Games like Against the Storm
If you like Against the Storm (city builder, roguelite and fantasy), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Oxygen Not Included
- In common: management and building
When you have hours, a clear head and want to untangle complex systems.
Frostpunk
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: more story
When you want an intense management game with tough decisions, in one afternoon.
Cities: Skylines
- In common: building and management
- Difference: more creative
When you want to build something big at a relaxed pace. Watching your city grow session after session keeps you hooked for weeks.
RimWorld
- In common: management and building
- Difference: more story
When you have a long afternoon and fancy managing: each session writes a new chapter for your colony.
Timberborn
- In common: building and management
- Difference: more relaxed
When you want to build calmly and watch your dams transform the landscape.
shapez
- In common: building and thinking
- Difference: more relaxed
When you want to optimise without pressure: you can leave it and pick it up whenever you like without losing anything.
Factorio
- In common: management and building
- Difference: more co-op
When you have many hours ahead and a sharp mind: "five more minutes" turns into three hours.
Two Point Hospital
- In common: management and progression
- Difference: more relaxed
When you want to manage something without real stress and with a laugh: each hospital plays in comfortable sessions.
Northgard
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: more multiplayer
When you want an hour-long strategy game, against the AI or against friends.
Sid Meier's Civilization VI
- In common: management and thinking
- Difference: more multiplayer
When you have a whole afternoon and want to plan for the long term. Turn-based, at your own pace, no pressure.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Against the Storm
A roguelite city builder: you found one-to-two-hour settlements in a forest that grows more hostile with every storm, meeting goals before the Queen loses patience. Between runs you upgrade your citadel.
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