Base Building
Your library is more than a house: it is your archive, your sanctuary and your workshop. Place every wall, floor and roof freely with a modular building system, then decorate your halls with the trophies of your travels.
The Game
A Co-op Survival Builder Where Knowledge Is Power
The First Library is a survival adventure set in a fallen medieval world. Its knowledge was lost – and you are the one to bring it back. Discover lost writings, build your own library and survive in an unforgiving wilderness, alone or with friends.
How You Play
Explore the wilderness and gather resources.
Recover lost books from ruins and monuments.
Read them in your library to unlock technologies and skills.
Build, craft and grow stronger.
Open portals to new worlds – and defend what you have learned.
Crafting and Progression
There are no classic levels. Knowledge is your progression: every tome you read unlocks new recipes, from stone tools to armor sets and weapons. Cook meals at the campfire and grow your first crops.
Tactical Combat
Wildlife, brutal creatures and cunning hunters roam the land. Combine attacks into combos, block at the right moment and use your surroundings. Mighty bosses guard the rarest knowledge.
Portal Worlds
Your journey starts in Drusustal, a green and peaceful valley – until night falls. Knowledge opens portals to new worlds such as Lipachertal, a dark peat moor with iron ore and dangerous creatures. Each world brings new resources, deadlier foes and rarer books.
Defend Your Library
Knowledge breeds envy. The more magnificent your collection, the more attention it draws. Prepare to defend your library against those who want it for themselves.
Play Together
Play solo or host a lobby for your friends in online co-op. Play with controller or mouse and keyboard.
Languages and Platform
PC (Windows) via Steam. Available in English and German.
- Windows
- Steam
- English
- Deutsch
- Controller & Mouse/Keyboard
The Closed Playtest starts in December.
Join our Discord to take part.