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Tiny Roar · Published by Tiny Roar · Official site ↗
Positive — 83% positive (29 reviews) · 30 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
A cozy village building game that you can run on the side. Your trusted Knack will collect resources for you while you work or play other games, so you can unlock new parts to build your dream village in the Emberlands. You pick your pace - play as (in)efficiently as you want and enjoy the view.
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Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Casual · 2026 · More under £5 games
Manage resources and expand your village in Emberlands, a simulation game where you can work at your own pace. Let your Knack gather materials while you focus on other activities or simply enjoy the scenery.
About this game
Emberlands: Desktop Village is a cozy idle village builder designed to sit anywhere on your screen while you work on other tasks.
Set in the colorful world of Into the Emberlands, you’ll collect resources, unlock your favorite buildings and characters, and grow a village that’s uniquely yours — all while a little knack roams around your screen for resources.
Your tiny co-worker
Place the game anywhere on your screen and the little knack will keep you company. As he explores, he’ll gather resources for you — use them to unlock new placeable tiles and expand your floating village!
Create your perfect village
The more resources your knack collects, the more your world will grow. Place tiles on multiple levels and design your own little corner of the Emberlands. Whether you want a bustling town or a quiet meadow, it’s completely up to you.
Collect ember
Strategically arrange your buildings to boost ember production. And with your ember, you can upgrade your little knack buddy, or discover more different tiles to place!
Discover new tiles
Spin the prize wheel to discover over 60 tiles across multiple collections. Each set adds a different vibe and look for your floating village!
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel® Core™ i3 @ 3.2 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Graphics card with DX11
- Storage: 400 MB available space
Recommended
- OS: Windows 11
- Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 1080
- Storage: 400 MB available space
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
🔊 Shoutout: Another Desktop Companion Made in Germany!
Hey Villagers! 🪵 We hope your little Knacks are keeping you good company and help you building some nice floating villages on your screen. 🥰 We just wanted to do a quick shout-out for some indie friends of ours who are making another awesome (and really cute) desktop companion game. It's called Tiny Capsule Collector, and it’s a super cozy, ambient idle gachapon shop that runs quietly at the bottom of your screen while you work. You get to set up little vending machines, collect cute capsule toys, and watch animal customers hang out.Since it has that same relaxing, low-pressure background vibe as Emberlands: Desktop Village, we thought some of you might really love it. They have a free demo live right now, so if you want another tiny world keeping you company on your monitor, go give them a look! 👇👇👇 Have a great, cozy week! 🥰~ The Tiny Roar TeamRead full article on Community Announcements (ines_TinyRoar)Patch NotesOfficial
Small Update - Achievement Fix, Endgame Balancing & More
Hi, Jonas here! Thx for all the love and support for this little project! Besides all the awesome ideas you have for the project, and the stuff on our minds, I wanted to make some small adjustments and fix some stuff in between bigger updates. Especially the achievement bug you've been plagued with! GENERAL Better Tile Effect icons (so you understand the Tile Effect a bit better)Added possibility to destroy your Village (resetting the current slot. Build away!) Balanced some calculations and formulas (say thx Tom) Updates some store graphics (no prettier screenshots) FIXES Fixed an issue with some achievements not unlocking. This works retroactively! Pinging should now work in all World Scalings Added missing textsUntil next time! Feel free to post your village on our company Discord, I'm curious... 👀Read full article on Community Announcements (Jonas)Patch NotesOfficial
Update 1.1: Balancing, additional languages, and more!
Hey Lightbearers! 🔥Thank you to everyone who has played our little idle game set in the Emberlands world so far ♥️. Your feedback is really helping us shape up the game and improve your experience with it! Keep your little suggestions coming, either here in the Steam discussions, or over on our Discord server.Today’s update addresses some issues and suggestions that we received in the last week: Languages:We’ve added more languages! Emberlands: Desktop Village now supports:English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Traditional and Simplified Chinese! Balancing:The prices for upgrading your village capacity as well as the Knack’s stats now get calculated in a kinder way, allowing you to upgrade them quicker, especially later in the game. We hope that this helps to keep you motivated, even when your village and Knack have already reached a higher level.Spawn more wood all over the screen - more to collect for your little Knack!Building:The buildable area is now bigger, giving you more freedom in the creation of your village. Whether you want a condensed tower - like village or spread out little islands - you choose, everything’s possible.Added loadout system. You can now create up to three different Village setups! Your Village level and resources will stay the same - this allows you to have an effective Village with high Ember output AND a pretty village at the same time! :)Lottery & Catalog:Max Ticket cap at 50 - don’t let them get dusty, use those Tickets!Slight change to the Village stat window. While pinned, it now stays interactable (previously, you had to hover over your Ember Tower for the Village stat window to activate).Tickets can now also be used to upgrade your tiles. To show it while un-pinned, simply hover over your Ember Tower.User Interface:Fully upgraded tiles are now marked with a star in the Catalog.The Village level is now visible.World scaling allows you to make everything even smaller, for those of you who just want a ...Read full article on Community Announcements (ines_TinyRoar)AnnouncementsOfficial
🔥 Emberlands: Desktop Village OUT NOW!
Hey Lightbearers! It is finally time to lift the veil on this little project of ours:Emberlands: Desktop Village, an idle game set in the same world as our cozy roguelike Into the Emberlands!You can now do what many players of the original Emberlands asked for: design and create your very own knack village, right there on your Desktop while you work, play, type, or whatever else you do on your Computer.✨ What to look forward to in Emberlands — Desktop Village:🏘️ Place and arrange tiles to design your own floating village 🪵 Unlock new tiles and upgrades with the resources that the Knack gathers for you while roaming your screen 🔭 Discover themed collections (over 60 tiles across multiple sets at full release) ✨ Upgrade your Knack to improve resource gathering and unlock more options 🔥 Collect your favorite buildings and characters from Into the Emberlands and make them part of your village and the best thing, Emberlands Desktop Village is out NOW! 🥰 So grab your little knack companion and start building your own cozy village!If you encounter bugs or other issues, or just want to give us some feedback for the game, you do so here on Steam oooor just join our Discord server to chat with us directly!~ the Tiny Roar TeamRead full article on Community Announcements (ines_TinyRoar)
