Posted on: November 24, 2024
BudgetMan
Verified ownerGames: 11 Reviews: 1
Great game
Great game with just the right amount of challenge.
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Against the Storm
Description
You are the Viceroy – a leader charged by the Scorched Queen to reclaim the wilderness and discover lost riches for the Smoldering City, civilization's last bastion against the Blightstorm that destroyed the old world. Unlike most survival city builders where your focus is on a single city, in Against the Storm you must build a vast, prosperous network of settlements populated by diverse fantasy races, each with their own specializations and needs.
The wilderness holds many hidden dangers, and never-ending storms will batter your population into submission. If your settlements should fall, then the expedition may end – but not the game. Against the Storm is a roguelite city builder, meaning you will carry forward the resources, upgrades, and experience of your past expeditions each time you set off for a new journey into the wild.
Foxes, Beavers, and lizards stand alongside humans and harpies in the struggle to survive. Utilize each group's strengths as you balance their varying needs, from housing and culinary preferences to taste in luxuries and recreation. Will you manufacture raincoats, brew ale, and bake pies to boost morale in the face of the oppressive hostility of the forest, or will you prioritize the needs of one species over another to operate more swiftly for the Scorched Queen?
Experience core city builder gameplay enhanced by roguelite replayability. Build and manage multiple settlements spread out across a large world map, all while collecting valuable meta-progression resources to upgrade the Smoldering City. Feel the pressure of an expectant monarch as the Scorched Queen demands constant progress while recurring Blightstorms pose an inevitable threat to your settlements. Manage your reputation to secure your success at any one settlement before moving on to establish another, constantly seeking new opportunities for growth, taking on unique challenges across multiple biomes, and bracing for the inevitable destruction of everything but the Smoldering City itself. How will you maximize each cycle to not just ensure the best fate for the Smoldering City, but for your career as Viceroy as well?
With hundreds of gameplay modifiers and 6 distinct biomes, every city location presents unique challenges for even the most resourceful Viceroy. Adjust your strategy to changing weather conditions and experiment with rosters of building blueprints and perks that can help your society thrive or bring it to ruin. Will you take on and complete additional objectives and delve deeper into the dangerous forest for potential boons, or will you approach with caution to ensure you operate within your capabilities? All the while, you never know what wares the Trader will bring next year, and the forest holds treasures and resources, but also ancient threats.
Laying the foundations for a new city is one of the most exciting moments in a city-building game. In Against the Storm, you'll have the opportunity to repeatedly experience this by creating new settlements, while still interacting with your network of previously established cities in a growing world.
Popular achievements
First Real Expedition
Win a game in the Royal Woodlands biome, and on Settler difficulty (or higher).
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36.32%
Overcoming Difficulty
Win a game on Pioneer difficulty (or higher).
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30.77%
Coral Forest
Win a game on the Coral Forest biome.
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30.45%
The Marshlands
Win a game on the The Marshlands biome.
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32.36%
The Scarlet Orchard
Win a game on the Scarlet Orchard biome.
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30.96%
Taking Action
Win a game after completing 5 Glade Events.
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37.88%
No Deaths
Win a game with 0 villagers dying.
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37.7%
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Time to beat
34.5 hMain
100 h Main + Sides
251.5 h Completionist
84 h All Styles
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Eurogamer
5/5
Never the same game twice, Against the Storm is a rare gem of a city builder that thrives on chaos but exists in perfect balance, evolving with you as you learn and adapt.
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91/100
Against the Storm is a well-designed, charming, enthralling roguelike city builder.
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9.5/10
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.
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Posted on: November 27, 2024
Onufryw
Verified ownerGames: 48 Reviews: 1
Pulls you in
It's nice to get a chance to do multiple tries at perfecting a city; each time with start conditions and the playthrough different enough that you can't use the same strategy; but instead are pushed into exploring new and different directions.
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Posted on: December 2, 2024
fallingfortruth
Verified ownerGames: 242 Reviews: 4
Soothing but Challenging
If you like puzzles and resource management but don't feel like dealing with a long haul game like Civilization, Against the Storm is a wonderful twist on the city-building formula that plays much faster and will find plenty of ways to challenge you.
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Posted on: December 5, 2024
Mabulock
Verified ownerGames: 91 Reviews: 1
Nice game!
Interesting, absorbing, big amount of buildings and paths to take. I recomend
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Posted on: December 5, 2024
Zammy.700
Verified ownerGames: 147 Reviews: 2
Excellent city builder!
Every village is a puzzle. Every game can become challenging! You need to constantly adapt! At the same time feels balanced once you give learn the mechanics. If you like city builders this is the one! <3
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