Did you know that penguins only occur in the southern hemisphere, but not only in Antarctica, but even in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and South America? And do you already know that chinstrap penguins have an extremely fragmented sleep and nod off for just a few seconds up to 10,000 times a day? Penguins also build impressive cities.
One of these three facts is a cold lie. Well, at least when it comes to our real world. Virtually, however, penguins do indeed have ambitious city building plans – at least in the building game United Penguin Kingdom on Steam.
We will briefly introduce you to the game below, but not only that: you can play the penguin title with the Try it out for yourself straight away in the free demo
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In the city building game United Penguin Kingdom you build a huge penguin metropolis
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At its core, this is United Penguin Kingdom a classic city builder, like you’ve probably seen plenty of in recent years. Nevertheless, the setting is unusual: After we were able to build a city countless times as humans and were able to demonstrate our building skills as beavers in the excellent Timberborn, it is now the turn of penguins.
You build a penguin settlement that continues to grow over the course of a game. According to the developers, the focus should be primarily on the economy. You have to collect a variety of products, process them and bring them to the people. You can even make trade deals with other penguin cities.
As the population increases, the range of needs of waddling seabirds also increases.
- Food: Of course, your city dwellers eat fish and you have to continually pull it from the waters, process it and bring it to the flock.
- Decoration: In the trailer above you can already see a whole variety of decorative objects that will beautify your city and increase the happiness of the penguins.
- Leisure time: Penguins apparently really enjoy going karts. At least that’s just one of several pastimes that the penguins use to pass the time in this game. There are also cinemas, video games, gyms and more.
- Security: Every now and then your penguin metropolis is attacked by invaders and which of you watches the film The Journey of the Penguins
United Penguin Kingdom – View screenshots from the city building game
But the crowning glory is a particularly heartwarming feature: you can change your penguin population at any time gather for a group huddle in the town squarein order to strengthen cohesion. Did that make your day? U.S. as well.
If you are now interested in United Penguin Kingdom, you can play the demo on Steam as already mentioned. The finished game is scheduled to be released sometime in 2024.
Have you ever taken a look at United Penguin Kingdom? If so, what is your conclusion? Did you have fun with the city building game full of penguins or were you not impressed by the gameplay? Which development game are you particularly looking forward to in 2024? We’re excited, so feel free to let us know what you think in the comments!