The Alters will now launch in Q1 2025

An upcoming game from 11Bit Studios (Frostpunk, This War of Mine) - The Alters has been pushed to launch in Q1 2025.

Launch date moving further away....

The announcement of the delay came today on the official The Alters X account in a form of a corporate letter to the protagonist of the game - Mr. Jan Dolski. The gist of the message is that the devs will take this additional time to polish and optimize the game. Somehow I find that to be a good news. I find it to be one of the most interesting, upcoming releases and hearing that the devs are taking time to make sure it plays smoothly for everyone on day one is important.

The Alters combines story with survival, base building and resource management elements. If that makes you think "oh, another one of those" you might think twice as the game is spruced up with an interesting narrative. Jan Dolski - the protagonists - crash lands on a distant planet. In order to increase his chances of survival Jan makes multiple alternate versions of himself by using substance called Rapidium. The game was already showcased in form of a demo and received positive feedback (as mentioned in the delay announcement).

If you are saddened by these news and like me you look forward to space expedition games there's plenty to choose from. Be sure to take a look at the recently released Starfield: Shattered Space or constantly improved (and currently on a 66% discount as of writing this article) No Man's Sky or if you want to settle yourself into the mood of this game (from which I'm sure it drew inspirations), try out narrative-driven The Invincible which is based on Stanislaw Lem's book of the same title.