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Hryhorii Trukhan · Published by Hryhorii Trukhan
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Expand your city, summon an army of workers, mine resources and heat a dying star to millions of degrees in this incremental adventure. Discover new upgrades and synergies, prestige to unlock new mechanics and watch numbers go up - a lot.
Indie, Strategy · 2027 · More free games
About this game
The Star must grow!
Ember Folks is an incremental game about building a city and reigniting a dying star. Start by gathering resources yourself, then summon Embers — loyal workers who automate production and help your city grow. Expand, automate, and bring the star back to life.
Variety of Buildings
Every building adds something new. Shrine of Clicks makes manual interaction effective even in the late game, while warehouses let you squeeze more from resource production when managed correctly. More buildings and mechanics will be added as development continues.
City and Economy
Build and upgrade structures, improve worker efficiency, and expand your production. Grow your economy, unlock new technologies, and watch your city thrive. Every choice shapes your progress — decide what to build, upgrade, and prioritize next.
Reignite the Star!
The Star is slowly cooling, and this cold land only makes things worse. Fight back against that decline in any way you can — spawn thermal sparks, fire ballista shots into it, hurl rocks and generate beams of heat to keep it alive.
Deep Prestige System
As you push the star’s temperature higher, you’ll earn prestige points. These can be spent on powerful upgrades and new buildings that don’t just boost numbers, but also unlock new systems and mechanics.
A Note from the Developer
Ember Folks is being created by a solo developer running on far too much coffee and late-night sessions after work. It’s a small passion project, and I’m truly excited to see how it grows over time.
If you enjoy it - add to wishlist and share your feedback and ideas via the in-game Google Form or a Steam review. It will help shape Ember Folks and guide its development all the way to release.
Every bit of feedback really means a lot for me
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 2.7 GHz Dual Core
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 512MB
- Storage: 300 MB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: 2.7 GHz Dual Core
- Memory: 4 MB RAM
- Graphics: 512MB
- Storage: 300 MB available space
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Demo Update #3
As development of the full game continues, with new features and buildings being added, I also made a few improvements to the demo:Added an option to mute the game when it’s running in the backgroundThe correct game language is now automatically applied when launching the game from Steam for the first timeFixed an issue where numbers could sometimes exceed the limits of data typeFixed texture blurring issuesImproved the visuals of “flying” numbersMinor localization fixesRead full article on Community Announcements (Greg_ua)AnnouncementsOfficial
French localisation - Localisation française
La langue française a été ajoutée à la démo et sera également disponible dans la version complète du jeu. Nous avons également ajouté de nouvelles configurations des touches pour prendre en charge les claviers AZERTY. French language has been added to the demo and will also be available in the full game. I also added new input mappings to support AZERTY keyboards.Read full article on Community Announcements (Greg_ua)Community & EventsOfficial
2000 wishlists and Ukrainian Games Festival
I'm happy to announce that a better and more polished demo of Ember Folks is taking part in the Ukrainian Games Festival 2026! And it also reached 2,000 wishlists, which is absolutely incredible!I'm incredibly grateful to everyone who has wishlisted the game and taken the time to share their feedback - it genuinely helps me make Ember Folks better.A huge thanks to the dozens of YouTubers who gave the demo a try and made videos about it — Orbital Potato, ImCade, InterndotGif, Dr_Horse, and many, many others!With all the support and feedback I've received so far, I'm really excited to keep working on the game and make it best I canIf you haven't tried the demo yet, now is the best time to do so!Read full article on Community Announcements (Greg_ua)Patch NotesOfficial
Demo Update #2
Next demo update is here and it includes: As many of you requested, the resource generation rate (as well as the Star heat generation rate) is now displayed in the resources list. This can be disabled by toggling the checkboxImproved UI tooltip logic — upgrade description tooltips now correctly determine their position based on your screen size and should no longer appear off-screen.Fixed a couple of upgrade names and descriptionsAdded additional UI feedback (progress bar) for the Stone Blocks extraction processRead full article on Community Announcements (Greg_ua)Patch NotesOfficial
Demo update #1
Hey, the first demo update is here! Gameplay improvements:More upgrade levels for Runic Shards, Sawmill Trees, and all three house types. Build and upgrde even more!Resources spawned by clicks are now visible at every zoom levelVisual improvements:Improved visuals for tripled knowledge extraction on Librarians. Many of you noticed that after creating Symbols of Work, it was hard to tell the difference in knowledge productionImproved particle effects for everything that happens around the StarUpdated night sky visuals with a smooth dark gradient at the topUpdated visuals for the stone shards launched by Miners to heat the StarBetter positioning of the sphere that spawns construction bricksUI/UX improvementsThe Settings menu can now also be opened by pressing EscUpdated icons for many upgrades, making them easier to distinguishImproved resource requirement indicators in the upgrade window. It's now much easier to see whether you have enough resourcesWindow settingsAdded a Toggle Fullscreen option to the Settings menuThe game now launches in windowed mode by defaultBug fixes:Fixed several text issues in the English localizationFixed several number formatting issues when displaying resource amountsRead full article on Community Announcements (Greg_ua)
