Against the Storm

Roguelite city builder about adapting settlements to endless storms

Eremite Games · Published by Hooded Horse · Released Dec 8, 2023

Simulation Strategy

Reviews: Very Positive; 94% of 38K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 89% of 310 in 30 days
Playing now: 980; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 1 month ago; Aug 22, 2026

Free demo available, 5 playing it now: get the demo.

Metacritic: 91/100 (critic reviews)

What is Against the Storm?

A single-player roguelite city builder set in a fantasy world repeatedly battered by the Blightstorm. As the Scorched Queen’s Viceroy, you gather resources, assign different species to jobs, manage production and needs, and complete settlements across a world map. Resources and upgrades carry back to the Smoldering City between expeditions.

For you if...

+you prefer short settlement runs over one permanent city
+you enjoy adapting production chains to random resources and blueprints
+you want demanding resource management with multiple viable strategies

Not for you if...

−you want relaxed city planning with little micromanagement
−you prefer automation and long-term city customization
−you dislike randomized choices or pressure from timers

What players say

94% of 37,544 reviews are positive · 89% of 310 in the last 30 days

Players praise the varied runs, adaptive economic problem-solving, and focus on the challenging early phase of settlement building. Common complaints target heavy micromanagement, random blueprint availability, time pressure, and progression that becomes grindy or locked behind higher difficulties.

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Against the Storm system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows® 10 (64-bit)
Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-530 (dual-core) / AMD® Phenom™ II X4 965 (quad-core)
Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTS 450 (1 GB) / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7750 (1 GB)
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 5 GB available space
DirectX: Version 10

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 80
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Verified

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Italian, Czech, Hungarian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Thai, Spanish - Latin America.