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Per Aspera

You play AMI, an artificial consciousness tasked with preparing Mars for human colonization. The campaign follows AMI’s development and its relationships with the colonists as it works through a mission shaped by difficult decisions. Build mines, factories, power sources, worker hubs, and colony facilities across the planet. Extract and refine resources, keep buildings supplied and maintained by worker drones, and expand into new areas as the colony grows. Research technologies and undertake large-scale projects that change Mars’s temperature, atmosphere, water, and vegetation. Explore points of interest and remnants of earlier missions as the narrative advances; Sandbox Mode lets you terraform without the campaign, and supports cooperative play for up to four players.

As Mars’s terraforming AI, expand a planetwide colony, balance automated supply chains, and push the planet toward habitability.

Released 03 Dec 2020

76%positive of
5.8k player reviews

$29.99

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Real-Time

Green the Red Planet

Build Drone Networks

Launch Orbital Projects

Make Mars your own! Take control of the world’s most sophisticated AI (AMI) and terraform the surface of the Red Planet for a city-building experience on a planetary scale. Transform this barren world into a lush paradise and explore the surface for any ancient secrets that may be waiting.

Developed by Tlön Industries · Published by Raw Fury

PER ASPERA Campaign Playthrough - Ep 1 - New MARS TERRAFORMING & CITY BUILDING Strategy Game

Per Aspera | Gameplay Part 1 - Revisit in 2024

STARTING A MASSIVE MARS BASE! - Per Aspera - NEW Base Building Management Game - Episode #1

Players Praise Most

Visible Planet Change
AI Campaign Story
Relaxing Slow Pace
Mars Visuals

Common Player Critiques

Long Waiting Periods
Drone Logistics
Repetitive Building
Hard-to-Read UI

76%

positive of 5.8k player reviews

78/100

Metacritic

From the Devs

The surface of Mars is littered with Humanity’s failed attempts to colonize its surface. This time will be different - this time there is no room for human error.

Per Aspera is a planetary simulation game that combines hard science fiction and base building and takes the experience planet-wide. Step into the role of AMI, an Artificial Consciousness with the prime directive of terraforming Mars for human colonization.

FEATURES:

Balance a complex well of resources to build interconnected structures that span the entire planet.
Customize your planet with branching research trees that allow players to tailor their terraforming plan — Develop new technologies, steeped in real-world science, to create a thriving interplanetary civilization.
Uncover the mystery of a threatening presence on Mars and defend your colonies from unknown and combative forces.
Immerse yourself in a rich, compelling narrative or take your time and craft the perfect Martian landscape with Sandbox Mode.
Includes the immersive voice acting talents of Troy Baker, Phil LaMarr, Laila Berzins, Yong Yea, Lynsey Murrell, and Nneka Okoye.
Terraform Together with Friends (up to 4 players). Sandbox Mode Only.

Using scientific theories proposed by real space agencies and geographical data directly from NASA, Per Aspera presents life-like conditions and challenges steeped in theoretical science.

Per Aspera contains a rich narrative that presents players with difficult decisions with planet-wide consequences. See the world through the eyes of an infant AI as it traverses a complicated ocean of self-discovery and shapes the fate of the human race. Navigate your ever-evolving programming to adapt to morally challenging concepts and forge relationships with the human colonists that look to you for their continued survival. The choices you make will impact how your mission ultimately concludes.

Keep your wits about you as this is not the first time humans have tried to tame the Red Planet. Expose long-forgotten relics of Humanity’s failed attempts, learn from their past mistakes, and uncover a looming menace that threatens to see you fail at any cost.

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Back of the Box

Platforms	Windows
Achievements	55
Age ratings	ESRB E10+ — Mild Language Mild Violence PEGI 12 — Moderate Violence USK 6 — Abstract Violence CRL 12 — Language Violence CSRR C12 — Inappropriate Language Violence ClassInd (Brazil) 10 — Violência Linguagem imprópria IGRS (Indonesia) 13 — Penggunaan bahasa Kekerasan Interaksi Daring KGRB ALL — Fear Horror Threatening Violence OFLC PG — Mild Violence Scary Scenes Steam (Germany) 12 — Gewalt Schimpfwörte
Players	1–4
Play modes	Online co-op
Other modes	Sandbox Mode co-op Co-op with shared resources Co-op with separate colonies and shared scientific progress
Multiplayer	Per Aspera supports single-player and online co-op multiplayer. The official description states co-op is available in Sandbox Mode only for up to 4 players. Reviews describe cooperative terraforming with flexible collaboration, including shared resources, separate colonies, and shared scientific progress. No competitive multiplayer is indicated.
Multiplayer & mods	The game is marked Moddable and includes Steam Workshop support, but the provided information does not state any specific multiplayer mod support or multiplayer impact from mods.
Controller required	No
DLC / extras	7 listed on Steam
Content notices	Mild Language Mild Violence Online interactivity Age rating for: ESRB
Metacritic	78/100 View on Metacritic
Website	Official website