10 /10 1 Votes
Publisher(s) Spiderling Studios Release date(s) WW: 28 January 2015 Developer Spiderling Studios Mode Single-player video game | 10/10 Steam Engine Unity Initial release date 28 January 2015 Genre Strategy video game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platforms Microsoft Windows, Linux, Macintosh operating systems Similar Scrap Mechanic, Robocraft, Kerbal Space Program, SimplePlanes, Happy Wheels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Besiege is a physics-based game in development by Spiderling Studios in the United Kingdom for Windows, OS X and Linux. The game was released in early access on Steam on 28 January 2015.
The game allows players to build outlandish medieval siege engines to pit against castles or armies. Players select from a collection of mechanical parts that can be connected together to build a machine. Each level has a goal, such as "destroy the windmill" or "kill 100 soldiers". Although the goals are relatively simple, the wide variety of possible approaches allows for experimentation.
Despite the medieval theme to the game, players are able to build modern vehicles such as tanks, automobiles, bomber planes, propeller planes, airships, and battleships.
Marsh Davies of Rock, Paper, Shotgun praised an early version of the game, comparing its "bouncily caricatured" science to a 12th-century version of Kerbal Space Program. Davies also praised the game's stylized graphics and sound.
