Fit check
Is These Doomed Isles worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who want city-building combined with card deck management.
- Roguelike deckbuilding fans who enjoy defending a growing settlement from waves of enemies.
- Players who like choosing between leaders with distinct abilities and playstyles.
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking open-ended settlement development rather than run-based gameplay.
- Players who prefer a calm building pace may find escalating enemy waves and bosses disruptive.
- Players looking for a game centered on military squads or turn-based combat may prefer a different structure.
Our take on These Doomed Isles
Instead of treating city-building as a long-term, uninterrupted project, the game places settlement growth inside runs shaped by deck choices and incoming attacks. Choosing among four gods also adds a leader-selection layer to its build-and-defend structure.
What is These Doomed Isles?
These Doomed Isles combines survival city-building with roguelike deckbuilding in strategic runs.
Cards raise land from the sea, while settlements expand into island chains with farms, industry, and fortifications. Players manage their decks and seek card synergies as they face waves of invaders and powerful bosses. Four gods offer different cards, abilities, and playstyles, including powers that call down meteors or stir up storms. The Early Access feature set includes over 300 cards, over 20 enemies, 12 bosses, 15 ascension levels, and over 30 relics and curses. Runs also involve answering followers’ prayers and learning from failures.
How These Doomed Isles plays
- 01Run-based city-building
- Settlements expand across islands with farms, industry, and fortifications as waves of invaders attack.
- 02Deck management
- Players harvest cards to shape their decks and pursue combinations from a pool of over 300 cards.
- 03Four playable gods
- Each god has distinct abilities and cards, including powers that call down meteors or stir up storms.
- 04Enemy encounters
- The Early Access feature set includes over 20 enemy types and 12 bosses.
- 05Run modifiers
- Over 30 relics and curses vary the runs, and 15 ascension levels are included.
These Doomed Isles compared to similar games
Xenonauts focuses on turn-based squads defending Earth from aliens, while These Doomed Isles centers on raising islands, building settlements, and managing cards during runs. Old World follows an empire across generations through historical strategy, whereas These Doomed Isles pairs settlement building with waves of enemies and bosses.
These Doomed Isles: platforms & release
Is These Doomed Isles worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who want city-building combined with card deck management. Skip it if: players seeking open-ended settlement development rather than run-based gameplay.
Where can I download These Doomed Isles?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens These Doomed Isles's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is These Doomed Isles on?
Windows only.
