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2018 PC 31.99 € 👍 98 % Overwhelmingly positive, 210,517 reviews on Steam

A colony sim where an AI storyteller turns raids, famines and your settlers' personal dramas into unique, often darkly funny emergent stories. Its deep simulation and per-colonist management make every run unpredictable.

What defines RimWorld:

  • A party of several characters
  • Tactical depth
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Challenging difficulty

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2018 PCPlayStationXboxNintendo Switch 9.99 € 👍 88 % Very positive, 3,694 reviews on Steam

  • A party of several characters
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Tactical depth

You flee a nuclear strike into space with a small crew and must manage supplies, morale and tough decisions in a darkly funny retro-futuristic survival story. Random events make each run play out differently, often ending in surprising or fatal ways.

Oxygen Not Included

A party of several characters

A deep colony sim inside an asteroid where you keep your Duplicants alive by managing oxygen, heat, food and waste through interlocking physics-like systems. Spectacular failures are part of the fun, often with dark humor.

Syndicate

A party of several characters

A cyberpunk strategy classic: you lead a squad of four cyborg agents through brutal real-time isometric missions while conquering territories, managing taxes and research on a world map for your corporate syndicate.

The Long Journey Home

Challenging difficulty

A procedurally generated space odyssey where you hop between dangerous star systems with a small crew, manage scarce resources and pilot a ship under Newtonian physics. Alien encounters and hard choices reshape every attempt to get home.

Duskers

Dark, serious atmosphere

You guide a squad of drones through derelict spaceships using a command line, relying only on sensors and limited camera feeds. Its roguelike survival structure and oppressive atmosphere keep tension high.

Impact Winter

Dark, serious atmosphere

As the leader of a small band of survivors, you manage resources, send companions out to scout, and keep them alive for 30 days in a snowbound world after an asteroid strike. Every day forces tough trade-offs between food, warmth and morale.

Syndicate Wars

A party of several characters

An isometric real-time tactics game where you lead a squad of cybernetic agents through a dystopian corporate world. Destructible cities, mind-control Persuadertrons and research upgrades drive chaotic, brutal missions.

Sheltered

Dark, serious atmosphere

You guide a family through the apocalypse, managing food, water, gear and scavenging runs from inside your bunker. Every call on resources and risk can decide who lives or dies.

Wasteland

A party of several characters

A 1988 classic in which you lead a squad of Rangers through a nuclear-ravaged America, using tabletop-style skills, turn-based combat and a surprisingly reactive world. It is the forerunner of the Fallout series.

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