Indie · January 18, 2024

New Cycle (2024)

New Cycle (2024) scores 81% positive on Steam from 2.4k reviews, developed by Core Engage.

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New Cycle (2024) is a Indie title from Core Engage available on Windows. The title carries a 81% Steam positive rating across 2.4k reviews, 55 Steam achievements, and 100k–1M estimated owners — making it a measurable reference point when comparing to peers in the Indie category.

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. Build and expand your settlement using free form or grid-based design. Seek, gather and produce new resources to advance your civilization. As you develop it further, you will re-discover the more advanced and complex ways of the past to produce goods on a large scale. This hostile world will challenge you with sand storms, shortages, wildfires and other natural disasters. Be prepared and always ready to act quickly. But nature isn’t the only thing to worry about: Refugee crises, unrest, disease outbreaks – the list of challenges is long. You will have to make crucial decisions, many of them painful, to avert the downfall of your civilization. Take care of your people’s basic needs. Distribute food, water, tools and clothes and regulate their daily work schedule. Enrich their life with entertainment, prevent diseases and improve your people’s health by providing medical facilities. With every new member of your community you get closer to re-discovering the forgotten technologies of the old world. As your settlement develops into an industrial city, running on fuel and burning coal, a whole new level of productivity opens up to you. Mass-production, automation, factories feeding factories via complex systems of conveyor belts. Modernize your workforce by training your people in these specialized tasks. Each era has the potential to improve your production as well as the lives of your people, giving you access to numerous new buildings. As your settlement develops into an industrial city, running on fuel and burning coal, a whole new level of productivity opens up to you. Explore your surroundings to find places of interest and untapped resources. Build outposts to make them accessible to your people and establish a train network to transport them. The year is 2073. After an apocalyptic series of devastating solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. With the technological advancements of the past almost completely lost, the remnants of humanity now struggle to survive. But, even in this desperate world, one thing remains true: As one era ends, another era begins. It is time for a new cycle. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis. Ensure the survival of your people against all odds. Remember: There is always hope. And our greatest achievement is yet to come… New Cycle – There must be a future beyond survival.

Release & Availability

Release date Jan 18, 2024
Developer Core Engage
Publisher Daedalic Entertainment
Base price $14.99 -50%
DLC / Add-ons 2 released
Platforms Windows
Estimated owners 100k–1M
External links Official site · Support · [email protected]

Release timeline

New Cycle launched on Jan 18, 2024.

Studio and publishing

The title was developed by Core Engage and published by Daedalic Entertainment.

Platform support

Playable natively on Windows.

Packages & editions

  • Buy New Cycle

Reception & Reviews

Steam community score

Steam users rate New Cycle 81% positive across 2.4k reviews — categorised as Mostly Positive.

1.9k positive · 456 negative

Critic consensus

Critic reception data on Metacritic is limited for this post-2021 title — Steam user reviews are the primary reception signal.

Curator & community recommendations

Steam curators and players have issued 2.4k recommendations for this title.

Press quotes

“Sturdy Foundations For A Solid City-Building Game” Screen Rant “…smart and welcome changes to an already strong formula” Shack News

Gameplay Profile

Genres

  • Indie
  • Simulation
  • Strategy
  • Early Access

Community tag consensus

  • City Builder · 346
  • Strategy · 339
  • Survival · 334
  • Building · 319
  • Colony Sim · 309
  • Simulation · 302
  • Realistic · 302
  • Post-apocalyptic · 301
  • Base-Building · 296
  • Top-Down · 286
  • Resource Management · 277
  • Singleplayer · 275

Playtime profile

Community average playtime is 8 hours, with a median of 6 hours — a short (5–15 hours) commitment. Two-week average sits at 3 hours per active player.

Steam achievements

The title ships with 55 Steam achievements to unlock.

Languages supported

Interface / subtitles: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Spanish – Spain, Polish.

Frequently Asked Questions

When was New Cycle released?

New Cycle was released on Jan 18, 2024 by Core Engage.

Is New Cycle worth playing?

Based on 2.4k Steam reviews, New Cycle holds a 81% positive rating (Mostly Positive) — suggesting the game resonates with most players who try it.

What platforms does New Cycle support?

New Cycle runs natively on Windows.

How much does New Cycle cost?

Base price on Steam is $14.99 (before seasonal discounts).