Dotage

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You are the Elder. You had a vision of a doomed future, so you took a handful of Pips, your fellow villagers, and led them to an empty valley to start anew.

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Developer:
Michele Pirovano
Release date:
04 October 2023
Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive (31)
All Steam reviews:
Very Positive (1853)

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Description

You are the Elder. You had a vision of a doomed future, so you took a handful of Pips, your fellow villagers, and led them to an empty valley to start anew. They need your guidance to survive the events foretold by the Prophecy, so make sure your Pips work hard!


DotAGE has deep worker placement mechanics inspired by board games.
Build your village and assign your workers to their daily tasks, grow crops, herd animals, bury corpses, forge tools, upgrade buildings, train professionals, and produce dozens of resources.
Take your time and think carefully before passing the turn!


The memories of the Elder are unclear, so each run will be different, with new buildings to discover. Play with more than 200 buildings, 30 professions, and 70 resources.
As you play, the memories of the Elder will come back, unlocking new game mechanics and content, such as new ailments, the mysterious VIPs, and new Elders!

Each turn, the Domains, the forces that govern the world, will unleash increasingly powerful events on your village.
From poison, to disease, to earthquakes, to kittens. Will you be able to survive them all and find out what is causing the apocalypse?


In addition to each run being different, the game has multiple difficulty levels, so pick the one that suits your playstyle.
Enjoy a relaxed turn-based town builder with its cozy graphics, or prove your mastery of the prophecy with the increasingly difficult mastery levels!


This game is a love letter to the games of my childhood, made with passion in 9 years in the little spare time I got by a single developer from Italy.
The music of the game is real medieval music, taken from the Montpellier Codex, rearranged by Luigi di Guida.
I hope you enjoy the world of Dotage!

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows 7
Processor:
64 bit
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Storage:
300 MB available space

recommended*

Storage:
300 MB available space

User reviews

SanSpirit
Recommended | 03 May 2026
167h played

One of the best games EVER, made by a SOLO DEVELOPER(!), playing 3d chess even on easier difficulty. It's amazing, i learn so much, go back, outsmarting the "4 enemies a.k.a the domains of fear, cold, ect" SO FUN, so

Helpful: 7
Accacence
Recommended | 04 Jun 2026
285h played

Absolutely love this game. I am an absolute sl*t for strategy management games and this scratches that itch so well. It has so much replayability and I have yet to tire of it. I go through my dotAGE phases, picking it

Helpful: 6
solx37
Recommended | 16 May 2026
304h played

A nice Civilization-ish geme - but the trick is build the civ before it gets destroyed by random effects that you have warning of and can prepare for. Maybe it is a city builder? It has an end game you, so you need to

Helpful: 3
Catakryst
Recommended | 07 Jun 2026
138h played

it's very fun, especially in the early game and once you start understanding it, but dang is it complex. it's been getting better with time, and its worth it if youre willing to push through the learning curve. there

Helpful: 3
Meticulousmoose
Recommended | 22 Jun 2026
70.1h played

Incredible game. Hours upon hours of fun. I can see myself putting 200+ hours easily. - Meaningful and impactful gameplay decisions. - Map RNG makes each replay unique - Long term meta progression, meaning new mechanics

Helpful: 1
SideshowEMS
Recommended | 20 Jun 2026
42.1h played

Il gioco consiste nel gestire i lavoratori di edifici con sempre più requisiti per raggiungere obbiettivi di produzione sempre più grandi per resistere all'apocalisse. Durante la partita ci sono anche eventi che danno

Helpful: 1