The Settlers creator’s Pioneers of Pagonia starts early access in December

Pioneers of Pagonia, the intriguing new city builder from original The Settlers designer Volker Wertich and his team at Envision Entertainment, is launching into Steam early access on 13th December, with a public demo and closed alpha planned before then.

Pioneers of Pagonia, for the uninitiated, whisks players away to the procedurally generated islands of Pagonia, where they’ll need to establish a presence – steadily increasingly their reach and influence among the islands’ many fantastical, not always friendly inhabitants – through production, economic expansion, and exploration, making use of the resources they uncover along the way.

We got a first taste of Pioneers of Pagonia’s city building action back in June – via an extremely adorable in-game reveal trailer – and Envision has been sharing occassional gameplay details in posts on Steam too. Soon, though, it’ll be time for players to get stuck in, starting with a closed alpha in September – which will be available to selected subscribers of the studio’s newsletter.

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