Frostpunk

The end of the world is going to be brutal no matter how you slice it. Frostpunk is a city builder that’s well aware of that fact. In it, you manage a society trying to weather a harsh volcanic winter. In order to make it, you have to be capable of making tough calls that bring your own moral positions and ethics into question. Food may be limited, and you are the deciding factor in who gets fed. Children can be put to work at the risk of morale, and poor working conditions can lead to frostbite and death. You can be a benevolent organizer or a tyrant, and the post-apocalypse is a perfect environment to explore those notions. Frostpunk is brutal in a way that most games about the end of the world actually avoid because really engaging with the issues the concept raises can be off-putting and uncomfortable, and it’s why I appreciate it in the first place. Find out what kind of leader you might be in the apocalyptic winters to come by picking up Frostpunk for $6, or you can pick up the game of the year edition with all its DLC for $12.73. That or, y’know, pick up the sequel that’s being released in about a week.