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Wishlist Midgardr Midgardr is out 8 January 2027

Five Midgardr cards fanned out: Lionel d'Albenne, Golden Fever, Isolde Nachtwald, Mad Demolition and Farm

Coming to Steam8 January 2027

A board game where you play as a Duke sent to build and protect a village at the edge of the realm. Every choice you make will shape its future. But be aware: the board itself may not be all it seems. Will your village thrive… or crumble beneath truths yet unknown? Are you really just… a Duke?

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PC · English, Italian, French, German, Spanish

Planned: ports to Steam Machine, Mac and Linux, and localisation in Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese and more.

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Midgardr coming January 8, 2027

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Midgardr is a medieval board game blending strategy and storytelling, where every choice shapes your fate.

It's a solo, turn-based city builder and card game where you play on a game board as a medieval administrator… But maybe you're not just that. And maybe the board isn't all it seems.

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The board on the Duke's desk at turn 24, with towers, trees and character cards — This is the board. See? The village is growing.

A dim study with a piano, an easel and a writing desk, lit by a chandelier — This is the study. The board game is right there on the desk… but who sits at this desk?

Five cards drawn from the deck: Royal Cache, Farm, House, Fair Trade and Swift Courier — A few cards from the deck. Looks like a lucky hand!

Close-up of stone towers on the board, with the Farm card detail — Some building details. Worth a postcard!

The board during a riot: fires, a hot-air balloon and a sealed letter on the desk — What's going on here? A riot broke out, a merchant flew in, a letter arrived…

Event card The Poisoned Stream, with a choice to make — This is an event card. You choose how to face it… and hope it isn't another riot, epidemic or famine.

A letter signed Lady Seraphine, beside her portrait and two scroll replies — One of the letters. Who is she?

Character event The Forgotten Receipt, with a choice to make — This is a character event. You choose how to face it… and hope your character doesn't fall ill, grow tired or go mad.

The board at turn 1, with a few tents scattered on the tiles — Every game starts with a few tents on the board. They're full of resources to get you going.

The compass, showing happiness, season and village status — This is the compass. Your statistics live here.

The village towers under falling snow — Another postcard view of the village, this time in winter.

The board at turn 5, with mushrooms sprouting and an epidemic underway — This village is starting to grow! (Mushrooms included.)

A diary with handwritten notes signed Daniel and a torn page from The Author — Oops! This one's a spoiler… pretend you didn't see it.

Close-up of the board with towers, trees and a painted landscape backdrop — Beautiful. Beautiful!

The board at turn 12, wrapped in purple smoke — What is happening here?

First-person view of two hands holding a sealed letter: A kingdom awaits — Hmm… this is really mysterious.

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A story-driven city builder with branching paths.
In Midgardr you build your settlement and try to reach the final turn alive, choosing your way through the main story… while a mysterious meta-story slowly unfolds.

Midgardr features
Build your village
Manage resources to play cards and build your settlement. Keep your people happy and thriving.
Midgardr features
Recruit your allies
The Curtes is the heart of your domain. It's your task to assign the right characters to each role within the court.
Midgardr features
Face your destiny
Your village will face sudden events. The unknown consequences will affect your resources and may even change the state of your village.
Midgardr features
Choose your path
Encounter mysterious figures offering quests that shape your destiny through branching paths and difficult decisions.

There's more beneath the surface: as you play, you'll begin to uncover a mysterious meta-story hidden behind it all…

If you're just a Duke in a board game, who's moving the pieces on the board?

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Midgardr features a first-person gameplay component that exists beyond the city-building and card mechanics. A dimension that redefines what kind of game this actually is.

What people say about us

Letters from the people who played the demo.

Multiplayer.itLorenzo Mancosu, 24 May 2026

“Without knowing it, you'd never guess this project was made by just three people.”

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Top Games ItaliaAndrea Volpi, 19 March 2026

“An obsessive care for visual quality that has nothing to envy in international productions.”

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Player.itAlessandra Borgonovo, 31 March 2026

“A work in progress brimming with potential.”

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Quotes translated from Italian.

About us

We are Holy Radish,Indie devs based in Italyunited by design, driven by stories…and just a little too into vegetables.

Midgardr is our first project:we were craving intense storylines,varied mechanicsand replayable sessionsall wrapped in the strategy genre.So we made it (well, we're making it).

We're planting the seeds of a crunchylittle revolution. Holy Radish is our bet.All Hail the Holy Radish