Phoenix New Horizon Game Review

Phoenix New Horizon (2024, published by Perro Loko Games in some regions and Devir in the US) was a hot commodity at SPIEL Essen 2024. So hot that when I dropped by the Perro Loko booth on the Sunday of the show to try and pick up a review copy, the team at the booth took time out of their busy schedule to laugh at me because the game had sold out a couple days prior.

Fast forward to 2025, when I had the chance to get a copy through Devir, the group handling US distribution of the game. I was told the game had innovative mechanics, a fun theme, and a snappy playtime.

As it turned out, only one of those things was true. In a world that is so crowded with similar gaming experiences, it’s really hard to recommend a game in 2025 that fails to stand out.

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Phoenix New Horizon is a worker placement game for 1-4 players. The theme looked interesting on paper: in an alternative universe, it is 2021, and many of the world’s biggest communities were forced underground following a nuclear war. The population is beginning to re-emerge as factions help drive the development of new technology…

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