It is the sequel to the 2019 video game My Time at Portia and takes place in a desert 300 years after an event that destroyed modern technologies.

The game was announced in October 2020 and funded via a Kickstarter campaign, and was initially due for early access release in March 2021.

This game was eventually released into early access on May 26, 2022 for Windows, before fully releasing on November 2, 2023, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S. The setting, like My Time at Portia, takes place in a post-apocalyptic world 300 years after the Day of Calamity, an event that has destroyed previous civilizations and most modern technologies, causing people to rebuild society and eventually form the Alliance of Free Cities and a military organization called the Civil Corps.

At one point, they help defeat some lizardmen-like creatures called Gleeglers threatening a moisture farm and has an encounter with their leader.

The player undergoes further activates such as exanimating an old submarine to find parts needed to create algae cultivation machines for a farmer named Zeke, rescuing Mathilda from Logan with the help of Justice and Pen; capturing a young boy named Andy, who's working for Logan; and defeating Bandirats led by the Rat Queen, who are responsible for a recent release of toxic gases.

Musa (returning from the previous game) arrives in Sandrock to help support the town once the Rat Queen is defeated.

After gaining access to a hidden facility, they discover that Miguel is also the one behind a water shortage plot in Sandrock, and that Pen and Yan are helping him; they are also in allegiance with Duvos.

After Yan, Pen, and Miguel are arrested, the player and Grace learn that the water diverting ploy was a front for an excavation project.

Avery, an Alliance commander, awards the player and their friends for their heroics before taking the Duvos agents, Yan, and Pen prisoner.

A native named Burgess becomes the new minister, Yan's twin brother Wei becomes the new guild commissioner, charges against Logan are dropped, and Grace soon leaves.

When attempting to retrieve an algae sample from a hidden laboratory inhabited by Gleegers to help with the tree growing project, they encounter Larry's wicked cousin Gary, who has taken both Larry and his wife Xena hostage and is now the Gleegers' new leader, who intends to take control of Sandrock.

Once the player finishes constructing a new airship using Starship engines for both tourism and defense from Duvos, Trudy thanks them for their help in reviving the town and the main story ends.

Players build up the town, farm, mine, gather resources, craft items, accept side quests (known as commissions), and explore dungeons and the ruins of the old world cities.

This allows players to socialise and eventually marry some of the characters[3] The sequel for My Time at Portia was announced in October 2020, funded through a Kickstarter campaign.

[4] For comparison, Coral Island, another farm sim that entered early access and fully released in 2022 and 2023 respectively, pledged $1.6 million.

[6] However, after the announcement in March 2021, the early access plan was delayed because it needed to earn a "local rating certification" for online publishing.

An early access review from Rock Paper Shotgun described it as "a compelling and lusciously detailed life simulator" and praised the gameplay loop.

[3] Nintendo Life called it "reasonably enjoyable" but criticized the graphics, performance issues on the Switch, software bugs, and what they felt was "a lack of a distinct identity".