Every trade is a puzzle
Fishing, farming, cooking, fire making, woodcutting, mining, smithing, carpentry and tailoring — each ability opens its own board. Play it well for a better result.
The game
Work, build and rise in the kingdom of Aldermere
You arrive in Aldermere, a walled castle town beside a lake, as a nobody. A wizard needs a hand with a cracked keystone, the smith needs ore, the cook needs supper — and every job you take is played as a short puzzle, not a progress bar.
Everything that matters happens on the server: your coins, your land, your rank and every craft you complete. The world keeps turning whether you are there or not.
What you can do today
Already in the alpha
Build anywhere
Snap walls, floors, roofs and doors together, log cabins to stone keeps. Buy a plot or claim open ground, fit locks and cut keys for your friends.
A feudal ladder
Climb from Thrall to Knight and beyond through the realm's officers. Lease land, pay rent and tax, and keep your holdings in good standing.
A world that lives
One-hour days, rain and storms, birds in the treetops, wolves at night. Rivers run to the sea past ruins, camps and three dungeons.
Swords, bows and spells
Strike, shoot and cast from your hotbar, learn new abilities from teachers around the town, and hunt the Greyfang alpha — or gather a party for the dungeons.
A voiced beginning
Magister Orrin's twelve-quest introduction walks you through the town's trades, with fully voiced scenes along the way.
Alpha · build of 28 September 2026
Download the alpha
Free to play while in development. The realm is hosted in Sydney, Australia.
1 · Unpack
Windows: right-click the zip → Extract All, then run KeystoneKingdoms.exe. The build is not code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may warn you — choose More info → Run anyway.
Linux: tar -I zstd -xf KeystoneKingdoms-Linux.tar.zst, then run KeystoneKingdoms-Linux/KeystoneKingdoms.x86_64.
2 · Sign in
Create an account with a username and password in the launcher, or play as a guest. Then make your citizen — up to five per account.
3 · Enter the realm
Pick Keystone from the realm list and press play. You'll arrive in Aldermere; find Magister Orrin to begin.
You'll need
- 64-bit Windows 10/11, or a 64-bit Linux desktop
- A graphics card with DirectX 12 (Windows) or Vulkan (Linux)
- 8 GB of memory, about 5 GB of disk
- An internet connection
It's an alpha
- Expect bugs, rough edges and unfinished corners.
- Progress may be reset between alpha builds.
- The realm may go down for updates without notice.
- New builds appear here — download again when the date changes.