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2020 · City-building · Indie

Per Aspera

Per Aspera is a narrative-driven strategy game with the goal of overcoming the challenge of terraforming Mars. Explore the planet, gather resources, and make strategic decisions as you live the fantasy of scientifically-based interplanetary expansion. Hardship awaits.

Released: 3 December 2020
Platforms: Windows
Genres: City-building Indie Simulation Strategy
Developers: —
Publishers: Raw Fury
Modes: Single-player
Themes: Science fiction Sandbox
Country: Argentina
Age ratings: CLASS_IND 10 PEGI 12 USK 6
Languages: Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish (Spain)
Time to beat: 20hmain story55hcompletionist

About

Per Aspera is a city-building game developed by Tlön Industries and published by Raw Fury for Windows on December 3, 2020. The player takes the role of AMI, an artificial intelligence with the objective of terraforming Mars for human colonization.

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Reception

Per Aspera received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received strong approval, being recommended by 86% of critics.

Davide Pessach of Italian Eurogamer said that "Per Aspera is a very interesting colony builder narrative game that has a stellar esthetic, a very engaging story and a super cast of actors. The gameplay is fluid, rewarding and rich of surprises and references to cool tech (both fictional and kinda realistic). If you like the genre and the setting you will have a blast."