HALKO

A forestry game for Windows

HALKO

Run your own sawmill.

Start with an axe and a firewood delivery for Pete. Earn money for better tools, build a sawmill and buy machines to handle bigger jobs.

Download for Windows

Free test build · Windows 64-bit · 143 MB

About the game
A yellow forwarder lifting logs with its crane.
Gameplay screenshotLoading logs with the forwarder.
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01 / Forestry

Cut trees down yourself.

Use an axe or chainsaw to fell a tree, then cut the trunk into shorter logs. You can carry the wood by hand, split it for firewood or load it onto a vehicle.

Try it with headphones to hear the axe hits and the crack of each falling tree.

The player chopping a tree with an axe.
Felling a tree with the starting axe.

Chainsaw and harvester

Gameplay videos

Watch a tree being cut by hand and by machine. Both clips include sound from the game.

Chainsaw

Cutting through the trunk and bringing the tree down.

Harvester

Felling a tree, stripping its branches and cutting the stem into logs.

02 / Wood processing

Make boards and firewood.

Saw logs into boards and beams, or use the firewood processor to cut and split them. Add feeders and packagers when you need to process more wood.

A portable sawmill cutting a log into boards.
The portable sawmill cutting boards.
A firewood processor cutting and splitting a log.
Cutting and splitting logs in the firewood processor.

03 / Jobs and building

Buy better equipment.

Deliver wood to customers to pay for tools and machines. Choose where to put your equipment and add to your yard as you earn more. You can also supply building sites and watch new homes go up in the village.

Village houses and cafés beside dirt roads.
A village built with timber deliveries.

Free Windows test build

Try HALKO

The game starts in your home yard. Pete needs a delivery of firewood, and you've got an axe to get started.

Download for Windows

Version 0.1.0 · Windows 10/11, 64-bit · 143 MB

Before you play

Installation
Download and run the installer. Once installed, you can play offline.
Test build
HALKO is still in development. This version may have bugs, and features may change.
Windows warning
The installer is unsigned, so Windows may show a SmartScreen or unknown-publisher warning.
Game language
The game's menus and dialogue are currently in English.