NehemiahBeta

455 BCE · Jerusalem

Rebuild the wall in 52 days.

Overcooked meets tower defense, in ancient Jerusalem. Carry wood, stone and mortar, raise the wall stone by stone, and drive off the raiders before they break through. Co-op for 2–4 players.

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Open beta. No install, no account. Keyboard, mouse or gamepad.

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Every day, the same three jobs.

Enemies come in waves while the crew works, and every day ends at nightfall. Raise the whole stretch before the stars come out on its last day. Too many breaches and the city falls.

  1. 1.Carry

    Haul wood, stone and mortar from the stockpiles to the wall. Drop a load, pass it on, keep the line moving.

  2. 2.Build

    Stand at the wall and work it up, course by course. Extra hands build faster, and a hit stops the work.

  3. 3.Defend

    Sling stones at the raiders. Builders have full hands, so someone has to guard them, like Nehemiah's workers who kept a weapon close. Raise a watch post and keep its slinger in stones.

Day one at the Sheep Gate: a slinger stands on a wooden watch post behind the half-built wall while three raiders with spears close in. Builders carry wood and stone, and the crew's portraits line the screen.
Day one at the Sheep Gate. The slinger on the watch post holds off the first raiders.
A four-player crew gathers at the wall. Each builder has a portrait and health bar on screen, and a Begin the work button waits for the host.

More hands, faster walls.

  • Online co-op with a five-letter room code or an invite link
  • Up to four builders in one crew; bots fill empty places
  • 12 sections of wall around the city, each with its own twist
  • Scouts first, then brutes and raiders as the days go on
  • Full gamepad support on every screen

Around the wall.

  • At night, torches light the wall while the crew builds at a gap and raiders press in from the dark.
    Night falls. Light the torches and keep building.
  • At the Fish Gate, builders work beside a market stall and a cart of stone, under timber scaffolding at the gate.
    The Fish Gate, a new stretch with its own twist.
  • Raiders in red with spears and shields reach a gap in the wall by the market stalls while the crew rushes to close it.
    Raiders find a gap. Close it before they break through.
  • A map of Jerusalem with every gate marked around the finished wall, under the words Fifty-two days.
    Day 52: from the Sheep Gate all the way around, the wall stands.

The account behind the game

A broken wall, a hostile neighborhood, and 52 days.

In 455 BCE, Nehemiah returned to Jerusalem to rebuild its walls. The work went around the city section by section, starting at the Sheep Gate, while Sanballat, Tobiah and Geshem did all they could to stop it. The builders kept working, and kept their weapons close.

“So the wall was finished in the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in fifty-two days.”
Nehemiah 6:15
How did they finish in 52 days? Read the account →

Android beta

Build on your phone.

A thumb stick to walk, a sling you drag to aim, and big buttons for carrying and building. Friends on Android join your crew with a five-letter room code.

Download for AndroidAPK · 47 MB · Android 10 or newer

Early beta, not on Google Play yet. Phone and browser players can't share a crew yet.

  1. 1Open this page on your Android phone and tap Download for Android.
  2. 2Open the downloaded file. If Android asks, allow your browser to install apps.
  3. 3Tap Install, then open Nehemiah. Host a room, or join one with its code.

Android test

Help test the Android app.

Nehemiah is coming to Google Play. Before it can go public, Google asks for a group of testers to play it for two weeks. Join them: you get the app early, and your feedback shapes it.

1. Join the tester group2. Become a tester on Google Play

Use the same Google account as on your Android phone.

  1. 1Join the tester group with the Google account on your phone.
  2. 2Open the Google Play link and tap Become a tester.
  3. 3Install Nehemiah from Google Play and keep it for two weeks.

Questions

Is the game finished?

Not yet. Nehemiah is in open beta: you can play the whole campaign, but it changes often and still has rough edges. Your suggestions help decide what gets fixed and added next.

What kind of game is it?

Think Overcooked meets tower defense. The crew splits up to carry materials, build the wall and guard the builders while enemies attack in waves, and it only works if everyone talks to each other.

Is Nehemiah free?

The browser version is free to play right now. Open the game, gather your crew and start building.

How do I play with friends?

One player hosts and gets a five-letter room code. Friends enter the code, or open the invite link, and join the same crew. Up to four players can build together.

Can I play alone?

Yes. The first day teaches itself: a tag over your next job shows what to do until you have done it once. Play alone or add bots to fill the empty places in your crew. A lone builder works the wall a little faster to make up for the missing hands, and the menu pauses the game when no one else is playing. It is at its best with two to four players, though.

Do I need to install anything?

No. The game runs in a desktop browser. A Windows build is also available, and a Steam release is planned.

Can I play on my phone?

On Android, yes: download the beta app from this page. It has touch controls built for the phone, and friends on Android join your crew with a five-letter room code. Phone and browser players can't share a crew yet. An iPhone version isn't available.

Does it support a gamepad?

Yes. Every action works on keyboard and mouse or on a gamepad, and the on-screen button hints follow whichever you are using.

Is it based on the Bible?

Yes. The game follows the account in the book of Nehemiah: the wall is rebuilt section by section around the city, starting from the Sheep Gate as in Nehemiah chapter 3, and it is finished in 52 days as in Nehemiah 6:15. The opponents, Sanballat, Tobiah and Geshem, come from the same account.

Open beta

Help build it.

Nehemiah is still being built, and playtests shape every update. Tell us what worked, what didn't, and what you'd add.

The stones are waiting.

Gather your crew and start on day one.

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