Beaver city-builder Timberborn confirmed for launch on March 5

Easily one of the best city-builders around, Timberborn is set to leave Early Access on March 5th with a big update to the game.

With the 1.0 release there's going to be a lot of tweaks and additions, but there doesn't seem to be a clear changelog on exactly what yet. Looking back myself over various experimental version changelogs there will be: an expanded tutorial, modding improvements, Steam Achievements, a new map type, UI improvements, many visual upgrades, translation improvements, and numerous bug fixes.

There's also a new lore trailer:

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During the Early Access period it has gone through multiple major upgrades, some highlights for any returning players:

• Building out the two beaver factions into vastly different organizations, altering their paths of progress ( including different food production chains, buildings, and architecture)
• The introduction of 3D water physics, 3D terrain, and expanding vertical architecture
• Official mod and Steam Workshop support for all players
• The addition of badwater and badtides—a dangerous new season, like droughts
• The inclusion of end-game goals, AKA wonders, complementing the game’s sandbox loop.
• The addition of bots and broadening the available building roster across all categories, from workshops to decorations
• Addition of faction-specific mass transportation systems: speedy ziplines for the nature-loving Folktails and cutting-edge Tubeway tech for the industrious Iron Teeth
• Expansion from 7 to 16 built-in maps

It has a Platinum rating on ProtonDB, and it's Steam Deck Verified. My own time with it on desktop Linux with Proton showed it working great! I'm really looking forward to playing through it with the final release - and you can test it right now as the experimental opt-in Beta is available on Steam.