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Shares turn based strategy and resource management with Containment.
- $9.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- Deck Playable
- 2017
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Rank 02Why this
Shares resource management with Containment.
- $9.99 (Price checked Oct 31)
- 2016
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- Released: 2018
- Developer: Finite Reflection Studios
- Price: $1.99checked Nov 2
- 85% of 41 reviews
- Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Casual
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Bacteria growth must be managed not just eliminated
- Doses saved for future turns gain power
- Leaderboards drive replayability
- Challenging
- Contemplative
- Mysterious
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About Containment
The closest matches to Containment: Quarantine, Predynastic Egypt, Solar Settlers, Desktop Dungeons: Rewind, and Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Containment is your kind of game, the closest matches are Quarantine, Predynastic Egypt and Solar Settlers — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, contemplative and mysterious, and single out its bacterial growth simulation and custom levels. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Containment: Containment is a turn-based, minimalist strategy game about managing the growth of bacteria. Use antibiotics to keep their power under control as you work towards containment.
Is Containment worth buying?
Too few reviews to call
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- Only 41 Steam reviews so far, not enough to judge.
- Price: $1.99 (checked Nov 2).
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Bacteria growth must be managed not just eliminated
- Doses saved for future turns gain power
- Leaderboards drive replayability
- Levels twist strategy with unique weightings
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“This game has some really neat, clever, and fun elements to it, but the core of gameplay is NOT "try your best to eliminate the bacteria". It is "let the bacteria multiply enough so that when you wipe them out, your score hits the…”
People who play it also play: Quarantine, Predynastic Egypt, Solar Settlers
Frequently asked about Containment
Can I run it?
How much does Containment cost?
Containment is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Containment?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Containment are Quarantine, Predynastic Egypt, Solar Settlers.
Who developed Containment?
Containment was developed by Finite Reflection Studios.