The Alters

The Alters

Released Jun 2025

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.

90% positive · 20K reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Evaluation

The Alters launched on June 13, 2025 and has received substantial post-launch support. A major free content update shipped on December 8, 2025, adding base customization, photo mode, a new difficulty setting, a revised save system, a card mini-game, and a new noir-themed side story. The studio also maintained the game with regular bug fixes and hotfixes through early 2026. The Last Variable, a paid story expansion featuring approximately 20 hours of new content centered on Jan Scientist, launched on July 13, 2026 — the same day as today's assessment. The expansion introduces terraforming mechanics, an underground base, Field Labs, and new story content continuing from the main game's ending. The DLC is now listed as released on the store. With the Last Variable expansion now shipped, both DLC entries for the game are fully released. The developer's closure message in the launch post reads warmly — "it was an amazing journey for us!" — and there are no announced future content plans, no unreleased DLC entries, and no roadmap describing further updates. The studio has not indicated that additional expansions or major content updates are planned beyond this release. Based on the full timeline of releases, the game's content appears complete as of July 13, 2026.
Evidence
The Alters: Last Variable expansion released today, July 13, 2026. Both DLC entries in the game's store listing are now marked as released.
dlc listing · Jul 13, 2026 source content shipped
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Last Variable expansion announced with July 13 launch date, describing roughly 20 hours of new content including a new story for Jan Scientist, terraforming mechanics, underground base construction, and Field Labs.
news post · Jun 6, 2026 source content shipped
high

Content

2 of 2 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
11 bit studios
Achievements
63
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player

About this game

You have crash-landed on a lethal, radiation-soaked planet, and you are running out of time. A scorching sun that burns everything in its path is coming your way. Your only hope of survival is a massive mobile base too complex for one person to operate. You are forced to make a decision no human has ever faced: creating a crew of alternative versions of yourself.

But your solution may just become your biggest problem.

You crashed. You are entirely alone. The sun is a death sentence, and your mobile base must keep moving to outrun it. With no rescue coming, you must find a way to operate it, or you’ll die.

When the planet itself is your enemy, every second spent standing still brings you closer to ash.

To survive, you must move. To move, you need help. Forced to use the base’s advanced quantum technology and the planet’s unique resources, you must create The Alters: alternative versions of yourself. Brought to life by a supercomputer that turned your alternative life choices into reality, they are your only hope. They bring the specific expertise and capable hands you drastically lack, but they also bring their own human baggage.

A crew of ‘yourselves’ is a psychological nightmare. Every Alter arrives with distinct personalities, memories, and regrets. You aren't just managing resources. You are also a relationship manager to yourself, mediating conflicts and confronting your past choices lightyears from home.

As tensions rise, your Alters will clash over how to handle the mission. Keep them sane and keep them together, or your own egos will destroy your only chance of seeing Earth again.

Your rolling base is your lifeline, your factory, and your home. Customize and upgrade it to accommodate your growing crew. Research cutting-edge technologies, manage crucial life-support gear, and manufacture what you need to survive. Turn your base into a self-sustaining powerhouse capable of keeping both your crew fed and your systems humming.

You cannot hide inside the hull forever. To fuel your base and progress your research, you must step out onto the hostile planet's surface. Venture out into unpredictable anomalies and heavy radiation to mine essential resources.

But watch the clock, as every expedition is a high-stakes gamble against the oncoming burning sunrise.

Last evaluated Jul 13, 2026
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