SURVIVAL TOWNBUILDER ‘ROMESTEAD’ SURPASSES 250,000 SALES IN FIRST WEEK

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, 3rd June 2026 — Today, Three Friends, the industry veterans behind Valheim and Minecraft, and indie studio Beartwigs, are thrilled to announce that their newly released survival townbuilder Romestead has sold over 250,000 copies in its first week. After launching into Steam Early Access on May 26th, players around the world have sharpened their swords to defeat the undead and set out to rebuild Rome from the ashes.

The past week has seen many other exciting milestones for Romestead, including:

• A peak of over 37,000 concurrent players worldwide as week-on-week CCUs continue to climb.
• Popularity has continued to flourish with no signs of slowing down, as the game has now surpassed 478,000 wishlists.
• A diverse and engaged global community, with 45% of sales in China, 26% in English-speaking regions, with the remainder spread across Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
• More than 593,000 hours streamed on Twitch, once again with creators across the globe sharing their experiences with their audience.
• Players have already spent a combined 200+ years rebuilding the Roman empire
• Breaking the Top 50 most played games on Steam by daily active users, sitting at 47 as of today

“I don’t even know the Roman numeral for the number of players we have,” says Sam Bloom, Co-Founder and Developer at Beartwigs.

With the support of the community, Romestead has already received several patches to fix bugs and balance gameplay, sometimes multiple times a day. Developer Beartwigs are continuing to refine the experience to build a solid foundation before the reveal of their planned roadmap, which will include plans for a fourth major biome featuring entirely new tiers of buildings, armours, enemies, dungeons, and bosses.

Romestead is available now on Steam priced at $13.99/€13.99/£11.99. An official press kit containing the latest visual assets can be found here.

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About Three Friends
Three Friends is a boutique indie publisher founded by industry veterans behind Minecraft, Valheim, and Deep Rock Galactic. Based in Sweden, they focus on helping primarily Swedish and Nordic developers turn strong ideas into standout games by providing hands-on guidance, financial backing, and a gameplay-first approach to publishing. By partnering with teams early in development, Three Friends ensures they have the time, resources, and support needed to bring their vision to life.

About Beartwigs
Beartwigs is a Swedish development studio based in Linköping that aims to create great games and reinvent the retro style of pixel art design. Their debut title Romestead is a multiplayer survival crafting game in which Rome has fallen, and players must rebuild the city and face mythological beasts of legend.

About Romestead
Romestead is a co-op survival game based around a mythical fall of Ancient Rome with a fantasy twist, developed by Beartwigs and published by a brand new, 4-person publishing team including Mojang’s first employee and the lead publisher who discovered Valheim. Players will be tasked with rebuilding their Roman settlement, fighting off hordes of undead, and hunting beasts of myth. Either solo or co-op, they’ll uncover the secrets of their fallen empire hidden in a gorgeous pixel art world.

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