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Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse

2025

Should you play it?

“The world you knew is already collapsed.”As an explorer in a bunker, explore a new world 500 years in the future and decide its fate. You can lead the world back to doom or bring it to peace. It all depends on your choices.

What works
  • Deep and engaging narrative with multiple story branches
  • Extensive deckbuilding and character customization
  • Large content volume with many endings and quests
  • Challenging strategic combat
  • No pay-to-win elements, all unlocks earned through play
Things to keep in mind
  • Punishing difficulty spikes and unbalanced curses
  • Long and sometimes tedious combat encounters
  • Ui and translation issues reported
  • Slow pacing and lack of combat speed-up options
  • Some players find grind-heavy progression frustrating

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

  • City of Chains

  • Geneforge 1 - Mutagen

  • SteamWorld Heist II

  • Queen's Wish: The Conqueror

  • Zoria: Age of Shattering

  • The Iron Oath

  • Shadowveil: Legend of The Five Rings

  • Railroads & Catacombs

  • Avernum 3: Ruined World
Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

  • City of Chains

  • Geneforge 1 - Mutagen

  • Queen's Wish: The Conqueror
If you liked…

Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

  • Escapism

    Fallout 3
  • Progression

    Girls of The Tower
  • Story

    Your Chronicle

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Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Status.

Why this game works

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