Karlstad, Sweden, August 13, 2025 - Ancient Well is proud to reveal their upcoming game No Tithe for Olaf. A unique tower defense game where you defend your farms against the Kingʼs tax collectors in a grimly humorous take.
No Tithe for Olaf is a humorous single-player tower defense roguelite, developed by a small and promising Norwegian/Swedish indie team that also doubles as a band. The game blends quirky gameplay, eccentric towers, and satirical storytelling set in 17th-century Norway.
“When we started this project we wanted to challenge ourselves to make a small, but highly replayable game that still really captured our love of nordic history and culture. It’s not our first attempt at making a game. We've built a few prototypes that sank into the swamp, so to speak. But thankfully, this one stayed up!” stated Chris, from Ancient Well Entertainment. He continued “It’s been amazing to work together with truly life long friends on a game that lets us take the skills we learned while playing in a folk rock band together and try to apply it to the alchemy of making indie games. We really tried to build with gameplay in focus, but still sneak in as much flavor from Nordic history and culture as we could. We’re frankly stoked to see how people react to it!”
Watch the announcement trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFRqkzjL9aI
Key Features:
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Procedurally Generated Tower Defense - Each map has a unique layout. Optimize your defense around procedurally generated paths. Every farm is different, and your defense is only as big as your rebellion, so position your towers wisely!
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Unconventional Towers - Build 12 unique and unconventional towers like Manure Carts, Lambasting Crones, and suspiciously welcoming Taverns - all customizable with addons and ultimate upgrades.
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Crafty Taxmen - 15+ enemies, each with their own unique strategies for claiming the Kings Tithe.
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Streamlined Economy - Build towers with Produce, staff them with Rebels, and upgrade your capabilities with Farmerʼs Wit. Three resources deeply intertwined with all of the gameʼs mechanics keep things deceptively simple, but with room to plan and optimize.
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Roguelite Elements - New challenges each time you play! Wrest victory from many defeats as you gradually improve your overall defenses and abilities through upgrades that carry over from rebellion to rebellion.
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Royal Whims - The Kings New Year's-speech also brings creative new taxes, and keep each run fresh and unique with run modifiers.
Start your uprising and wishlist No Tithe for Olaf now on Steam.
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About Ancient Well Entertainment
Step into the realm of Ancient Well Entertainment, a Norwegian/Swedish game development studio forged by life long friends on the back of a folk rock band in 2023. With a burning passion for sharing the awe-inspiring folklore and culture of the North, our games are not just about towering mountains clad in thick fog, ancient spectral whispers, goat-riding rebels and mischievous big-nosed creatures – they are gateways to epic adventures, blending history, fantasy, and the thunderous beats of heavy metal! We aim to keep the gaming experience fun and engaging, with a soul burning for authentic lore.