Settle the unknown wilds to discover and rebuild the ruins of a long-forgotten civilization. Develop technologies that will help your citizens tackle destructive storms and extend the frontier of your civilization.

A unique combination of city building and roguelite genres makes each playthrough a unique adventure. Every reclaimed ruin increases your buildings’ collection. Optimize your set and test different strategies with each run to thrive in a world where it never stops to rain!

Build and nurture your settlement in the unforgiving wilds. Take control of a growing population of humans, beavers, and lizardfolk - the last sentient races that opposed neverending storms. Manage their living conditions, diverse eating habits, and utilize their unique proficiency. Gather scarce resources and process them into valuable goods, the most essential of them being hearth-keeping fuel.

Start every playthrough with different conditions and toolsets that guarantee unique experiences on procedurally generated maps. Randomly assigned long-term goals will tempt you with visions of great rewards and motivate you to experiment with new strategies. Expand your meta hub and the collection of buildings by preserving valuable relics of your predecessors.

Hooded Horse and Eremite Games are excited to announce the second DLC expansion for Against the Storm.

As the Blightstorm rages on, a new group of denizens joins the struggle – the bats bring with them a talent for metallurgy, a disdain for weakness, and a strong conviction in the greater good. Against the Storm - Nightwatchers will launch for PC on July 31, 2025.

The Bats despise weakness and tend to thrive where others fail, making them unique but volatile companions on an expedition into the wilderness. Their Manorial Court ability is used to expel a member of another species, leveraging this harsh punishment to motivate the rest of the workforce. They also gain resolve when other species leave the settlement.

Their resilience will come in handy in the two new biomes – the Rocky Ravine is a bleak environment, bereft of trees, but rich in metals, stone, and merciless merchants who won’t think twice about exploiting you for their gain. A special Black Market mechanic will be your lifeline as you try to navigate highly volatile prices and goods availability, all hidden from the watchful eyes of the Scorched Queen.

Meanwhile, the plains of the Bamboo Flats are home to an unlikely ally for any Viceroy who fancies thinking outside the box. Though the constant rain has left these regions devoid of any fertile soil, the giant Fluffbeak is able to produce copious amounts of fertilizer to enrich the soil and help establish a flourishing settlement, provided it’s well taken care of. Manage its hunger, thirst, and warmth to reap rewards.

In addition, Nightwatchers will come with new orders, world events, rewards, and even some new music. The free 1.8 update will also drop alongside this DLC, adding a new Smoldering City upgrade, a new way to fulfill service needs, a legendary cornerstone, and more!

News regarding this DLC coming to the console version will come at a later date.

The world is filled with ruins of a long lost civilization that vanished in unknown circumstances. Who were they? Was it the rain that wiped them out or some greater threat that lurks in the uncharted lands? During every settling expedition, you can reclaim and rebuild what was once lost to unlock new technologies that will help you avoid the tragic fate of previous inhabitants.

The rain is your ally and the greatest enemy. It cycles in three seasons requiring you to stay flexible and adapt to changing conditions. In Drizzle, the season of regrowth, natural resources replenish themselves, and it’s time for construction and planting crops. The Clearance is the season of harvest, expansion, and preparations for the last, most unforgiving season of them all. A true test of your city’s strength comes with the Storm when bolts of lightning tear the sky, nothing grows and resources are scarce.

Key Features:

• Resource management - gather resources to build up your city, as well as meeting the needs of your citizens and the Scorched Queen herself.
• Multiple settlements - found multiple settlements via the world map, and set up trade routes between each city so that you can shuttle key resources between them
• Five different biomes - There are five different biomes for you to explore and tame, from royal woodland to the swamp-filled marshes.
• Diverse populations - a fantasy-fuelled roster of citizens that range from humans, to beavers, to harpies. Each type has their own specific needs, wants, and desires, and a good viceroy will try and please everyone, lest the Queen finds out about your incompetence.
• Epic replayability - multiple biomes, a large tech-tree, and countless events and random boons mean that no game will ever play the same twice. Not only that, but the Blightstorm itself will ensure that you’ll face a new world map to exploit every cycle.

Against The Storm is available for Nintendo Switch, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC (Steam / Epic Games Store / GOG).