New Cycle similar games & best alternatives

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New Cycle

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2024

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Deep and complex production chains
  • Freedom in city building and layout
  • Immersive post-apocalyptic atmosphere
  • Stable and polished early access experience
  • Engaging strategic gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Some ui and balance issues
  • Late game can become repetitive or boring
  • Limited multiplayer or social features
  • Storyline and campaign ending feel weak
  • Bugs related to loading and conveyor belts

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Endzone - A World Apart

  • Oxygen

  • Pompeii: The Legacy

  • Oxygen: First Breath

  • MEMORIAPOLIS

  • Siege Survival: Gloria Victis

More fantastical

Games that feels like New Cycle but with more imaginative fiction

  • Against the Storm

  • Darfall

  • The Hand of Merlin

  • Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim

  • The Crust

  • IXION

More violent

Games that feels like New Cycle but with more combat and destruction

  • From Glory To Goo

  • Infection Free Zone

  • Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients

  • Warlords Under Siege

  • Going Medieval

  • Thriving City: Song

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New Cycle: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Fantasy, Thrill, Story. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Leadership, Story.

Last update: 21/08/2026