Emerge: Cities of the Apocalypse
Released Apr 2016
Part turn-based resource management, part real-time defense shooter, Emerge places you into a futuristic world, ravaged by a zombie Apocalypse.
69% positive · 161 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Emerge: Cities of the Apocalypse launched on April 27, 2016 as a finished product. The developer shipped a series of post-launch patches adding small amounts of content — new items, technologies, enemies, events, and quality-of-life features like a difficulty setting — through version 1.2.3, released on May 19, 2017. That patch is the last recorded communication from the developer. There have been no news posts, announcements, or updates of any kind since May 19, 2017, and no DLC has ever been listed for the game. The developer never announced any future content plans or expansions. Given nearly nine years of silence since the last update, this game has clearly concluded its post-launch support phase and stands as a complete, finished product.
Evidence
Version 1.2.3 released, adding a 'Relaxed' difficulty mode. This is the last recorded developer communication.
Version 1.2.2 released, adding a new random event, boss enemy, mission, bonus, and achievement.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Emilios Manolidis
Achievements
29
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player
About this game
Emerge: Cities of the Apocalypse places players in a dystopian world filled with zombies and mutated creatures. Once glorious cities now stand in ruins, as the few remaining humans now live as scavengers, bereft of any organisation or hope.
But not any more! Choose a character and embark on an epic quest to restore civilization and eradicate the undead threat!
Key Features
But not any more! Choose a character and embark on an epic quest to restore civilization and eradicate the undead threat!
Key Features
- EXPLORE AND EXPAND: Restore derelict metropolises, one turn at a time! How will you spend your Action Points this turn? Will you scout a nearby sector, then clean your weapons and check out a new recruit? Or will you patch the hole in your defenses and then blindly move into unexplored territory?
- REDISCOVER LOST TECH: Plot your course over an expansive, multi-branched research tree! Bring forth scientific marvels, or start a second industrial revolution! Or perhaps, build a strong economy and make powerful alliances with merchants and mercenaries!
- MANAGE YOUR TEAM: Choose your character class and find or recruit survivors. Gain experience and improve your team's skills and equipment. Find and buy tons of weapons, mods and usable items! But beware, for fighting the undead can be deadly...
- BUILD AND FORTIFY: The Apocalypse has ravaged cities' infrastructure, and it's up to you to restore them. Construct improvements in captured sectors to empower your cause. Produce automated defenses to help you weaken or eliminate invading undead armies!
- FIGHT THE UNDEAD ARMIES: As turns pass, more dangerous undead appear. From acid-spitting zombies to undead, armored soldiers, there are no limits to the horrors you will face. Set your snipers to aim for the head, have a bunch of grenades ready, and pray they don't reach your barricade in numbers!
- UNLOCK THE FUTURE: Relieve the world from undeath in campaign or skirmish mode! Meet mysterious survivors and determine the outcome of random events! Unlock new areas, enemies, classes, bonuses and challenges and lots of extra content as you play!
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Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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