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About the game
- Developer
- BrainGoodGames
- Publisher
- BrainGoodGames
- Released
- Apr 7, 2016
Description & review sources
- Axes and Acres is a deep and engaging single-player strategy game designed to create exciting decisions every turn.
- The rules are easy to learn, but every turn can be played out in many different ways in order to farm, build and survive.
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In Axes and Acres you are the lord of a small but rich plot of land (and a couple smelly peasants). These peasants are represented by dice and can Build, Work, Gather Resources, and Reproduce, depending on their mood. Using a combination of your burgeoning population and "motivation" cards, you will build, chop, cultivate and plot to produce a thriving village!
In Axes and Acres both your workers and your motivations can be improved and changed, all within one game. Each play-through is discrete, every decision is difficult and interesting, and there are tons of decisions - making every minute of gameplay valuable. Axes and Acres will test your strategic and tactical skills while providing a rewarding and fun experience.
Axes and Acres is the second game from BrainGoodGames, the creators of the well-received single player strategy game Militia. (7000+ players, 97% review score).
- Developer
- BrainGoodGames
- Publisher
- BrainGoodGames
- Released
- Apr 7, 2016
Ratings & review sources
SteamVery Positive (85%)
106 Steam user reviewsMetacriticNot rated
System requirements
Features, requirements and screenshots describe the Steam PC version. Other stores and editions may differ.
Windows
Minimum
Minimum:- OS *: Windows XP or newer
- Processor: Support for SSE2 instruction set
- Memory: 512 MB RAM
- DirectX: Version 9.0
- Storage: 60 MB available space
Recommended
Not provided by the platform.
macOS
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: Mac OS X 10.6 or newer
- Processor: Support for SSE2 instruction set
- Graphics: OpenGL
Recommended
Not provided by the platform.
Linux
Minimum
Minimum:- OS: Ubuntu 10.10 or newer
- Processor: Support for SSE2 instruction set
- Graphics: Shader Model 2.0
Recommended
Not provided by the platform.
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Features & game information
Features, requirements and screenshots describe the Steam PC version. Other stores and editions may differ.
Play modes
- Single-player
Steam features
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Leaderboards
- Family Sharing
Controller & mod support
- Controller support
- Not specified
- Mod support
- Not specified
Game details
- Genres
- Indie
- Strategy
- Developer
- BrainGoodGames
- Publisher
- BrainGoodGames
- Released
- Apr 7, 2016
- Content type
- game
- Operating systems
- windows
- mac
- linux
- Achievements
- 15
All community tags
Community tag votes
- Indie30
- Strategy29
- Turn-Based21
- Procedural Generation18
- Turn-Based Strategy16
- Board Game11
Languages & audio
- English*
*languages with full audio support
Related editions & add-ons
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Sources, updates & publisher notice
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- Steam Store Oct 12, 2026 19:51 UTC
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