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New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.

New Cycle is a city builder, strategy and survival game developed by Core Engage and published by Daedalic Entertainment.
Released on January 18th 2024 is available only on Windows in 11 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Spanish - Spain and Polish.

It has received 2,398 reviews of which 1,933 were positive and 465 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified New Cycle into these genres:

City Builder Strategy Survival Building Colony Sim Simulation Realistic Post-apocalyptic Base-Building Top-Down Resource Management Singleplayer Early Access Sci-fi Real-Time with Pause 3D Management Exploration Replay Value Difficult

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System requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10/11 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-4590 @ 3.3 GHz | AMD FX 8320 @ 3.5 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 960 (3GB VRAM) | AMD Radeon R9 280 (3GB VRAM) or equivalent
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 8 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX-compatible using the latest drivers
Additional Notes: Target Performance: >30FPS @ 1080p using medium graphical settings

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May 2025

For those talking about lack of updates, its due to not being on the experimental build. The last official update (at time of review) is Alpha 24-140.04 on July2024. You want to be playing on the [public-experimental] build which is Alpha 25-300.01 on March2025. Alpha25 fixes ~60% of the gameplay issues you might have compared with Alpha24 Early Access Review [Alpha 25-300.01] New Cycle is a Survival City Builder that fits the post apocalyptic genre of games like Frostpunk. The gameplay in Alpha25 is more in line with my expectations for a Survival City Builder than Alpha24 was. Alpha25 is more well rounded, but still has some progression issues not feeling right. The campaign has a good hook, but the end game campaign progression does not seem impactful. The game ends quite abruptly as well. End game production can be kind of a mess if you want to play efficiently, causing either spaghetti belt logistics or making a new zone just for end game production. All in all, a decent Early Access game (play the experimental Alpha25 build) probably only worth a try on discount and you have that Survival City Builder itch.

March 2025

Some similarities to Endzone, but where it departs is in the expanded late game. Pros: + Graphics + Concepts and Story + Unique Tech + Variety + Customized UI Cons: - Can't build tall-really have to build large and expansive - Lots of micromanagement (could be a positive in some instance) - A good portion of the overall story is similar to Endzone and Surviving Aftermath\ - A few bugs - Minimap controls need updating. -Not enough resource output for the need. In other words, to feed 770 workers a simple meal each day, you roughly need about 20+ kitchens or 15 communal kitchens to just meet that amount. -Some of the resource trees do not make sense, such as the need for flax in rubber development... Overall 8/10. Not bad.

March 2025

This game is still early access. If you want to "complete" a game you'll need to wait a while. A mix of Endzone and Anno(sans boats of course) I like it but its still a little jarring to play. Things like conveyors, highways, and trains come way too late for their usage to be diagetic to the city I'm building. That and I think they might have one or two too many things to balance for population happiness. If you like these types of games you'll probably enjoy some of this game. I look forward to future content.

Dec. 2024

No updates since July. They need to make it clear if this game has been abandoned or not. Edit: Switched to positive thanks to reply from devs below. Just to clarify there is no rush for updates it is s solid game, we just need the occasional communication to reassure that it is still in development. I've bought a few early access games recently that just got dropped entirely.

Nov. 2024

a super fun city builder with great aesthetics, the gameplay loop is addictive and really satisfying, and its so easy to pick up, even if you're new to this genre. There's a ton to do but it never feels overwhelming. i specially love the atmosphere of the game, im super excited to see where the devs add next. definitely worth checking out if youre into city builders

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New Cycle is currently priced at 29.99€ on Steam.

New Cycle is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 29.99€ on Steam.

New Cycle received 1,933 positive votes out of a total of 2,398 achieving a rating of 7.77.

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New Cycle was developed by Core Engage and published by Daedalic Entertainment.

New Cycle is playable and fully supported on Windows.

New Cycle is not playable on MacOS.

New Cycle is not playable on Linux.

New Cycle is a single-player game.

There are 2 DLCs available for New Cycle. Explore additional content available for New Cycle on Steam.

New Cycle does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

New Cycle does not support Steam Remote Play.

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