Post-apocalyptic base building survival RTS | They Are Billions First Impressions (2026)

Описание: Welcome to this post-apocalyptic base-building survival RTS game, which is, in fact, the most recommended game on this channel. Every time the topic of “hey, what are you guys playing?” came up, most—if not all—of you mentioned They Are Billions. In this first-impressions video, we spend roughly three hours in survival mode and learn the game from scratch.

Overall, I have to say you guys were 100% on point—this game is AWESOME! 😃 The RTS part feels extremely smooth: no weird pathing issues, no unresponsive units; micro is easy and fulfilling. The base-building aspect… oh man… great stuff. If I were to rebuild this entire colony, I already have some nice ideas on how to group buildings in a more meaningful way that would also look better. The infestation mechanic is interesting and extremely punishing—probably the most punishing of all the games I’ve played in this genre/sub-genre.

More thoughts at the end of the video at 02:27:37.

Thank you very much for watching, hope you enjoyed this quick look into They Are Billions! 😉

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ℹ Additional information
The menu music is extremely loud, sound gets better when we get into the game.

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⭐️ They Are Billions on Steam (not sponsored just helping you out 😉):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/64...

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▶ Game information
Game mode: Survival
Map type: The Deep Forest
Game duration: 100 Days (Challenging)
Infected population: Very Low Population (Easy)
Score factor: 24%
Game version: 1.0.14 (SteamEdition)

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▶ Timestamps
00:00 Intro - The most recommended game by you all 🤩
03:44 Let's get started!! Figuring out what to do in the absense of a tutorial
12:18 First Mayor selection
12:58 Food production, Tesla Towers, expanding further
27:12 Wave 1 incoming! Well, as it turns out not really a wave on this difficulty 😅
29:02 LOTS of things to figure out, researching new technology, small discussions around features
35:14 Second Mayor selection - tooltips would be nice
36:15 Lucifer unit 😲 🔥
42:43 Shocking Tower ⚡️
43:00 Further progressions, exploring the map
44:18 Wave 2! Lucifer action
47:08 Wood Workshop upgrades
50:00 Impressed by the amount of things you can research
59:47 Farms?! HOLY! 😲
01:00:28 Gameplay
01:04:36 Wave 3! Now this is almost a wave
01:07:03 Going for the stone upgrades
01:13:50 Stone Workshop upgrades
01:16:22 Really enjoying this game!
01:21:58 Veteran units
01:22:50 Gameplay
01:24:49 Wave 4!
01:27:06 Gameplay
01:36:04 Wave 5! The big Chubby dudes
01:38:18 Expanding and securing non-Tesla Tower-able locations
01:49:10 Wave 6! The last minute build-up
01:51:50 Going for final tier units and research
02:13:05 Wave 7! Now we are prepared 😅
02:15:28 Exploring the Thanatos, the Titan and more Lucifers
02:23:51 Wave 8!
02:27:37 Summary and thoughts

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