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Establish and expand your own settlements, liberate the land and assist its villagers, and recruit others to your cause while learning more about a life you had to leave behind. Command your forces, prove your valor through combat, and cement yourself as the hero of your people.

Bellwright is a survival, open world and crafting game developed by Donkey Crew and published by Donkey Crew and Snail Games USA.
Released on April 23rd 2024 is available only on Windows in 18 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Arabic, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian and Croatian.

It has received 11,996 reviews of which 9,666 were positive and 2,330 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 / Windows 11
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-8600 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB / AMD Radeon RX 580 8GB / Intel ARC A580 8GB
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 24 GB available space

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Feb. 2026
Its good so far but the AI voices are so jarring and completely break the immersion. I'd rather just read the text and make better voices in my head.
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Feb. 2026
Bellwright is the game that asks, “What if medieval village management was less about glory and more about yelling at peasants who won’t pick up sticks?” You start as a humble nobody with a dream: build a thriving settlement. What you actually build is a deep, personal relationship with wood, berries, and the crushing realization that NPCs will stand three feet from a task and still need supervision like confused medieval toddlers. Combat exists, technically. It’s less “heroic knight” and more “local person wildly swinging a weapon while hoping stamina comes back before death.” Enemies are dangerous, not because they’re smart, but because you forgot to eat soup again. The real final boss is logistics. Want a house? First invent civilization. Want villagers to work? First explain work. Want them to stop starving? Congratulations, you’re now running a 14-step supply chain involving wheat, tools, storage priorities, and prayer. And yet… it’s addictive. You’ll say “just one more building” and suddenly it’s 3 a.m., your village is still inefficient, and you’re emotionally invested in whether Greg finishes the fence before winter. Bellwright isn’t polished. It’s not gentle. It will test your patience, your planning skills, and your belief in humanity. But if you enjoy slow burns, survival chaos, and being a medieval middle manager with a sword, this game absolutely slaps. Pros: Deep systems Cozy chaos Makes you feel smart eventually Cons: NPCs share one brain cell Everything takes longer than expected You will forget to eat Verdict: Come for the village building. Stay because you’ve already invested 40 hours and now it’s personal.
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Jan. 2026
Feels like 3-4 different games in one (The Forest, Rimworld, Mount and Blade). You start by trying to survive, foraging and hunting to survive while building crafting tables, then the game progresses to building a settlement, village, town, and eventually managing a region with multiple towns. You end up trying to meet the trading, economic investments, and security needs of each town under your control through production lines and leading your armies. I was blown away by how seamlessly this transition happened. The progression in this game is paced incredibly well. There are a lot of bugs, at least in coop, none game breaking so far though. The UI is also not particularly friendly, some tooltips would go a long way, and there is so much depth to the systems that the UI hinders interacting with them in some cases (worker priorities, work queues, storage, trading, town needs). It certainly isn't the most polished game, however, if you enjoy survival crafting games, and have time to invest in your settlement, this is a no brainer.
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Nov. 2025
You start with literally nothing — just your own hands — and over time you become the leader of a small country with multiple villages and outposts. What I love most is that it’s not just a city builder. One day you are planning and building your villages and outposts, the next day you are organizing supply chains and production, and another day you gather your people to fight bandits or liberate villages from a local lord. Watching your settlement slowly turn into a real, living community is incredibly rewarding. The mix of management, survival, and combat feels truly immersive. Even in Early Access, I already feel like I could sink hundreds of hours into this game. I truly believe this game has a bright future.
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Nov. 2025
Basically Medieval Dynasty, but more dangerous. Instead of bandits being a rare and random thing you might have the misfortune to run into, at least the beginning of the game (where I still am) largely revolves around eliminating the many camps of bandits who are terrorizing the region. But other than that, it's still a game of playing as a Medieval peasant who walks around picking up sticks and rocks and edible things to try to survive and build a settlement. Whereas the devs of Medieval Dynasty have been hinting at some kind of mystery to be solved in the Oxbow but never got around to delivering, Bellwright is very plot-driven. Whereas the whole objective in Medieval Dynasty is just to have a kid (not that hard, and the game plateaus after that), Bellwright also has you arriving as a homeless orphan unraveling a history of a crime against a loved one, but leads to you liberating villages and commanding an army. Bit more exciting than just hunting the same bear once every season.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Bellwright is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.

Bellwright is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 28.99€ on Steam.

Bellwright received 9,666 positive votes out of a total of 11,996 achieving a rating of 7.88.
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Bellwright was developed by Donkey Crew and published by Donkey Crew and Snail Games USA.

Bellwright is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Bellwright is not playable on MacOS.

Bellwright is not playable on Linux.

Bellwright offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Bellwright includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

There is a DLC available for Bellwright. Explore additional content available for Bellwright on Steam.

Bellwright does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Bellwright does not support Steam Remote Play.

Bellwright is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Bellwright
Rating
7.9
9,666
2,330
Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
4,417
Developer
Donkey Crew
Publisher
Donkey Crew, Snail Games USA
Release 23 Apr 2024
Platforms