Against the Storm
A roguelite city builder set in a fantasy world tormented by the everlasting rain. Settle the unknown wilds to discover and rebuild the ruins of a long-forgotten civilization. Develop technologies that will…
Against the Storm is an indie developed by Eremite Games, released 8 December 2023 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. It currently starts at $8.99 at Humble Store. The main story takes about 24 hrs to finish.
What Against the Storm is
Against the Storm is an indie game developed by Eremite Games and released in 2023. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity 2021.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The rain is your ally and the greatest enemy. It cycles in three seasons requiring you to stay flexible and adapt to changing conditions. In Drizzle, the season of regrowth, natural resources replenish themselves, and it’s time for construction and planting crops. The Clearance is the season of harvest, expansion, and preparations for the last, most unforgiving season of them all. A true test of your city’s strength comes with the Storm when bolts of lightning tear the sky, nothing grows and resources are scarce.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 80 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Against the Storm holds a critic score of 91 out of 100. That places it above 97% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 15 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 87, across 53 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 24 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 90 hrs, roughly 3.8 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $8.99, that works out to about $0.37 per hour of the main story, or $0.10 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel® Core™ i3-530 (dual-core) / AMD® Phenom™ II X4 965 (quad-core), 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 450 (1 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7750 (1 GB). At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 5GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $8.99 at Humble Store, 70% below its usual price. Storefront pricing varies enormously by country: India is the cheapest region we track at ₹299.00 (about $3.14), while Germany pays €8.99 — 3.2 times more. In Pakistan it is priced at Rs 4 on Steam, which is about $3.59.
What it launched against
Against the Storm launched on 8 December 2023, within three weeks of Ready or Not, The Finals, The Exit 8 and Buckshot Roulette. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Ready or Not, The Finals, The Exit 8, Buckshot Roulette.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Against the Storm yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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