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Against the Storm

Eremite Games · Hooded Horse · 2023-12-08

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SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 18, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 26, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 26, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Jun 26, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Jun 26, 2025 (PlayStation 4)

A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.

Against the Storm is a Simulation and Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $29.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 37078 reviews).

1,805
playing now
94%
positive of 37k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
183
twitch viewers (latest)
91/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (50 ratings)
24h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 90h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

1,805 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Against the Storm is a 2023 city-building video game developed by Eremite Games and published by Hooded Horse. Unlike traditional city-building games, it incorporates elements of roguelike games and has a short playtime with goals players must achieve.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,805 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,591 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~324/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 6,674 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 742k–1.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 37,078 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$8.99-70%
Humble Store$8.99-70%
Steam$8.99-70%
GOG$8.99-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.47 at GameBillet (2026-02-17) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $35.68 · on sale 186 of 188 observed days · $1.52 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.4k3.4k20222026Week of 2022-11-01: 3,419 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1,177 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,566 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,065 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 994 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,417 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 624 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 564 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 935 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 549 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 553 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 816 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 858 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,752 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 189 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1,603 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 736 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 992 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 668 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 480 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 595 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,160 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 750 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 351 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 388 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.3k9662026-08-06 22:00 — 1,230 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 1,064 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 1,869 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 1,431 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 1,390 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 2,170 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 1,731 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 1,518 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 2,270 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 1,680 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 1,063 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1,809 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 1,287 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 1,052 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 1,709 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 1,269 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 966 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 1,981 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1,805 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1,023 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 1,397 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,476 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 1,281 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,958 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,995 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1,407 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 1,513 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 2,038 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,805 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$7.492021-08-262026-08-302021-08-26 — best price $17.992022-07-14 — best price $16.992023-01-06 — best price $15.992023-03-16 — best price $15.992023-04-25 — best price $17.992023-06-20 — best price $22.492023-07-31 — best price $29.992023-10-02 — best price $19.492023-11-13 — best price $19.492023-12-08 — best price $19.492024-01-22 — best price $29.992024-02-22 — best price $29.992024-04-03 — best price $29.992024-04-29 — best price $24.992024-06-08 — best price $29.992024-07-19 — best price $19.492024-08-22 — best price $29.992024-10-11 — best price $15.002024-11-22 — best price $15.002025-01-01 — best price $15.002025-02-03 — best price $29.992025-03-31 — best price $29.992025-04-24 — best price $29.992025-05-23 — best price $14.492025-06-28 — best price $13.762025-08-05 — best price $14.982025-09-13 — best price $29.992025-10-09 — best price $14.992025-11-05 — best price $29.992025-12-11 — best price $14.992026-01-21 — best price $29.992026-02-18 — best price $8.292026-03-20 — best price $7.712026-04-17 — best price $29.992026-05-09 — best price $9.002026-06-06 — best price $29.992026-07-15 — best price $14.992026-08-12 — best price $8.992026-08-29 — best price $8.992026-08-30 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

220582026-05-28 — 93 pageviews2026-05-31 — 99 pageviews2026-06-03 — 89 pageviews2026-06-06 — 94 pageviews2026-06-09 — 73 pageviews2026-06-12 — 76 pageviews2026-06-15 — 100 pageviews2026-06-18 — 60 pageviews2026-06-21 — 95 pageviews2026-06-24 — 72 pageviews2026-06-27 — 93 pageviews2026-06-30 — 119 pageviews2026-07-03 — 89 pageviews2026-07-06 — 73 pageviews2026-07-09 — 113 pageviews2026-07-12 — 163 pageviews2026-07-15 — 109 pageviews2026-07-18 — 175 pageviews2026-07-21 — 92 pageviews2026-07-24 — 92 pageviews2026-07-27 — 85 pageviews2026-07-30 — 61 pageviews2026-08-02 — 118 pageviews2026-08-05 — 81 pageviews2026-08-08 — 71 pageviews2026-08-11 — 78 pageviews2026-08-14 — 112 pageviews2026-08-17 — 78 pageviews2026-08-20 — 79 pageviews2026-08-23 — 118 pageviews2026-08-25 — 79 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

19202026-08-26 19:15 — 14 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 64 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 53 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 31 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 131 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 192 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 183 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
54.2%
earned "No Deaths"
17.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultySave AnytimeStereo SoundSurround Sound3 DLC

17 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Italian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)13,8080%80
Windows (Xbox)1,2990%80
PS5 (PlayStation)1882%81
Switch (Nintendo)270%0
PS4 (PlayStation)617%81

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

SandboxBuildingStrategySurvivalColony SimManagementOpen WorldRogue-likeSimulationCity Builder

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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