What Remains of Edith Finch
What Remains of Edith Finch
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Game2024Published by indie.io
World Turtles
Developer Re: cOg Mission
The World Turtle carries entire civilizations on its back through outer space, and the gentle Meeps are the only ones on a quest to save it. Cooperation, rather than conquest will save the day, so prepare to harvest, build, research, and explore the void in this wholesome turtleback builder. From the Steam store page
54 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest May 26, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
71
Fresh
37 positive · 15 negative
95% range 58–82%
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| Steam reviews | 37 | 15 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
2 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mixed
45 of 67 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Mixed early access city builder with charming concept but rough UI and bugs.
Many players praise the unique Discworld-inspired concept of building on a giant space turtle, calling it 'awesome stuff' and 'very interesting'. The game is described as 'chill' and 'wholesome', with cute Meeps and no combat, making it suitable for all ages. [2][4][9]
However, critics highlight significant issues: the UI is 'painfully bad' and 'unintuitive', the game suffers from freezes and glitches, and some find it 'shallow' with poor optimization. A few players allege the game feels abandoned or like a cash grab. [27][28][33][34]
Praised unique concept · wholesome atmosphere · passionate developer
Criticised UI/UX issues · bugs and freezes · poor optimization
Summary drafted by an AI model from the 36 reactions it cites ([n] links open each post), then checked by code: every paragraph cites real posts and every quote is verbatim. Written Oct 7, 2026. Method
Reactions
54 of 54 · most liked firstMost of the current reviews are positive, I would like to share the other side of the coin. As it is right now World Turtles is shallow and quite rough around the edges filled with a lot of glitches. It may evolve to a fun game to play, but for now here is my take. Good: Turtle in space concept is pretty sweet. Tutorials exist and are usable (though seem to be slightly buggy) Future terrain modification feature seems interesting Changing map through seismic activity, turtle…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Man, I want to like this game. It has a cool concept. MF turtles in space. Every Terry Pratchet fan should wanting this game. Plus more coop than warfare. However, I have found the UI very unintuitive and almost overwhelming...maybe because it looks a bit ugly. But the worse part is that the game freezes after maybe 30 minutes or so and it really makes it hard for me to really get in depth with what everything does in the UI.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one Early Access title I have no reservations supporting! First off, I've been following World Turtles for over 3 years. The setting and broad idea was a hit from the start, even if the demo (which has been continuously available for over three years now) and visuals took some time to catch up. The developer is wildly passionate about the game, very active on Discord / forums and quick to respond. The amount of new content and overall improvement in each new regular update to the demo…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Building a world upon the back of a great space beast?! Awesome stuff, very interesting concept. The good: The game has lots of good points, and shows a great deal of care and love from the developer. A single developer at that! Much more talented than me, very impressive! - The game is exactly what it says it is; a chill builder game that requires cooperation to survive. - The Meeps are very cute, in a derpy sort of way. - The turtle is beautiful, and the little turtles around it are super…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ROCK AND STONE BROTHER! (You can pet the WORLD TURTLE!!!)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really like the concept, so I was willing to put a bit of money on that. But I just don't find the current game to be playable. The level of micromanagement required is exhausting and frustrating. A lot of the game mechanics are unclear or not intuitive. Building can be particularly frustrating given that some of the structures have very specific and unclear requirements. Also, if you don't place a structure ideally, you are just stuck. Overall the UI is clunky and glitchy There is a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PARENTAL NOTICE: This game is completely wholesome and safe for children of all ages. There is no blood, swearing, sex, obscenity, or anything objectionable for even the littlest of gamers. ROCK AND STONE! STILL THE TURTLE MOVES! My user name betrays my bias: I saw this and immediately took the plunge. Players play the master of this world and the owner of the World Turtle, micro-managing the citizens of the world and driving the enormous Sea Turtle that carries them. They promised a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the optimization is quite poor it lags allot, it is easy to get stuck unable to expand because of weird terrain. I truly hope the game gets better via updates.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played many RTS's but I find myself having to resort to Youtube to do the useless tutorial.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great concept, but i couldnt get a single playthrough to work without issues that broke the play-through completely. UI needs work and is kinda confusing. Could be great after these get fixed
