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About the Game
A dark fantasy city-builder with roguelite runs, where you grow a network of settlements in a storm-ravaged world.
Against the Storm is a city-building strategy game with roguelite elements, set in a dark fantasy world. You are a viceroy serving the Scorched Queen, and your job is to lead your people into the wilds, gather lost wealth, and bring it back to the fiery city that remains the last stronghold of civilization after the Blight Storm destroyed the world.
Rather than managing a single town, you build a network of settlements spread across a large world map. Each settlement is populated by a mix of fantasy species, including humans, beavers, foxes, lizards and harpies, and every species has its own specialties and needs. You balance luxury goods, entertainment, housing and food preferences, deciding whether to make raincoats, brew malt wine, bake pies to keep morale high against enemies in the forest, or push one species to serve the queen faster.
The roguelite structure is what gives the game its rhythm. When a settlement falls, the expedition ends, but the game does not. Each time you venture back into the wilds, you carry over resources, upgrades and experience into the new run. Storms keep returning to threaten your settlements, the weather changes shape your plans, and you must manage your reputation so that existing settlements are thriving before you found the next one.
What stands out is the variety. Six biomes each bring their own challenges, merchants arrive with unpredictable offers, and the forest hides treasures alongside dangerous old threats. You decide how much risk to accept, whether to chase optional goals for extra rewards or play it safe, and the moment of founding a fresh settlement inside a growing network keeps the game feeling new from run to run.
Feature Highlights
- Build a network of settlements across a large world map, with each new city interacting with the ones you already founded.
- Five fantasy species share every settlement, each with its own specialties and needs that you must balance carefully.
- Six biomes, each with distinct challenges, combined with changing weather that shapes how you plan production.
- Roguelite progression carries resources, upgrades and experience from one expedition into the next.
- Single-player play with Steam achievements, trading cards, adjustable difficulty and the ability to save at any time.
- Accessibility options include adjustable text size, camera comfort settings and custom volume controls.
Who It Is (and Is Not) For
Recommended For
Strategy fans who enjoy juggling competing needs will find a lot to like here, because every settlement asks you to balance several species at once. Players who like roguelites and enjoy starting over with permanent progress carried forward should feel right at home. Anyone who likes adjustable difficulty and the freedom to save whenever they want will also find it easy to settle into longer sessions.
Not Recommended For
Players who want a relaxed, no-pressure city builder may find the constant threat of storms and settlement collapse stressful. If you dislike losing progress in a run and want every session to feel safe, the roguelite structure may frustrate you. Those who prefer multiplayer or co-op should note that the store lists the game as single-player.
What the Steam Reviews Say
Against the Storm holds a Very Positive rating on Steam, which is 極度好評 in Taiwan Steam wording, with 94 percent of reviews positive. That is a strong result, and the label reflects a large, consistent pool of players who largely recommend the game. The review volume is in the tens of thousands, so the percentage rests on a broad sample rather than a handful of opinions.
On Steam, the Very Positive label generally covers roughly 80 to 94 percent positive reviews, so this game sits near the upper end of that range. A large review count makes the score more stable, since a few unusual reviews cannot shift the picture much. Still, reviews reflect what players chose to write, so it is worth reading recent reviews and checking whether the gameplay style matches what you enjoy.
Price History & Historical Low
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| Date | Price | Discount |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-07 | NT$599 | — |
| 2026-10-23 | NT$599 | — |
| 2026-07-10 | NT$179 | -70% |
These are Taiwan Steam store prices in NT$. Right now Against the Storm costs NT$ 599, the same as its regular price, so no discount is active. The highest price we have recorded is also NT$ 599, and the lowest paid price we have recorded is NT$ 179, which we logged on July 10, 2026. There is no free-to-keep promotion on record for this game, and it is not free at the moment.
We have seen the game discounted often in our records, with a deepest discount of 70 percent. Our price record is still short, so the picture is far from complete and any verdict here is tentative. The gap between the full price and the lowest recorded price is large, which suggests that sales can be significant when they arrive.
If you want to play right away, buying at NT$ 599 is a reasonable choice given the strong reviews. If you can wait, adding the game to your wishlist and watching for a sale makes more sense, though since our record is still short, we cannot promise when the next discount will land.
Analysis written 10/27/2026 from our recorded prices; the chart above is live. Taiwan-region Steam prices.
How to Buy
- Sign in to your Steam account on the website or desktop client and open the Against the Storm store page.
- If you want it now, use the purchase option at the current Taiwan Steam price of NT$ 599.
- If you would rather wait for a lower price, click Add to Wishlist so the game stays on your list.
- Turn on wishlist sale notifications in your Steam notification settings so you hear about discounts as they happen.
- Check back here for the price trend before deciding, since our price record for this game is still short.
Things to Know
Traditional Chinese is supported, as the store lists 繁體中文 among the available languages, and English is also supported with full audio. The prices in this guide are Taiwan-region Steam store prices in NT$, so they may differ in other countries or regions. Free and discounted promotions can end at any time, so please check the official Steam page before you buy.
