Name: CodeKnight
Price range: $

I got really stuck into this for the first few hours, but I realised partway through that it wasn't really going anywhere; there's no story - it's just a survival sandbox. I thought it was a main campaign, but for some reason, that made me lose interest pretty quickly even though exploring the world and surviving is pretty interesting. I guess in that sense it's fairly unique (at least I've not played a procedural zombie survival game before) but I was really hoping for some kind of story progression rather than just finish people's missions, then infinitely move to another map.

Pros

Good atmosphere
Has stealth mechanics
You can switch between playing as all of your survivors in your base rather than as one main character, and they all have different skills
You can form alliances with neighbouring groups
Combat is good fun

Cons

Effectively no story. You elect a leader, set up the community, clear out the map... and then start the game again
Needs a Microsoft account to play, through Steam
Searching containers is slow (yeah there's a skill to make it faster, but it's still slow)
I hate games that have weapon durability
It says it's running at 120fps, but it really doesn't feel like it
Throwing explosives is laughably awful. You can't aim them at all, so they normally bounce back at you or blow up a friend
Night time is way too long
Buggy

Bugs

UI elements overlap each other, obscuring quests
Sometimes quests don't complete. I had to restart the game because my main Builder quest wouldn't progress, the NPCs just stood there without talking to me
Exclamation marks appear in the menus when there's nothing new to see (which apparently they've known about for months)
When you switch character, the camera drops through the floor
Sometimes achievements don't trigger the first time you fulfil their requirements
When I'm at the base trying to learn a skill, it tells me I can't because I have to be at the base

State of Decay 2

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