No game in the last couple of years has tied me down as much as Against the Storm. It combines the peaceful building atmosphere of the city builder genre with the tension of the roguelite genre.

The game somehow manages to make me enjoy every moment of city-building, yet not yearn to keep going forever, but to finish it as soon as possible.

This feeling is also driven by the fact that you can't follow the same strategy in every game. And if I've jumped the challenges of the forest when building a village, I look forward to what challenge awaits me in the next forest, what my options will be, what I can make of the situation.

If at first you think the Queen's impatience will be your biggest problem, know that you are wrong. The forest is far more cruel.

No game in the last couple of years has tied me down as much as Against the Storm. It combines the peaceful building atmosphere of the city builder genre with the tension of the roguelite genre. The game somehow manages to make me enjoy every moment of city-building, yet not yearn to keep going forever, but to finish it as soon as possible. This feeling is also driven by the fact that you can't follow the same strategy in every game. And if I've jumped the challenges of the forest when building a village, I look forward to what challenge awaits me in the next forest, what my options will be, what I can make of the situation. If at first you think the Queen's impatience will be your biggest problem, know that you are wrong. The forest is far more cruel.