Alawar has announced Wall World Strategy, a fusion of 3D colony simulation and survival / tower defense real-time strategy combat game. It will launch for PC via Steam this fall. An open playtest is currently live.
Here is an overview of the game, via Alawar:
About
Build and lead a colony on the surface of an endless Wall. Manage resources and your people, develop new technologies, defend against relentless zyrex attacks, and send robo-spiders on risky expeditions. Keep the colony from collapsing—in Wall World, it’s easy to fall.
The Wall is a colossal structure stretching far beyond the visible horizon, hiding traces of ancient eras and unexplained phenomena within its depths. Here, among stone, metal, and darkness, humanity has been forced to build a new life—clinging to the Wall and trying to survive in a world full of threats and mysteries.
Wall World Strategy is a colony sim on a sheer vertical surface, where every decision affects the stability of the system. Build and expand your base, gather resources, take care of your people, strengthen your defenses, and send expeditions into distant regions and unexplored depths. Each new step forward brings not only opportunities for growth but also new dangers. Survival depends on your foresight, your ability to manage limited resources, and your willingness to make difficult decisions.
Build and Expand the Colony
Establish a base on the surface of the Endless Wall and gradually turn a small outpost into a large, stable, and well-defended colony. Plan the placement of key structures, develop production chains, expand living areas, and build infrastructure capable of supporting both population growth and stable operations.
As your colony grows, you will need to decide how to expand, which structures to prioritize, and where to allocate resources—whether into production, housing, or defense.
Withstand the Threats
The Wall is far from lifeless. In its shadows lurk zyrexes—dangerous creatures that will attack your colony again and again, testing its defenses, organization, and your ability to respond. Strengthen your defenses, secure vulnerable areas, and decide how much you can afford to invest in protection.
Additional pressure comes from emergency events such as accidents, disasters, and environmental hazards. They won’t destroy your colony instantly, but they will disrupt its operations and trigger cascading problems.
Manage Your Society
Your colony is, above all, made up of people—living, working, hoping for the future, and depending on your decisions. Monitor their condition and take into account how they react to your choices. Overpopulation, food shortages, or supply disruptions can quickly lead to declining efficiency, crisis, and riots.
Caring for your people is a core part of the strategy. The state of your population determines the performance of the entire colony—its productivity and its ability to endure prolonged periods of danger. A strong and well-supported society recovers faster from attacks and moves forward with greater confidence.
Gather Resources and Advance
Start with basic resource extraction and gradually build a more complex economy. Explore the depths of the Wall, search for stable resource deposits, and develop the infrastructure needed to use them efficiently.
Technological progress allows you to improve core systems and unlock new possibilities. Enhance resource gathering and processing, reduce costs, increase efficiency, and strengthen your colony against external threats. Some technologies accelerate infrastructure development, others improve defense, automate key processes, or expand your ability to explore new areas of the Wall.
Send Out Expeditions
To explore beyond your colony, deploy robo-spiders—specialized machines designed for scouting, resource extraction, and operations in remote areas. Send them into uncharted sectors of the Wall to expand your reach, gather resources, uncover rare discoveries, and explore areas that are too dangerous or inaccessible for humans.
However, distant regions bring not only opportunities but also risks. Expeditions may encounter hostile environments, unstable terrain, unknown lifeforms, or remnants of ancient machinery whose purpose has long been forgotten. Prepare your equipment, assess the risks, and decide how far you’re willing to go.
Explore the World of the Wall
The Wall is more than just the surface your colony clings to. Beneath it lies an entire world filled with resources, forgotten technologies, and rare artifacts. Extract valuable materials, recover technological samples that can accelerate your development, and uncover unique objects that help you understand this world.
As you explore, you will begin to find answers—but each discovery raises new questions about the nature of the Wall and why it became humanity’s last refuge.
Watch the announcement teaser trailer below. View the first screenshots at the gallery.