Pixelshire
Build the town of Pixelshire and grow your community in a unique RPG sandbox which mixes life sim elements with town building, exploration, and combat. Express yourself by planning the town to your liking…
Pixelshire is an adventure developed by Kappa Bits, released 8 May 2025 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Pixelshire is
Pixelshire is an adventure game developed by Kappa Bits and released in 2025. It was published by Merge Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity 2022.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Build the town of Pixelshire and grow your community in a unique RPG sandbox which mixes life sim elements with town building, exploration, and combat. Express yourself by planning the town to your liking, master trades, get to know your neighbours, and explore the continent of Arcadia.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Pixelshire launched on 8 May 2025, within three weeks of Doom: The Dark Ages, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, The Midnight Walk and RoadCraft. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Doom: The Dark Ages, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, The Midnight Walk, RoadCraft.
Official trailer
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