The Alters

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Top Critic Average

93%

Critics Recommend

Eurogamer
4 / 5
PC Gamer
90 / 100
Game Rant
10 / 10
IGN
8 / 10
TheGamer
5 / 5
GamesRadar+
4.5 / 5
GameSpot
8 / 10
Hardcore Gamer
4.5 / 5
Creators: 11 bit studios
Release Date: Jun 13, 2025 - PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S
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Critic Reviews for The Alters

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.

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Wildly unpredictable but always enjoyable, The Alters is a masterclass in high-tension gaming.

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The Alters is a cerebral, thought-provoking, and beefy story-driven survival game, and undoubtedly 11 Bit Studios' magnum opus.

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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.

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Many games feel like they mirror film and television in the stories they tell and the cinematography they present, but The Alters feels like a best-selling sci-fi novel. The intricacies, branching storylines, decisions that actually matter, and world-building that makes you feel at home on a planet millions of light years away is a terrific accomplishment. This is the story of a singular man I cannot recommend enough. And who knows, perhaps along the way you might even learn something about yourself.

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The moral implications of cloning yourself aren't lost in all the resource and base management systems.

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

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Hardcore Gamer's official review on the new sci-fi strategy game The Alters.

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