Against the Storm

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  • Summary: Banished meets Slay the Spire.

    Against the Storm is a roguelite city builder set in a fantasy world where it never stops raining. You are the Queen's viceroy - a pioneer sent into the wilds to establish and manage new settlements inhabited by beavers, lizards, and humans. Your goal is    Banished meets Slay the Spire.

    Against the Storm is a roguelite city builder set in a fantasy world where it never stops raining. You are the Queen's viceroy - a pioneer sent into the wilds to establish and manage new settlements inhabited by beavers, lizards, and humans.

    Your goal is to survive long enough and gather the valuable resources necessary to rebuild and upgrade the Smouldering City. It's the only safe haven against the Blightstorm - a vile cycle of destruction ravaging everything in its path. Do you have what it takes to weather the storm?    … Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Malditos Nerds
    Dec 27, 2023
    100
    Against the Storm is an independent proposal that combines the foundations of a city-building game with the unpredictability of a roguelite, in a format that is not boring and offers constant replayability thanks to the versatility of the title.
  2. GLHF on Sports Illustrated
    Dec 4, 2023
    100
    Against the Storm is a perfect storm: It’s a unique blend of genres that executes its ideas without any great flaws. Instead of motivating you to play ‘just one more turn,’ it tempts you into building ‘just one more city,’ condensing the thrilling allure of exploration and mechanical intricacy of a city-builder into runs that will fly by as fast as raindrops in a hurricane.
  3. Softpedia
    Dec 6, 2023
    95
    Against the Storm is an engrossing and fun game. Its focus is on moment-to-moment settlement management but with a ton of gameplay ideas that make each new expedition feel unique. I love the unpredictable nature of the glades as well as the many ways to interact with the Queen’s requests and the dangerous ruins. Winning isn’t easy, although it helps a lot to open up city upgrades, but this is the rare game where failure is enjoyable. Against the Storm is compelling from the start, combines lore and mechanics in interesting ways, and offers gamers a lot of depth to explore.
  4. PCGamesN
    Dec 4, 2023
    90
    Against the Storm is a prime example of what can happen when a small team has clear inspiration, passion, and a willingness to collaborate with its players. It’s a brilliant mix of roguelike, strategy, and small-scale city building that will hook you from the jump.
  5. SECTOR.sk
    Dec 28, 2023
    90
    An unusual strategy with roguelike elements, excellent processing and addictive gameplay will definitely keep you entertained, and thanks to randomly generated content, it will definitely last a long time.
  6. Games.cz
    Dec 21, 2023
    90
    Against the Storm is one of the biggest surprises of the year. Not only did the developers successfully merge the genres of city-building strategy, roguelite, and survival into a cohesive whole, but they also created an incredibly addictive strategy game that is just complex and challenging enough, highly variable, and deep. Even after dozens of hours, it remains fresh, engaging, and impossible to put down.
  7. TechRadar Gaming
    Dec 18, 2023
    80
    Against the Storm is an excellent strategy game, selling its mysterious dark fantasy setting and challenging city-building with confidence. Though a significant learning curve and the occasionally outdated presentation hold the title back from perfection, Eremite’s PC debut is a strong addition to the genre.

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  1. amroitin
    Jan 6, 2022
    10
    My current favorite game! I'm about 100 hours in and am loving it. They handle the learning portion of the game extremely well. Having toMy current favorite game! I'm about 100 hours in and am loving it. They handle the learning portion of the game extremely well. Having to adjust your gameplan on the fly based on what you bring with you, what upgrades you are offered, and the map layout is a lot of fun. The pause mechanic is great too. Great job :)… Expand
  2. caio256
    Jul 22, 2022
    10
    Amazing city building/strategy game. Currently in early access, it is being polished and updated every two weeks and the work done is great.Amazing city building/strategy game. Currently in early access, it is being polished and updated every two weeks and the work done is great.
    The game solves one of the main problem with this kind of game: the late game. In short, there isn't one. Every match is a new random location and you have to adapt your strategy based on the tools and modifiers you are offered. You have to please your settlers, please the Queen and then suddenly, by solving every small piece of the puzzle you win.
    If you like Dwarf Fortress but want a more relaxing challenge for a couple of hours this is the game for you.    … Expand
  4. Lundrad
    Jan 24, 2022
    10
    This game is at early access right now (24/1/2022).This review have 2 parts: The game itself, and my opinion about the developers.

    The game    This game is at early access right now (24/1/2022).This review have 2 parts: The game itself, and my opinion about the developers.

    The game is a strange new formula that i haven't seen before. It mix roguelite elements with a classical building game ¿Strange mix true? It is. The game will be a succession of "runs", each one different to the others. In a "run" we will have to do a few "missions". For each mission we will have to choose biome, how far we are from our main city, and we will have to choose wisely, as more difficult is the game bigger is the reward. In this main city we can develop permanent updates and unlock recipes and blueprints for buildings. The game revolves around this missions, where you basically spam in a procedurally generated map, where you will have to choose your inital blueprints between a few options that are pseudorandom. You will discover another blueprints during the mission ( but always choosing between options). we will have to survive to a succession of rain-light-storm cycles, and after each cycle we will receive new settlers and some random traits, both chosen between a few random options again. This mechanic make the game very enjoyable, as you have to adapt to each biome and combinations of buildings each mission, opening a lot of options and strategies. You can be a hard explorer, requiring to resolve the problems that this way have, or you can try to manage to make a sustainable community, looking for places to make farms and some elaborated food. The options and combinations are gigantic.

    On the other side the developers are very concerned with the game. They listen to the community suggestion and try to implement that ideas. They update the game very often, some of them being reworks or "basic" mechanics, adding more complexity and flexibility, new biomas, new traits, new buildings, etc. They are kind people that clearly make a hard effort to build a consistent game, beloved by them and the community. You can see it in each mechanic, the style of the game or the updates.

    In resume (and sorry about any english fail i have make, it is not my main tongue) If you really love building games, and want to try something fresh this game is ideal. If you really like roguelites, and want to try something fresh, this game can be for you too (but not if you hate building games). And in general, if you love to manage and try to obtain the best on each situation, this is clearly your game. For me, this game fulfilled all the expectations that i had with frostpunk( and that were never fulfilled by it)    … Expand
  5. Guzaj
    Mar 31, 2022
    10
    I just can get enough of this game. I have done almost everything there can be done, but with every update I come back for "a few more games".I just can get enough of this game. I have done almost everything there can be done, but with every update I come back for "a few more games".
    One of the best games I ever played and I love absolutly everything about it!    … Expand
  6. senyashanie
    Jun 20, 2022
    10
    I like this game so much. Easy 60h in two weeks :D
    Soundtrack is cool and overall atmosphere and world is so beautiful!
  7. PicklRick
    Dec 1, 2022
    9
    I know that game is repetitive and has a lot of room to improve, but the game is just captivating and i can get lost in it for hours over andI know that game is repetitive and has a lot of room to improve, but the game is just captivating and i can get lost in it for hours over and over again. Music is fantastic and devs seemingly improving the game. Highly recommend it to people loving the genre.… Expand
  8. Grismar
    Feb 7, 2023
    8
    An intriguing little game that keeps making me come back to it. I have to admit I was a bit underwhelmed at first and the game was getting aAn intriguing little game that keeps making me come back to it. I have to admit I was a bit underwhelmed at first and the game was getting a bit repetitive - but just in time, new elements started getting added in and the game gets more complex as you progress. My main criticism would still be that it evolves too slowly and doesn't do a good job of showing players what they're playing for and towards. But once you see where it's going, it goes from being average to being quite good.… Expand

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