State of Decay - Anticipation

Here I am, responding to an ILX comment a year later, lol. Let me just say this right off the bat, it has issues, mainly doing to the spawn rate. But it's also my favorite game ever as far as survival/base-management goes.

Not sure if everyone knows what this game is? It's a perma-death game where you take control of a group of survivors, each of a randomized skill tree, where you try to complete objectives, both random and scripted, to complete end-game objectives. You start out with three characters, which you can re-roll at the beginning until you get the type of people you want.

This game is a fantastic mix of base-management and survival elements - with a rare blend of fucking terror-inducing horror elements. The main reason for the terror is the permanent death of your tightly-planned-out characters. Losing a character, especially at the more recently-released difficult levels, is soul-crushing. The game is unrelenting and nihilistic. It's a perfect balance between RNG-gods luck, skill and patience.