Ninelands
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Facts
- Developer
- Lukas Müllner, StackTeam
- Based in
- Austria
- Release
- October 2026, in active development
- Current version
- v0.11.0
- Platforms
- Web browser on desktop and phone; installable as an app, plays offline; desktop app for Windows and Linux; on itch.io
- Price
- Free – no ads, no tracking
- Languages
- English, German
- Website
- https://ninelands.stackteam.at/
- Contact
- hello@stackteam.at
- Licence
- Source code GPL-3.0
- Credits
- Music “Dreamscape (part I)” by Vee Ray (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Sprites “Mini World Sprites” by Shade & octoshrimpy (CC0)
Descriptions
One line
Build your realm on nine lands – a calm pixel strategy game you can finish over a coffee.
Short
Ninelands is a small strategy game in your browser. Place a castle, farmers, knights and bishops on a map split into nine lands. Every piece claims the cells around it – and claimed land can't be built on, so every move closes doors. Earn gold, rule lands, collect three stars per map. A new map every day, the same for everyone.
Long
Ninelands is a calm, thinky strategy game with pixel art – part Sudoku, part territory game.
- Place, claim, plan. Each piece claims land around it. Nothing can be built on claimed land, so the order of your moves is everything.
- Nine lands, one law. Every map has nine lands with mountains, moors and lakes – and its own law of the realm that changes the rules a little.
- Three stars per map. Reach the gold goal, rule enough lands, or both in the same game.
- Map of the day. One new map daily, the same for everyone. Share your result like a Wordle line.
- Three campaigns and puzzles. 104 stations through the kingdom, with the orc horde and with the pirates, plus 24 puzzles and a puzzle of the day, each with a known best solution – and a hint when you are stuck.
- Festivals. Halloween, Winterfest and Easter bring their own board themes and banners to earn.
- A long road. Every star earns renown – rise from Squire to High King, unlock banners and board themes, chase 38 achievements, take the challenge of the week and see how far your conquest run goes.
- Duels. Play the computer on three levels, a friend on the same device, or online with a link. In duels a cell belongs to the stronger player – attack enemy land and win more lands than your opponent.
- Your look. 19 profile pictures to unlock, 4 team colours, and two factions: the orc horde and the pirates.
Runs in any modern browser, on phones too, works offline as an app – and as a desktop app for Windows and Linux that keeps itself up to date. Colour-blind mode included. No ads, no tracking, free. Available in English and German.
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