The Alters

Me, myself, and I, and I, and I, and I, and I, and…

The Alters is a masterfully crafted sci-fi adventure about survival, self-discovery, and learning to live with the version of yourself who tried a little harder.

Despite some frustrating bugs, The Alters is the most unique and interesting survival-crafting sim I’ve ever played.

If parallel timelines actually do exist, how much do your choices (regrettable or not) truly matter in the grand scheme of things? The Alters, the new sci-fi survival-management game from 11bit Studios, explores this question with a charming, hilarious and heartfelt sci-fi tale that's equal parts Death Stranding, Mickey 17 and The Martian to create a unique tale full of friendship and cloned sh...

While The Alters is a narrative success, its survival gameplay is more of a side focus than the core of the title.

The Alters achieves something tense and new by merging strategy base-building with third-person exploration and a sci-fi story about cloning yourself. But repetition and complicated busywork mar the overall effect.

The Alters is an engrossing survival adventure that delicately balances captivating self-reflection and engaging base management

The Alters is a highly atmospheric sci-fi character study mixed with simple but effective resource and base management that cleverly builds existential and interpersonal pressure throughout its story.

The Alters plays like a mix of XCOM 2's base building, The Sims' personal needs management, and a third-person survival adventure.

I never thought The Alters, the new sci-fi survival game from developers 11 Bit Studios and behind Frostpunk 2 and This War of Mine, would become my favourite game of 2025 so far. Mainly because I didn’t think that a base-building survival game could weave in themes of grief, and dive into such topics as the butterfly effect and how intergenerational trauma can impact our personalities. It’s not j...

If you ever wanted to manage a base on a strange planet as you explore and forge ahead then The Alters is a clever game you should play.

The Alters is a unique and atmospheric survival game that riffs on the existing 11 Bit Studios blueprint in a meaningful way. Offering a superb sci-fi story that is equal parts somber, surreal, and silly. The economy, base building, and Alter Management are the highlights, which are somewhat dragged down by the rather mindless exploration that feels like a means to an end. But overall, The Alters ...