Holdfast

Holdfast is a base-building survival game. You start with a campfire and a few workers. You end with a kingdom.

By day, gather wood, stone, iron and gold. Build farms, camps, mines, walls and towers. Train soldiers and archers.

By night, monsters come for your keep. Goblins and wolves rush in. Orcs and trolls smash walls. Rams break gates. Bosses arrive later.

What makes it fun

• You are not just watching. Your hero swings a sword, shoots a bow and dashes. Jump into the fight when it gets tense.
• Four eras. Upgrade your keep from a longhouse to a palace. Each era unlocks new buildings and tougher enemies.
• Your walls matter. Enemies find the weak spot, so shape your defense with walls, gates, spikes and towers.
• Quick decisions. Days are short. Call the night early for bonus gold when you feel ready.
• Weather and mood. Storms, lightning and a day and night cycle with a synthesized soundtrack.

Everything you see and hear is made in code. No image or sound files.

Can you survive all 12 nights?

Goal: survive 12 nights. If your keep falls, you lose.

Keyboard and mouse

• WASD / arrows: move
• Space or J: attack, chop, mine and pick
• Shift: dash
• Right mouse or K: shoot the bow (aim with the mouse)
• B: open the build menu. Tab switches page. 1–8 pick a building.
• Click a building to upgrade, recruit or demolish
• Q / E: select army / workers. Right click to give orders. Drag to box-select.
• N: call the night early for bonus gold
• P: pause. M: sound

Touch

• Left stick: move
• attack, shoot, dash. The hero auto-aims at nearby enemies.