The Alters

90% positive of 15,484 Steam reviews

Main story: 23 h
Everything: 52 h
Released: 2025
Steam Deck: Verified
Known on: Steam, GOG, Epic, PlayStation

Made by 11 bit studios.

About the game

Experience an award-winning, story-driven sci-fi survival game. Help Jan Dolski, the survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoil with his unconventional crew.

What sets it apart

Base Building
Survival
Management
Science
Resource Management
Crafting
Time Management
Sci-fi
Psychological
Exploration
Action-Adventure
Space

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The Alters

90% positive of 15,484 Steam reviews

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Main story: 23 h
Everything: 52 h
Released: 2025
Steam Deck: Verified
Known on: Steam, GOG, Epic, PlayStation

Made by 11 bit studios.

About the game

What sets it apart

Base Building
Survival
Management
Science
Resource Management
Crafting
Time Management
Sci-fi
Psychological
Exploration
Action-Adventure
Space

What players say

Recommended
The Alters is one of those games that pushes you hard the whole way through, just like the modern XCOM games on harder difficulties. What with the base building and research mechanics being so similar I think that shows that this team's talent was finely-honed throughout their development cycle. You will sprint from task to task, always with the specter of failure over your shoulder. Every single second is valuable…
28 h played when written. 5 found it helpful.
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Recommended
The Alters is an interesting game to me. I am not normally into the base building / resource management / survival types of games, so it really was the premise that hooked me. And I will say that I was pleasantly surprised with both the story and the gameplay. It certainly is a lite version of the genres I mentioned, which actually works very well in my favor. Being a complete newbie to the style of game, I felt…
49 h played when written. 3 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
Don't let the "deep psychological survival" marketing bullshit fool you. This game isn't about survival... It's about babysitting a bunch of fragmented, neurotic dipshits that you literally built yourself. The loop is fucking grueling. You spend forty minutes mining salt and tears just so your Alter doesn't have a fucking panic attack and freeze up in the middle of radioactive storm. Then, the second you actually…
8.1 h played when written. 10 found it helpful.
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