Rise to Ruins Reviews

its a well thought game

Absolutely great game!

Both chill and stressful city builder that I love to take my time with. The soundtrack is super chill and the game can occasionally feel [b]really[/b] relaxing too, until you notice the monsters are attacking and realize you forgot to build any defences. The game feels like a complete product to me, and is enjoyable, although I admit the villagers can be a bit dumb sometimes, like crossing enemy lines just to get to a specific deer. Thankfully you have god powers to help with that! I have enjoyed my time so far, and will definitely continue playing. A solid 8/10 at the very least.

The game is not really unbalanced, it's not really abandoned, but mostly done and playable. Have been away from it for a few years, it was great back then and I bet I will enjoy it once I get to try another round. Is it hard? Yes. Will you make another kind of round-breaking mistake on each of your first few runs. Also yes. It's not an easy game. But it's good! pretty unique genre-mix, graphics are good and well readable.

Game has gamebreaking bugs. Sooner or later your villagers will stop doing anything useful and die of starvation. Doesn't matter if you have luxury homes, farm, chicken coop and animal pen fully staffed as the only things on a map. Eventually they all die of starvation, even when I spawn magic potatoes in front of them. The developer abandoned this game years ago, don't buy this.

One of the best indie games I've played. Simple simulation with a lot of intriguing character.

I love this game! It's both demanding but also a chill game that you could play doing other things

After more than 200 hours on the game I guess I might a short review for others. This is a colony sim, in the likes of Dwarf Fortress, Rimworld or Odd Realm. As other colony sims it is really hard and your colonies will often fail, especially when you start out. There are quite a few things that set this one apart from others and in my opinion often make it superior. Rise of Ruins mixes in elements of god games, especially in the way you can cast spells or pick up items and colonists to put them somewhere else. Also enemies. Dropping enemies into a cullis gate is hella fun. The other is tower defense, which is a weird addition, but it works quite well. The game has a growing corruption, which spawns enemies, which attack at night. You will have to defend your village. This adds some more pressure in an already hard game genre. But colony sims tend to get easier after you overcome the first hurdles of building up basic infrastructure. Here the corruption and monster hordes come right at the right moment to keep up the challenge. And if that still feels too scary: among the strong difficulty options you have a peaceful setting, which transforms the game into a much more classical colony sim experience. Additionally even failed runs give you progress into additional unlockable advantages that may make your future run a little more easy. As the mentioned number of hours I sank into it proof, this combination works very well for me and I assume there might be more like me who get invested in such a game. To address some common criticism: Yes, the game is hard. As every colony sim you will have to learn to juggle a lot of systems. As I mentioned you have plenty difficulty options that can help you to craft the right experience for you. If it is too challenging, switch for an easier option until you have a better understanding of some of the systems. Also, towards the mention of the game being abandoned: the game is complete as it is! Sure, there can always be things added, but the game is a complete and even rich experience, and I cannot see bugs really. All the 'bugs' I see mentioned are a misunderstanding of systems. So it is really impressive and if a single developer takes a breather after delivering such a great game, I am fully supporting it. It is not like this is a broken mess. So overall: if you are into these kind of games, played other colony sims before, you might enjoy this one, as it shakes up the formula without losing what makes colony sims great in the first place. I cannot see any other game like this in the genre, so you might miss out if you pass it over.

Amazing game. Deep and captivating. Relaxing and yet utterly punishing. 10/10... no notes