Eastern Era

About Eastern Era

Eastern Era is a single player open world city builder game. It was developed by FunYoo Games and was released on March 27, 2026. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

In this martial arts-themed management simulation game, assume the role of a sect leader. As a member of a declining sect, you must flee with your disciples and survive in a desolate world, striving to rejuvenate your sect. Navigate challenges posed by food shortages and harsh weather, hunt dangerous beasts, lift the spirits of your disciples, and manually construct all necessary facilities brick…

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69%Audience ScoreBased on 220 reviews

gameplay15 positive mentions

optimization8 negative mentions

Unique combination of wuxia/martial arts theme with colony simulators offering a fresh experience.
Deep and engaging cultivation and sect-building systems with strategic combat and character progression.
Developers are highly active in fixing bugs and responding to community feedback, showing commitment to improvement.

The game is riddled with bugs including AI issues, task prioritization problems, frequent crashes, and optimization deficits.
Incomplete content and missing features such as world map activities, faction mechanics, better UI/QoL improvements, and some untranslated text.
Poor performance on many systems with lag, freezes, and high resource usage; AI often behaves erratically leading to player frustration.

gameplay
57 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
26% positive mentions, 67% neutral mentions, 7% negative mentions
The gameplay is generally praised for its appealing blend of base-building, cultivation mechanics, and wuxia-themed combat, offering a fresh take reminiscent of games like Stranded: Alien Dawn and Rimworld. However, it suffers from technical issues, bugs, clunky controls, and shallow depth in some systems, which can detract from the overall experience. Fans of the genre appreciate its potential and unique setting, though some recommend waiting for further updates to improve polish and gameplay depth.
- “Gameplay wise, the game delivers exactly as expected - lots of systems, flashy combat, all the numbers, and all the progression.”
- “It's more enjoyable than its peer, Stranded Alien Dawn, and has more depth due to additional mechanics like the cultivation system and the Murim/Wuxia setting.”
- “Even if the setting feels strange initially, stick with it; the gameplay loop is rewarding, and the world slowly starts to click in a way that makes the whole experience feel fresh and memorable.”
- “Worse yet, trying to control a unit through draft cannot be used to direct them to do or towards tasks, just to move to a place or attack an enemy, nothing else, and you have to draft toons individually because there is no group select, and when you drag a box across items you cannot deselect or select one group even though the game copied the stranded UI style but not the UI mechanics.”
- “On top of that, significant lag and multiple bugs persist throughout gameplay, making for a frustrating experience.”
- “Most disappointingly, the actual gameplay falls considerably short of what was presented in the game's description and demo, which I consider a serious breach of expectation.”
optimization
36 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
8% positive mentions, 70% neutral mentions, 22% negative mentions
The game suffers from significant optimization issues, particularly with GPU performance, causing frequent FPS drops, stuttering, and gradual slowdowns that often require restarting. While some improvements have been made since the demo, late-game performance remains problematic on mainstream rigs, and various bugs further impact smooth gameplay. Overall, the game is considered poorly optimized and in need of substantial performance fixes and polish.
- “I had performance issues in the demo, but they have been corrected in the full game.”
- “The game performance is fairly acceptable but it does start to drop when you step into late game when you have a huge base.”
- “Only complaint is it could be better optimized, but I figure that will happen with future updates hopefully!”
- “Right now the optimization is horrible.”
- “Over the course of about 2 hours the performance gradually slows to the point of freezing sometimes, though it has yet to crash.”
- “-performance nightmare: constant crashes, screen flickering, and massive fps drops the longer you play.”
stability
23 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
4% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 96% negative mentions
The game is currently plagued by numerous bugs, glitches, crashes, freezes, and untranslated text, leading to frequent stability issues and frustrating gameplay. However, developers are actively addressing these problems, with ongoing patches and community engagement showing promise for improvement. Despite its raw and unstable state, the game holds strong potential once these stability issues are resolved.
- “Very buggy, with main systems not functioning properly. For example, wheat just stops growing indefinitely, and crafting benches are ignored by NPCs.”
- “There are random crashes and freezes, such as those occurring around the trader post.”
- “The game remains very buggy even several days after release, including issues like disciples continuing to read despite reading being disabled.”