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My experience with this game so far has been very enjoyable! The game feels really solid and well put together already, and the developer seems passionate and committed to continue making this a really great game! There is a lot of attention to detail and some great humor and references. You can easily start playing the game without having to study up on anything, but it also caters for a lot more intricacy as you get into it. There are some great tutorials to learn the various mechanics,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First things first it was good while it lasted dev apparently said they Developed it for five years. However i do not believe this is the case with many games that get abandoned which in this game this game is. it was a 19 dollar cash grab like so many other games that don't work out and i am super sick of these types of games. Never start something you can't finish!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The UI and UX are both painfully bad. It's very clunky and annoying to deal with. It's bad enough that I stopped playing the game and didn't get very far. When selecting buildings there's a popup that does not move. So, if you have a quarry next to a bunch of rocks, it's hard to select the rocks to mine because the popup is in the way. This is a problem with almost all gathering buildings.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a game that any fan of City Builders and Discworld will appreciate! I was able to participate in early builds and thoroughly enjoyed playing; the mechanics are pretty straightforward and after some feedback from myself and the community, this game has been fleshed out a lot. I'm looking forward to seeing what EA and version 1.0 will bring!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As I deeply wished this game was playable it is not. I had fun for these first 30 min of gameplay; interesting concept and some nice ideas implemented already bringing joy back where sandbox nation building games hadnt had for some time... but then you're gonna be smacked by stinky mackerel cause the game freeze and nohing happens despite the time flow. When this happen you cant even save the game, to be precise - you can, but your action of even naming the save file and locating it, doesnt…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really like this game. I love the music. The atmosphere is great, and I really like how it plays. I don't play a lot of world builders so I can't compare it to other ones. I do play a lot of games in general though and this is a good one in its own right. I highly recommend starting the game through the tutorials as there isn't a lot of hand-holding and this will get you moving in the right direction. I did hit a bug when I first started playing and posted about it on the forums. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great concept and what I saw looks like it has potential, but UI is rather painful. If it was at least consistent it would be easier to get, but even in the tutorials you see inconsistencies for how to do stuff (e.g. wood stocking requires clicking the campfire, but stone is done by selecting the rocks). Basically please make the actions consistent, and I get there can be complexity, but that shouldn't be so early, especially for those accustomed to the genre. Would love to try…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is not the usual games I play and before I knew it 70 minutes had passed. I really enjoy the World Turtle Idea, I was a fan of that concept ever since I first heard of Disc World. Now this game isn't related to Disc World but it is borrowing the World Turtle Concept which I find very fun. The game play is very calming in the sense you construct buildings in locations and then the Meeps (NPC's) do all the work. You tell them what to focus on and away they go. Enjoying the Hexagonal grid I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well for starters, I played the game for seven hours straight after buying it today! It's got quite a bit of charm, and the basic gameplay is fun enough that I kept going even through building and researching everything possible (as far as I could tell), and founding two additional settlements. My territory had encroached upon the borders of every other civilization and even fully encircled one tribe, and yet I did not relent, for I desired to own the headward and buttward poles as well; I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Innovative and entertaining game mechanics, I will surely be playing this game for a while! The graphics are stunning and highly detailed, making it easy to immerse yourself in the game's world. The sound design is equally impressive. The game-play itself is challenging yet rewarding. You'll need to make strategic decisions about where to move your turtle and what actions to take to protect the world from danger. As you progress through the game, you'll encounter increasingly complex…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Revised review: Okay, I gave it another chance and just jumped right in instead of trying the tutorials. There's a lot of things going on with this game that I initially thought and there's a lot of things you can build to shape out how the game plays. I'll be playing this more. Recommend if you want a builder game that does something quite different than the usual resource gathering - you can even play trees to regrow your forests so you don't run out of resources. Comets land with resources…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like this game and really want to love it, but every single time I've tried to play it crashes with no notice, making it unplayable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After writing my initial review, the developers released an update that fixed many of the issues I had with the game. Meeps no longer stay still, and the camera now works properly. I will be spending more time with the game and its mechanics. It reminds me a lot of Oxygen Not Included (ONI), as there are many interesting mechanics to work with, and the dupes (meeps in this game) aren't the smartest tools in the shed, but that adds to the game's charm. Pd: UI can still take some work, but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →very good game but very glitchy don't be mad it's good but not good for not so good computers I do recommend the game for people how has better computers
