Frostpunk

The idea of Frostpunk is quite similar to Banished. You have very limited resources and manpower and must carefully balance these resources. If you keep your generator at full power the whole time without having a good coal supply your people will freeze to death quickly. You can also sign different laws to improve you resource output, like child labour or extended work-shifts. Since you can't reject the laws, you have to think twice whether or not you really need it. In contrast to Banished and in addition to the survival and city building part, Frostpunk has three scenarios (so far), each with its own story and some tough decisions. This gives the game an additional layer I really like a lot. However, this also means that the whole campaign is heavily scripted which might influence the replay value. So far, there is no sandbox mode. For me this is not a big issue and it took me about 4-5 hours to finish the first scenario. The second scenario is somewhat shorter, though (maybe 2-3h). The tough decisions and the constant lack of basic supplies also reminds a bit of This war of mine, which I highly recommend as well. However, all in all Frostpunk is less depressing and feels more like a game. Gameplay-wise it is similar to most city-builder games. You basically play with the mouse and place the building on a radial grid around the generator. A really nice feature is that you upgrade your existing building by simply build the better building on top of the existent one. This way you don't need to demolish the old building first. All in all, I can't recommend this game enough! If you are into survival and city-building games and if you liked Banished (but got bored after everything was running just fine) you should give Frostpunk a try.

First off, this game looks downright beautiful. The way the snow and ice builds up around the screen and melts again, depending on the current temperature, these constant snow flakes, its all adding to this great atmosphere. The music fits here perfectly, as well. Great job done! The game play itself is demanding, but nothing unbeatable for experienced survival gamers. It may take a few ingame days to really get a solid strategy, but once you get to know the game, you soon find the strategy that fits best to you. And this doesn't have to be morally doubtable at all. I won my first playthrough with 100% hope and no disconsent, with my sick being treated and my kids staying off the labour market. I took everyone in I've found and I barely lost anyone. So its perfectly able to manage. This being said, it requires of course some thinking, some planing, some managing and foremost, some testing. Some laws and techs play out different than expected, and they might suit your way to play more or less. I can't agree to those who claim either path plays the same, there are obvious differences and for me personally, faith works way better than order. It may be short, but those hours feel intense and you might feel the need to redo the one or other scenario over and over again, just to optimize or see other endings. Which are my only 2 points of critizism: 1) The summary at the end is a bit too standart. It didn't really fit my main scenario playthrough at all. There is room for more individualism. 2) My nights turned out way too long playing this game. ;)

What looks like an amazing game - I love survival city builders - is completely ruined for me by having to UI slider. The text is far too small to read - it was giving me a headache. I had to request a refund. Will rebuy if they imlement a ui scale slider.

I got a good experience from the game and you should play it ;)

I was really looking forward to this game. I bought it when it came out and i dont regret it. It has an original story and an original system too. In the game you both have to do micro and macro management, however often it is micro that is more important. (As you usually are facing hard deadlines. Aka if you are not prepared by that time, you lose.) There are sometimes stability issues regarding loading, however your files at least do not get corrupted, and you can continue where the game threw you out. There are a number of things that are important regarding micromanagement, however the game only lowers the game speed to normal at these times(if it even does) and not stops. In this game even 5 minutes of in game time can become a huge game changer. Especially considering research. The expeditions are quite a good flavour, and they can each be done without losing your expedition. (You just need to have certain techs researched already). Steam core lack in the game is a slight annoyance, but usually each map is designed that the average findable core number is enough to complete or pass the campaign, however if you are aiming for achievements, like no death during campaign then you will need more of them than you can get without really focusing. Final verdict I gave the game 5 stars. Actualy number would be 85% as the game still needs a bit of working and more content, but as it is an indie studio that made it, i would say they have overachieved their plans and promises.