Fit check
Is Revival: Recolonization worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- 4X strategy players who want world rules that can change during play
- Strategy fans interested in developing colonies through four distinct epochs
- Turn-based combat players who want to equip troops with different components
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a fixed ruleset may find shifting events and regional rule changes unpredictable
- Players looking for combat without colony development or exploration may find the game's scope too broad
- Players seeking a game centered only on tactical battles may not want its settlement and territory systems
Our take on Revival: Recolonization
The changing-world design trades predictability for variety: weather shifts, infestations, and weapon restrictions can require plans to change as conditions shift.
What is Revival: Recolonization?
Revival: Recolonization is a 4X strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic Earth.
Explore altered landscapes, negotiate with or conquer territories, and develop human colonies across four epochs, from survival settlements to futuristic communities. Key events can change weather, bring zombie infestations, restrict weapon types, or otherwise alter the rules of play. An edict system supports regional terraforming and rule adjustments, while shield constructs and a tribe’s totem tree can protect settlements. Select clans with distinct traits and bonuses, equip and craft troop components, and command forces in turn-based battles using destructible cover. The world also contains pre-cataclysm artifacts, anomalies, evolved wildlife, and mechanical automatons.
How Revival: Recolonization plays
- 01Changing world rules
- Events can alter weather, introduce zombie infestations, or restrict selected weapon types.
- 02Regional edicts
- Edicts allow terraforming and adjustments to game rules in particular map areas.
- 03Four development epochs
- Clans progress from post-catastrophe communities toward futuristic settlements and advanced technology.
- 04Customizable armies
- Troops can be equipped with crafted components to suit different play styles.
- 05Destructible cover
- Turn-based battles include cover that can be destroyed during combat.
Revival: Recolonization compared to similar games
Men of War: Assault Squad focuses on World War II battles with large-scale strategy and direct control of units, while Revival: Recolonization combines colony development, exploration, changing world rules, and turn-based combat. Xenonauts centers on defending Cold War-era Earth from an alien invasion with persistent soldiers and technology recovery; Revival instead follows clans through four epochs on a transformed planet.
Revival: Recolonization: platforms & release
Is Revival: Recolonization worth it?
It is worth it if: 4X strategy players who want world rules that can change during play. Skip it if: players seeking a fixed ruleset may find shifting events and regional rule changes unpredictable.
Where can I download Revival: Recolonization?
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What platforms is Revival: Recolonization on?
Windows only.
