Frostpunk

Don't mind what people say about difficulty - I was able to finish the main scenario on the first run at its default difficulty (even though it wasn't a walk in the park and, admittedly, there is some experience with other city builders). I got really absorbed by it and the end was one hell of a rollercoaster. The game is well thought and beautifully designed, with multiple options and - tough - decisions to make. It is very pragmatic: any kind-hearted decision can easily backfire, in terms of either economy or social acceptance. For instance, accepting all immigrants - and the sick - quickly creates major needs in terms of housing and hospitals and can lead to turmoil. Moreover, the resources are scarce and limited and you have to be quick in developing buildings, researching technologies and choosing your laws; the game won't wait. However, the gaming experience overall pays off, as frostpunk combines rigid gameplay, good game design and atmospheric graphics. Even though the main story is linear in events, the way you can play it out is not linear at all. Do you want to go absolute totalitarian vs. your nasty citizens? perfectly possible. Do you want to be a humanitarian liberal? that is also possible - but every options comes with game-defining ops and cons. The only one thing I didn't like in the main story was some cheap shots in terms of scripted events - for instance, taking all your hope away in an instant or (even worse) making you promise to warm the citizens and combining it with an ultra-cold weather change in one day or two.

Fun, challenging, and one of my favorite games of all time.

Things look too similar. It becomes difficult to find the building you are looking for. It adds inconvenience to managing things, which tend to stay in a near-disaster state already. After a while, I felt like I was just topping up each building as people got sick or died. Now much else going on.

It's a good game and extreme is the most realistic! i like to play on extreme but all rounded god game in general

Frostpunk is set in an alternate Victorian era timeline where the world is going through a "Global chilling". A group of survivors with you as their Captain move north to a crater with a large central coal-fed generator. It gets colder and colder and you and your group has to survive by building better houses, improving the heating and insulation, researching new technologies all around this generator. Pros: - Tough Survival game with City building elements. - Beautiful graphics, snow/blizzard effects along with the sound effects give a very convincing feel. - Different paths in the tech and laws that you can implement to survive. - Multiple difficulty settings. - Several scenarios & an Endless mode for various playthroughs. Cons: - A bit demanding for older systems (Not a big deal if you have anything from the last 4-5 years). - Is really hard (you will get destroyed even on normal or easy difficulties). - A bit of RNG means you will end up losing some people even if you do everything correctly. Annoying if you are trying to go for a deathless run. I enjoyed this game a lot, although I mostly played the main campaign. Priced reasonably and was also given away by epic so you should have it if you pick the free games from there. If you like survival games or games that offer a stiff challenge this is the one for you.