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Clanfolk

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2022

Should you play it?

Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.

What works

  • Deep survival mechanics
  • Generational clan growth
  • Immersive medieval setting
  • Active developer engagement
  • High replayability

Things to keep in mind

  • Early access with some rough edges
  • Limited late-game content
  • Ai task management issues
  • Lack of combat or conflict
  • Slow pacing for some players

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Factorio

  • Expeditions: Conquistador

  • Stonehearth

  • New Cycle

  • The Survivalists

  • Stardew Valley

More violent

Games that feels like Clanfolk but with more combat and destruction

  • From Glory To Goo

  • ZED ZONE

  • RimWorld

  • Hammerwatch

  • Warbanners

  • Ancient Kingdoms

More fantastical

Games that feels like Clanfolk but with more imaginative fiction

  • Elin

  • Sun Haven

  • The Doors of Trithius

  • Rise to Ruins

  • Amazing Cultivation Simulator

  • Kynseed

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Clanfolk: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Violence.

Last update: 21/08/2026