Indie · May 29, 2015
Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville (2015)
It's been a few years since the zombpocalypse turned the world's cities into graveyards and sent the few survivors into hiding. Now you must gather them up and restore civilization to a ruined city, one building at a time. Rebuild 3 is a strategy sim with a good helping of narrative and dark humor. It'll make you fond of your survivors before you send them to their deaths for the greater good. As you expand your fort to new buildings, you'll decide between farms or fortifications, housing or hospitals, and make tough decisions to fend off raiders, illness, starvation, and madness. And the dead are still out there wandering the streets, hungrier than ever. Features 4X style strategy and city (re)building Endless replayability with randomized cities and events Survivors with individual skills, perks, relationships, and stories Rival NPC forts with their own agendas, friendly or otherwise Campaign Mode, a journey through cities of increasing size and difficulty Strategic fort defense and interactive attacks Play in either real-time or turn-based mode 5 skills: defense, leadership, scavenging, building, engineering 30 missions: scavenge for food, kill zombies, fish, trade, bartend, craft... 35 node research tree 50 building types with unique uses and/or scavengeable resources 200,000 words of event text - enough to fill two novels Bonus features in the Deluxe Survivalist Edition Desktop version of Rebuild 1 (previously only available in browsers) Desktop version of Rebuild 2 (including 'winter' mobile content) 5 bonus professions for your main leader 5 corresponding unique items PDF artbook
Indie releases from 2015
32 Indie titles launched in 2015 — top 6 by review volume.
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Colony Sim · 290
- Survival · 280
- 4X · 277
- Strategy · 271
- Post-apocalyptic · 267
- RPG · 265
- City Builder · 260
- Zombies · 254
- Choices Matter · 250
- Turn-Based Strategy · 239
- Building · 234
- Base-Building · 233
- Simulation · 228
- Sandbox · 228
- Management · 228
Peer Indie titles
Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.
Position in Indie
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 1.9k Steam reviews | Top 98% in Indie |
| Positive rating | 86% positive | Genre average: 87% — this title sits in top 65% |
| Metacritic | 75/100 | Genre average 77 — top 63% of Indie titles |
| Engagement hours | 17 h average | Top 37% for session depth among Indie |
Reception Metrics
Steam community
86%Very Positive · 1.9k reviews
1.7k positive · 272 negative
Metacritic
75/100 critic aggregate
Curator recommendations
1.5k
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
17h
moderate (15–40 hours)
Median
10h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
1h
Current engagement
Achievements
42
Steam unlocks available
Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Cloud
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Release & Availability
| Release date | May 29, 2015 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Northway Games, Sarah Northway |
| Publisher | Northway Games |
| Base price | $4.49 -70% |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
| Estimated owners | 100k–1M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected] |
Editions & Packages
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