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A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.
Rise to Ruins is a tower defense, colony sim and city builder game
developed by Raymond Doerr
and published by SixtyGig Games.
Released on October 14th 2019 is available on Windows, MacOS, Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine.
It has received 7,652 reviews of which 6,737 were positive and 915 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 13.99€ on Steam.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows XP (64 Bit)
- Processor: Intel i5 or equivalent (Dual Core with Hyper-Threading)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD 4400 or equivalent, 1280x720 resolution or higher.
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Java 8 or Higher Required (Bundled with product)
MacOS
- OS: Os X 10.7 or later
- Processor: Intel i5 or equivalent (Dual Core with Hyper-Threading)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD 4400 or equivalent, 1280x720 resolution or higher.
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Java 8 or Higher Required (Bundled with product)
Linux
- OS: Most 64 Bit Linux Distros (Must support Java)
- Processor: Intel i5 or equivalent (Dual Core with Hyper-Threading)
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD 4400 or equivalent, 1280x720 resolution or higher.
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Additional Notes: OracleJDK or OpenJDK 8 Required (OpenJDK bundled with product)
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Rise to Ruins – A wonderfully weird hidden gem that deserves so much more attention! Rise to Ruins is one of those charming little games that somehow manages to fly completely under the radar, despite being an absolute gem. It's a wonderfully strange combination of village simulation, survival, and tower defense, where you're constantly balancing the needs of your growing settlement against the increasingly unpleasant things trying to destroy it. There's something incredibly charming about how weird the whole experience is. The quirky mechanics, unusual presentation, and chaotic little world all come together into something that feels genuinely unique rather than another generic village builder. It's not the prettiest or most polished game out there, but that's almost part of its appeal. It has a personality of its own, and there's a surprising amount of fun to be had managing your little settlement while desperately trying to keep everything from going horribly wrong. What surprises me most is just how underrated and relatively unknown this game remains. It deserves far more attention than it gets, especially considering how many forgettable city builders and survival games are floating around out there. A wonderfully weird, charming, and massively underappreciated village builder. I genuinely wish more people knew about this little gem.
Great city building game. its a punishing game but fair. and it takes time and trying a lot to get a city going. let alone more than 1. the game still needs updating. currently the dificulty of the game hides the the small amount of content and the game loop get pretty clear after that. but until you get there you"ll spend about 100 hours. i think really fun and pretty game. try to play with particles turned on the max btw. seeing a cloud of particles flying around never gets boring
Positive review because this game is a blast and you can sink hours into it. It has elements of games like Rim world but harder and a lot less is explained or tracked. The problem i have is that it could be so much more if a little bit more balance and item tracking was added. The developer seems to have abandoned the game with no warning or reason. Yes it can qualify as a finished game and you can have a lot of fun with it as is, but it would be so much better with a little more attention. Yes i understand that games stop getting updated after a while but as someone who seen the plans secured update after a couple years of nothing, i got exited and that has turned to disappointment. The developer has done bursts of bug fixes and updates over a couple of months every couple of years then faded away again with no warning. As someone who has owned and played this game for almost 10 years, I have seen it grow and evolve and have always had it on my downloaded list and play it on and off quite often. I would always recommend to pick it up, especially on sale but be aware that towards the mid to late game on your first base in the map (once you get that far, which is not easy and not accomplished on your first run unless you drop the difficulty all the way) your tower of resources and manpower will start to wobble, and in the mad dash to keep everything from toppling you will start noticing that some things don't flow and you get that EA feel from slightly janky game systems that haven't been fully balanced, and in my opinion that is where you get the abandoned comments from everyone, as these systems haven't been addressed. Overall Buy the game. Its good for quite a few hours of fun. Just treat it like an old-school disk based game where there is no hope of updates and learning to work around and take advantage of a couple janky systems was part of the fun.
My partners review since he for some reason can't post this as he's been playing through my family library and doesn't "own" the game himself. He has over 200 hours and 80/113 achievements. "Despite the routine shellshock smackdown from this unforgiving railroading simulator because of a single, tiny, stupid mistake, I adore this gem of a game. It's got quirks, and seems a bit unfinished, but you can tell the dev drowned this project in a torrential outpouring of love. There's only a few things I would want changed, without truly defeating the intentional difficulty, and it sparks my imagination with a thousand ideas that could be implemented if only I were a more capable programmer. So really, my only complaint is that there isn't more of it. Even in it's mostly-polished state, and lacking the extended development and continual addition of new content that Rimworld has, the gameplay of Rise to Ruins has much about it that I wish Rimworld and others were more like. Please, more like this. I would be so happy." He appreciates this game enough he bothered me to post this for him. I haven't seen him this happy about a game in a while. I highly recommend this on that alone and I hope, like him, that there is more to come.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Rise to Ruins is currently priced at 13.99€ on Steam.
No, Rise to Ruins is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 13.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Rise to Ruins received 6,737 positive votes out of a total of 7,652 achieving a rating of 8.55.
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Rise to Ruins was developed by Raymond Doerr and published by SixtyGig Games.
Yes, Rise to Ruins is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Yes, Rise to Ruins is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Yes, Rise to Ruins is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Yes, Rise to Ruins is playable on Steam Deck, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
Yes, Rise to Ruins is playable on Steam Machine, though it might require a few minor tweaks. Make sure to check the Steam store page and community feedback on ProtonDB for exact compatibility details.
No, Rise to Ruins does not support VR.
Rise to Ruins is a single-player game.
Yes, there is a DLC available for Rise to Ruins. Explore additional content available for Rise to Ruins on Steam.
No, Rise to Ruins does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Rise to Ruins does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Rise to Ruins is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Rise to Ruins.
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Developer
Raymond Doerr
Publisher
SixtyGig Games
Release
14 Oct 2019
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