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Against the Storm

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2023

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Quick resume

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Global score

95/100

Genres

Simulator, Strategy

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    Pros

    • Innovative roguelike city builder concept
    • High replayability with randomized maps and challenges
    • Well-balanced difficulty scaling
    • Engaging resource management and strategy
    • Polished visuals and atmospheric soundtrack

    Cons

    • Steep learning curve for new players
    • Some rng elements can feel punishing
    • Limited late-game variety beyond repeated runs
    • Lack of multiplayer or social features
    • Meta progression can feel grindy at times

    Motivations

    • Autonomy

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Very high replayability with hundreds of hours played, meta progression, and constant updates encouraging long-term engagement."

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game as a relaxing yet engaging escape with atmospheric music and immersive gameplay."

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily for enjoyment and challenge, with no indication of obligation or external pressure."

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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      "Set in a dark fantasy world with magic, mythical races, and imaginative lore."

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    • Fellowship

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      "Primarily a single-player experience with minimal social or community interaction."

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    • Growth

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      "Players learn complex mechanics, develop strategies, and improve skills over time."

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    • Health

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      "Typical sedentary gameplay with no physical activity or health-related features."

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    • Idle

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      "Requires active engagement and focus; settlement management and combat demand attention."

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    • Intimacy

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      -4

      "No evidence of close social relationships or emotional sharing; interactions are limited and surface-level."

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    • Leadership

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      3

      "Players lead and manage multiple settlements and characters, making strategic decisions and guiding development."

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    • Progression

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      "Strong meta-progression system with unlocking heroes, skills, items, and upgrades that persist between runs."

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    • Relaxation

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      "Game balances challenge and flow, providing a relaxing yet engaging experience."

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    • Sensation

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      "Enjoyable art style, music, and sound design provide sensory stimulation and emotional fun."

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    • Status

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      "Focus is on personal achievement without social recognition or leaderboards."

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    • Story

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      "Narrative flavor and lore enrich the experience, though gameplay is not heavily story-driven."

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    • Strategy

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      "High mental challenge with resource management, planning, and problem solving."

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Leadership, Survival, Violence, Strategy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fantasy, Relaxation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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