{"id":5700,"date":"2026-05-03T21:55:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/?post_type=game&#038;p=5700"},"modified":"2026-05-03T21:55:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T21:55:31","slug":"they-are-billions","status":"publish","type":"game","link":"https:\/\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/game\/they-are-billions\/","title":{"rendered":"They Are Billions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"\">They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1055\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-03-164532.png?fit=1055%2C173&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-03-164532.png?w=1055&amp;ssl=1 1055w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-03-164532.png?resize=300%2C49&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-03-164532.png?resize=768%2C126&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I can only win on baby mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260502203433_1.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260502203433_1.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260502203433_1.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260502203433_1.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/clorinspats.com\/mediamenagerie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260502203433_1.jpg?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I have tried to play the damn fucking main story and <em>it&#8217;s too hard for me<\/em>. I try to play on 50% score factor and <em>it kicks my ass.<\/em> Yet I can&#8217;t stop coming back. It&#8217;s an RTS against an ever-present enemy that comes in predictable waves. You have to raise defenses and manage your settlement well enough that you can withstand these waves but&#8230; time is of the essence. Resource management is <em>aggressively<\/em> difficult unless one has the good fortune of being some kind of mastermind of the legendary variety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">It&#8217;s one of those games that are so stupid hard that it acknowledges the difficulty in the game itself and among players. But I love it. I can&#8217;t stop coming back. I keep thinking, &#8220;Maybe this time!&#8221; and alter the strategy over and over again, praying to start in a good location with minimal access and to be able to have enough room to really spread out the fucking buildings. Jesus christ, everything is at a premium, man. Everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Despite all that, it has a sense of humor. The voice acting amuses me and the lines from the units are little and dumb but they are amusing. And honestly, if you make it, <em>you make it.<\/em>That&#8217;s an earned sense of pride for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">I honestly, instead of reading, spent over a week trying to beat a single normal game before I turned on baby mode to free myself from the prison of my own making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The only levels I don&#8217;t like are the ones where they give you a set amount of resources and you have to strategically place everything so that you can defend a single tower. That&#8217;s what&#8217;s got me fucked up. I can&#8217;t seem to figure that shit out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. 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