Underplayed Gems

Scorchlands (2024)

Scorchlands cover
Developer
Ringlab
Publisher
Star Drifters
Genres
Casual, Early Access, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Rating
4.5 of 5, 136 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 9.2 hours
Where to get it
Steam
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How it feels

A calm, methodical base-building and resource-management experience on a stylized alien world.

relaxingmanagementresource managementautomationbase buildingexplorationstrategycasual

What players say

Players say Scorchlands is a tricky game to get into: its systems are opaque and unintuitive, and it takes a good 10 hours before things click. It is less a traditional city builder and more of a puzzle about placement and resource transfer. Players split on whether to recommend it, and some report poor optimization.

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