Publisher Aquila Interactive and developer Nepos Games are proud to announce that the demo for medieval county-builder County of Fortune lands onto Steam today, June 10th, ahead of Next Fest.
The underground title from Nepos Games is going from strength to strength after receiving extremely positive responses from successive playtests and signing with publisher Aquila Interactive, recently hitting 50K wishlists on Steam.
The demo
In County of Fortune, players oversee a growing county rather than a single city. Instead of placing individual houses and buildings within a single city, players establish whole settlements and guide them as they grow, specialise, and shape the land around them.
Players will be able to get an extensive opportunity to get hands-on with County of Fortune’s free demo with many hours of playtime available, including the ability to create and level up your settlements, as well as produce advanced resources and trade with your other regions.
The demo will be available from June 10th through to the end of Steam’s Next Fest.
Key features
- Build at a regional scale: Found whole settlements and guide them as they grow and specialise, rather than placing individual buildings.
- A wide, varied map: Unique natural resources, specific crops, and navigable rivers create a landscape full of strategic opportunity.
- A dynamic culture system: Cultures take root in settlements and shape how communities cooperate or clash.
- Noble houses and politics: Houses rise in influence and shape the direction of your region.
- Village mayors, with their own strengths and flaws, bring personality to local leadership.
- Balance logistics, resources, and community life across a growing county.
- Open-world sandbox: Shape your county your way, on your own terms.
County of Fortune will be released for PC on Steam Early Access in Q4 2026 and the free demo is available to download now.