Let Them Trade’s Cozy City Builder Charm Embarks on Release In July | popgeeks.com

Sometimes, a game comes along that blurs the lines between tabletop and video games to absolute perfection. Let Them Trade is an excellent example of this, also combining the two types of gaming with city-building to create a beautiful and whimsical gameplay experience. 

Let Them Trade feels like a combination of the board game Catan and Dorfromantik, with hexagonal land pieces that can be developed and built on to create thriving cities that manage themselves, while trading between each other. Progress is made by finding valuable resources within those hexagonal spaces, allowing you to expand and thrive. 

Happy towns and cities will be more open to trading with others, and quicker to build their riches, but they’ll also be more likely to suffer attacks from bandits looking to make a quick buck. Finding balance is the key to success in Let Them Trade, and with a Sandbox mode to learn the ropes, you’ll soon have the most impressive kingdom to your name. 

Something about the art style of Let Them Trade feels incredibly nostalgic. It’s all designed to look like wood, with the pieces on the table being set against the backdrop of a very real room. This juxtaposition between the two settings should be jarring, but it only serves to make you feel as though you’re playing on a real tabletop. 

Even the animals and people move as though they’re wooden pieces being moved by a human hand, and it’s all enough to make you feel as though you’re a child playing with wooden blocks again. I mean that in the best way possible, of course. We could all do with a touch of nostalgia and the comfort it brings every now and then. 

Let Them Trade, developed by Spaceflower will be releasing on PC via Steam on July 24, but if you can’t wait that long, a new demo of the virtual-tabletop city-builder will be coming on June 9 as part of Steam Next Fest. This is the perfect opportunity to dive in and get a feel for the game, learn the ropes, and get addicted before the full game releases later on.