Grim Realms

This colony sim has been referred to as "Craft the Worlds dark cousin", and that is an agreeable claim. Grim Realms is in the same sub-genre of colony games that focus on surviving. Starting with a small group that builds shelter, food, and basic living to first survive, then eventually attempt to prosper, explore and grow. This is usually all taking place during some cataclysm or other nasty event. The big difference I see in this game compared to its kin is a hard focus on realism and the despairing nature of the situation these games present. A perfect example that illustrates this best is in the previous mentioned title. That games atmosphere is very upbeat, cheery, supplemented with lots of humour and cutesy graphics that any Disney fan would find delightful. The enemies die in a puff of smoke and look comical. In Grim Realms food just doesn't drop from trees that grow and mature every day outside your fort. Deforestation is real. Enemies are not cute, they are frightening. After a horde assault has been repelled, your people will spend the rest of the day disposing all of the corpses. Festering corpses are not to be ignored, as you would expect. Thats actually a good way to summarise the game, and should give an idea of what to expect. Personally I like the darker aspects of Grim Realms and its what I expect from this genre. I get thats not everyones cup of tea, and most would probably prefer a Ryan Reynolds version of the Apocalypse rather than Clive Barkers, but it is what it is. Survival of the dark.