Highlights
- Fantastic Haven is a new magical management game that combines city building and wildlife care, offering a unique experience for fans of the genre.
- Players will need to build biotopes to house magical creatures, while also expanding their base refuge and forming diplomatic relations to restore harmony to the realm.
- The game features scouting parties, terraforming mechanics, and a variety of magical beasts. It is set to release on PC in 2024, with console versions planned for later.
Fans of city builder and strategy games received exciting news with the recent announcement of the brand new magical management game Fantastic Haven. Veteran strategists and newcomers to the management genre will find themselves in a magical realm that has been destroyed by technology and is in need of a clever hero.
Goblinz Studio and Piece of Cake Studios are French video game developers known for colony builders and strategy management games. Fantastic Haven is a joint production from the two studios that puts players into a fantastical world with magical creatures, hostile populations, and deteriorating peace.
Fantastic Haven focuses on city building and wildlife care in equal measure, offering up a unique experience for fans of the management gaming genre. Players will need to build biotopes to house local magical beasts and help raise and rehabilitate the various fantasy species. They will also need to build other structures to expand their base refuge and unlock new research abilities. As players expand their refuge, they may encounter hostile populations that seek to destroy all things magic, including the adorable creatures. Players will need to strategize and negotiate to form diplomatic relations, in the hope of restoring harmony to the realm. Scouting parties serve as a unique game feature and allow players to send NPCs to explore the world, collecting new species and resources, while the player is occupied with other tasks. Utilizing management and diplomacy, it is up to the players to bring peace to the world of Fantastic Haven while ensuring the safety of magic and creatures.
The reveal trailer for Fantastic Haven gives players a first look at the gameplay, graphics, and story of this new addition to the pool of city builder games. Various magical beasts ranging from aerial to aquatic can be spotted, including an incredibly cute griffin and massive caterpillar creatures. Terraforming is shown as being a useful tool for adding small rivers and ponds, as well as for changing the terrain from grass to sand to snow to best suit different species. Fantastic Haven is currently scheduled to release on PC in 2024, with console launches planned to come at a later date.
Players who enjoy games like Zoo Tycoon, SimCity, or even Age of Empires may want to keep an eye out for more updates on Fantastic Haven. The combination of animal rehabilitation, infrastructure design, and diplomatic relationships make for a unique addition to the management gaming genre.
Fantastic Haven releases on PC in 2024 and on consoles at a later date.