graphics
21 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
19% positive mentions, 67% neutral mentions, 14% negative mentions
The graphics are generally praised for their beauty and unique, realistic design, running smoothly on mid-to-high-end systems, though some users report inconsistent artwork, occasional flickering, stuttering, and performance issues even on decent hardware. Optimization is decent but not fully polished, with certain bugs and graphical glitches affecting the experience, especially when fast-forwarding or on older PCs. Overall, visual appeal is a strong point but marred by technical hiccups and lack of settings persistency.
- “The game seems inspired by Amazing Cultivation Simulator with a more realistic graphic design and animation.”
- “This is essentially a Rimworld-style game with full 3D visuals and much more engaging combat.”
- “It has great visuals and runs pretty smooth on my slightly higher than average computer.”
- “The artwork is inconsistent, systems are not working properly, performance?”
- “It stuttered and was slow to load which was surprising as I didn't think this game would be particularly graphically demanding, and I still don't 6 hours later.”
- “Several freezes — I tried lowering the graphics, but it didn’t help much.”
story
17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
18% positive mentions, 64% neutral mentions, 18% negative mentions
The story is set in ancient China with a unique magic element but suffers from a very limited number of quests and NPCs, leading to repetitive and shallow narrative content. Quest design issues, such as objectives not spawning properly and tutorial glitches, hinder progression and immersion. Despite some interesting side quest lines, the overall story feels underdeveloped and constrained by gameplay bugs.
- “I'd guess a base-builder with (gentle) combat elements, straightforward quests and periodic wuxia competitions against other sects.”
- “Story premise: normal ancient China prospered until a magic-radiating blue rock from space crashes into the land, thus creating China skaven.”
- “That said, while the translation is spotty for the storyline and tutorial, it's fine in the actual gameplay and won't stop you from understanding anything.”
- “Quest objectives do not spawn until the timer runs out, resulting in quest failure.”
- “Stories and side quests end after level 2 of the sect.”
- “The number of quests is extremely low - maybe 6 in total.”
grinding
11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 9% neutral mentions, 91% negative mentions
Grinding in the game is described as repetitive and tedious, with limited content leading to extended periods of resource gathering without meaningful progress. Players face issues like bugs, corrupted saves, and inefficient NPC behaviors that exacerbate the grind. Overall, the gameplay requires a heavy time investment in monotonous farming and crafting activities.
- “It makes the gameplay much more tedious than it should be.”
- “There's no progress after level 3-4 sect where you'd end up grinding resources and nothing else.”
- “After say 6 hours, you could get up to 30 hours worth of blank farming to beat the strongest sects with no context in between, just to keep your disciples alive during the period.”
music
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
43% positive mentions, 14% neutral mentions, 43% negative mentions
The music in the game is generally described as soothing and pleasant, though some players find certain sounds, like chimes, distracting. While the music is often appreciated, a few users experience issues with sound presence, including a lack of music or audio bugs that are reportedly being addressed by the developers.
- “The music is wonderful and is soothing.”
- “So far, I haven't turned the music off as it is soothing for me.”
- “The controls are intuitive, the music is fine.”
- “The game has no sound, no music, except for very loud voices.”
- “The music is okay, but the chime sounds like my Unify doorbell and it threw me off a few times.”
- “However, I often turn the music down low in many games because it gets tiring after a while.”
humor
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The humor in the game is appreciated and adds to the enjoyment, with a style somewhat reminiscent of RimWorld. However, some technical issues like low FPS when using the lantern may detract from the overall experience.
atmosphere
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The game’s atmosphere is praised for complementing a solid colony management experience, creating an engaging and immersive environment through thoughtful systems and satisfying progression.
- “Beneath that unique aesthetic is a genuinely solid colony management experience, with thoughtful systems, satisfying progression, and a strong sense of atmosphere.”
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The game offers high replayability, allowing players to experiment with various builds for varied experiences.
- “High replayability with different builds”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
Users express frustration with game mechanics that create emotional tension, such as managing characters' behavior around raw meat without clear controls. This challenge evokes a sense of care and concern but can also lead to confusion and dissatisfaction.