It looks like the first time they released it on Patreon was mid 2016, and it's still far from completion of the obviously planned content, but it's came a long way. I'm sure there's more planned than the obvious stuff, but who knows. They also released it on Steam eventually, but apparently the Steam version is missing a little bit of content (probably stuff that violates Steam ToS).
I believe that prior to releasing on Steam, they also had a public release, but had to stop updating that once they went onboard with Steam.
The initial Patreon release was still before they got any CG into the game. They published it via Tinyhat Studios and their Patreon is The DystopianProject.
In their game, it was possible to use the woods to bypass the toll bridge and enter the refugee camp from the north, climbing down the vine into the camp. It could also easily lead to a bad end by getting caught by the orcs or goblins in the woods. And they also have a witch/researcher, but near the end of the initial woods, if you keep going past the toll bridge and through the rest of the woods. She has an orc leader caged in her hidden basement.
I probably shouldn't describe the whole game, lol.
So, yeah, there's a lot of similarities and differences. At worst, the games look like they could have inspired each other or both been inspired by the same source. I was quick to jump on the similarities at first, but they're definitely different games. Especially considering the standard map library.