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →World turtles is a colony builder where your civilisation has settled in the shell of a giant turtle floating through space - pulling inspiration from the 'Discworld Series' by Terry Pratchett, and bearing resemblance in theme to 'The Wandering Village'. With much anticipation from the city building community on steam - World Turtles has alot to achieve, but is the hype entirely worth it? While some may disagree with me, the low-poly graphical style that the game uses suits the character…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Counting the free demo I checked out, I've sunk about three hours into this game so far. Not a lot, but enough to have mastered the basics. Given that this is early access and developed by a single person, I'm quite impressed. I haven't run into the bugs that others mention, though no doubt I will at some point, that's just the nature of gaming. I find the art style to be charming and fun, which is a big plus; zooming out to see my turtle in space and some other turtles around it gives the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has a tutorial that doesn't explain its mechanics. It's very buggy -- I can't even build any buildings anymore. There's no clear explanation of next steps and no full understanding of what I'm supposed to do. I can tell this will be boring and repetitive very quickly. I'm mostly just clicking one building to another while figuring out what to research --- none of which actually needs my input as the game will do it for me eventually. Boring, annoying game. Do not waste your dollars.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played this since demo and was participated in the beta testing. Game may looks odd graphic wise, but it is part of its charm-- something about it screams old school. Gameplay is city building, but you hardly can do wrong beside neglecting destroyed buildings, neglecting the flood / ice meteor, or badly placed buildings. I love that you can click any meeps or animals that have joined your village and see the world through their eyes. I don't like the UI somehow, idk because there is so much…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →World Turtles has a unique setting, deep city-builder gameplay, and many systems to manage. It's got an interesting climate system, with changing water levels, fault lines, pollution, and an evolving landscape. Notably it has no combat or enemies, which feels refreshing when warfare is a default mechanic for so many games. The goal is to unify people and maintain the health of your world (turtle). Loving the ethereal vibe of flying through space on the back of this giant creature. There's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have not played many games but I was watching various demos online to determine what games would be suitable for our son to play. Most of the demo games had noisy, frantic background music, sometimes with violent themes. As soon as I started to watch the World Turtles Demo it immediately felt different. The music is so uplifting and the theme seems to be enriching too. I am also very excited that the game is also available in Afrikaans, which is my mother tongue! I am giving this game a try…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really wanted this game to be playable but it wasn't. First time I opened it, it instantly crashed. Second time I opened it, all of the text boxes were blended together. Third time I opened it, It wouldn't let me name my character to start the game. Had to open task manager to get out of the game all three times.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game has a familiar feel to it yet much more functionality. Original and creative game play offers friendly and warming feel to the maps and characters. Good job
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The "city builder on top of a giant animal" genre has really taken off this year! Though I am only through the tutorials at the time of this writing, my reaction has been very positive, and I wanted that to be reflected in the reviews section. It's natural to immediately want to compare this with Wandering Village, and so I will. At the time of this writing, I would say that the presentation/UI here is, to be kind, a bit rougher, but I know the developer is enthusiastic about (and apparently…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So far, this is a pretty fun city builder. Don't be eager to click away the "?" tips. I missed a few. and with there was a way to call them back. I like that it has a bit of smartness for the research. It makes sense that when a research is done that it should move on. You can change the preferred research if you want, but it tends to move on through the options pretty well on its own. it takes a lot of resources for just a little city builder, but I'm willing to keep playing. Because,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is incomplete game - I played about 2 hours working through the tutorial and playing a few free play games working through the entire research map. I could probably play several more hours even with the current amount of content. The game is a really neat concept and feels well designed. The visuals are not boring or cheap looking. Overall, I'm looking forward to the continuation of the development of this game. If you like complete games with 1hr/$1 spent, probably wait this one out.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'll post a more comprehensive review when I've played for longer, but based on the first three hours, I wanted to put up something short just to boost the profile (slightly!) of what I think is a really promising, interesting game. Obviously it's still very early access, but I've seen enough so far to feel like I have the gist. It's kind of set on the Discworld (the Sky Turtle even has baby turtles beside it if you zoom out enough!), but aside from a few cute details it's basically a colony…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a fun and friendly colony game that drew me in surprisingly quickly. It feels both familiar and fresh, and promises a significant amount of future exploration. I'm not a huge gamer myself, so it took me a minute to get my head around the indirect control you have over the meeps, but the tutorials were great for that - to the point I had to break off and start playing before I got too invested in what I was building there. Perhaps this is not a 'feature' in everyone's eye, but I really…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We are of course very excited to try out the new #videogame #WorldTurtles, out today* in Early Access! It’s not an official #Discworld game, but we hear the creator is definitely a fan… * Or possibly tomorrow, thanks to the vagaries of Fourecksian time. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L79WX62sUX8 Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1512050/World_Turtles/
