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2016PC70 % positive12.99 €

A visual novel with strategic elements: after your colony ship crashes, you guide the survivors on an alien planet, manage scarce resources and make weighty decisions.

  • Choices with consequences
  • Economy and management
  • Sci-fi setting
  • Strong, story-driven narrative
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Next World special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Gods Will Be Watching

90 %Match

2013PCSteam Deck playable71 % positive9.75 €

Brings what grabs you about The Next World: choices with consequences, economy and management as well as a sci-fi setting.

A minimalist pixel-art thriller where you guide Sergeant Burden and his crew through harsh moral dilemmas. Each chapter is a punishing resource-management puzzle where sacrifice and tough choices truly hurt.

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Lunar Ascendant

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You run Artemis, humanity's first lunar colony, steering it through power struggles between rival factions and the controversial use of human brains as processors. Your decisions shape the future of space colonization.

Dead In Antares

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Ixion

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As Administrator of the space station Tiqqun, you manage resources, population and construction while leading humanity through dangerous sectors toward a new home. A dark blend of city-building strategy and survival pressure with a strong narrative.

Flat Eye

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You run a futuristic mega-store as its manager, juggling staff, resources and strange technology while slowly uncovering unsettling secrets. Dark humor and narrative choices give this management sim a distinct flavor.

The Fermi Paradox

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A narrative strategy game where you guide civilizations across millennia, and your decisions ripple through distant parts of the galaxy. It centers on first contact, diplomacy and whether harmony among species is possible.

Star Dynasties

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