Games like New Cycle
Below are 8 hand-picked alternatives to New Cycle for fans of strategy, indie, simulation, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in New Cycle also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
About New Cycle: 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.
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Ranked by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries plus content overlap on genres, tags, and developers.
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Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
Top pick for New Cycle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with New Cycle.
Build, scavenge, craft, and perform occult rituals to survive in a demon-infested, post-apocalyptic colony simulation. Will you survive Judgment day?
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The Crust
Second-strongest match for New Cycle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with New Cycle.
Automate a lunar base as you become the savior of humanity exploring the future on the moon. Mine, craft, research, and trade resources with Earth in this gripping narrative basebuilder.
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Endzone - A World Apart
Third-strongest match for New Cycle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with New Cycle.
Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.
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Clanfolk
Ranked #4 for New Cycle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with New Cycle.
Clanfolk is a colony sim set in the Scottish Highlands. Harness your environment to survive - fish, gather, hunt, and farm as you prepare for the winter. Build an inn, trade with other clans, have children and marry them off - live life and prosper across the generations.
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Laysara: Summit Kingdom
Ranked #5 for New Cycle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with New Cycle.
Build and expand your very own settlements in high mountains! Carefully plan production chains and satisfy various needs of your three-caste society while dealing with mountain hazards such as weather breakdowns and avalanches. Are you skilled enough to make your town thrive?
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Endzone 2
Ranked #6 for New Cycle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with New Cycle.
Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.
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Against the Storm
Ranked #7 for New Cycle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with New Cycle.
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
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Captain of Industry
Ranked #8 for New Cycle fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with New Cycle.
Build an industrial empire on a remote island. Mine resources, reshape terrain with excavators, grow food, construct factories, lay train tracks, and trade with the outside world. Research 100+ technologies to advance from basic metal smelting all the way to nuclear power and space flight.
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Frequently asked about New Cycle
- Does New Cycle work on Steam Deck?
- New Cycle is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does New Cycle cost?
- New Cycle is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to New Cycle?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside New Cycle are Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation, The Crust, Endzone - A World Apart.
- Who developed New Cycle?
- New Cycle was developed by Core Engage and published by Daedalic Entertainment.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on New Cycle.
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