unlabelledView post →World Turtles is a colony management and city-building strategy game developed by Re: cOg Mission and published by Re: cOg Mission together with indie.io that introduces one of the most imaginative settings in the simulation genre. Instead of building cities on ordinary landscapes or distant planets, players are tasked with guiding a civilization that exists on the back of a massive cosmic turtle traveling through space. While the concept immediately stands out because of its creativity, the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is a great game but there are still a few minor bugs. Update.. I posted a comment on you tube and the developer got straight back to me. It seems a shame that there are not many tutorial videos on the internet. I would recommend this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was having a good time. Went to collect a neighboring tribes medical herb resource for a bit, and then got stuck up a mountain. Cant find a way to unstuck myself so i gave up. Hard pass.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is how 'The Settlers' should have been like!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am so excited to see this game launch! While my time with it so far is short, I can already tell I will get into this game. I look forward to many hours with this, exploring different options and ways to expand! Great work!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've played this for about 4 hours in its current early access state, and as of now have been having a lot of fun with it. It's a cute little colony sim with the added mechanic of "steering" the world you live on in order to keep the turtle healthy and affect your environment. While you can't control your meeps directly (although that seems to be changing with some special meeps in the next update), you can do a fair amount of micromanaging in the buildings they work in, choosing how much time…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Enjoying where this is heading so far. Dev is a passionate and open to feedback and suggestions so defs look forward to seeing how it grows, some really cool ideas and features on the road map and pretty confident that it'll reach them.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Building on a back of a huge turtle travelling through space is cool. The ui not so cool. Each building contributing to it's own research is interesting. Tutorials need work. The game is on early access so plenty of time to fix/change/add things. Graphics are not the best but it's a 20 and under game so i guess you can give it a go and see if you like it. Let's Try here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUwJQGzQbsg
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice turtle-world building game, plenty o fun. definately taked Civilization-level patience, you'll be sinking a lot of time and likely multiple play sessions for even the hatchling-world game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've tested this game for a few hours now, and it's definitely a game to recommend if you enjoy games in this genre. It is early and I have encountered a few bugs, but it feels more complete than a lot of early releases out there. There's a lot to wrap your head around, as with any top down strategy game, but the whole vibe is very relaxing and harmonic. The UI, and sound effects are very satisfying, the music fits, and the concept is intricate and original, but with a lot of elements from…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Brilliant game so far. Has intricacies, but is also not too complicated. The tutorials might need a little sprucing up to be a bit more specific in certain areas. Definitely going to keep playing it and looking forward to future updates!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have been following the development of World Turtles since I first heard of it. As an occasional player of "base builder" games in the past, I figured that I will give this game with its unique concept in the genre a shot. Firstly, I am not a huge fan of low-poly, however in this game it actually works. I am not sure what the developer has in store for this, but I would hope that a bit more detail graphics are in the works for the future. Sound wise, I am quite surprised at the quality of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty sure Kirby's Dream Land was my first completed game! Either that or Super Mario World. Turtles in Time would likely be in the running as well!
unlabelledView post →https://youtu.be/ONlkXQagXlU Far too abstract for it's own good many of the systems would have been stronger if a simplified with a smoother user flow.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its fun. I quickly built a village before I knew what I was doing. I could see that they update it and were making an effort to make it functional on the million different computer configurations that people have. City survival players will like this game I think. You have to vote with your money in this day and age towards the kinds of games you dream about playing. This is a nice dream to me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is one of my favorite games not just because I like turtles but because the game is good
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