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Per Aspera

Tlön Industries · Dec 3, 2020

PC

Teen

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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.

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Critic 7.7 (13 critics) · Gamer 8.3

7.9

Critic reviews

  • GamesCreed

    Juan Carlos Ortiz · Apr 17, 2023

    8.8
    Per Aspera VR was a visually stunning title through and through. Plenty of city-builder games exist; however, few place so much emphasis on the attention to detail. Even the smallest craters recorded are added to the map. The entire surface of Mars was surprisingly well-detailed, even for existing in a virtual world.
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  • GameSpew

    Chris McMullen · Feb 18, 2023

    7.0
    Per Aspera VR isn’t without the odd issue. It’s not to everyone’s taste and it can take a little while to get going – that’s true. But you might have noticed we’ve not really talking about the game’s VR features.
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  • Dual Shockers

    Allisa James · Dec 08, 2020

    8.5
    Per Aspera truly embodies the spirit of the sci-fi story: what it means to be a person, the terrifying and lonely nature of space, the moral implications of creating new artificial life, and the failings of humanity attempting to tame something as inherently dangerous as space. It’s a beautiful game with great mechanics, a unobtrusive yet engaging plot, with compelling moral implications.
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  • PC Gamer

    Jonathan Bolding · Dec 04, 2020

    8.5
    Per Aspera's novel adaptation of nonlinear narrative to fit a strategy game goes over surprisingly well. Combined with a novel terraforming mechanic, slick aesthetics, hard science chops, and classic genre gameplay, this one is definitely worth the time.
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  • COGconnected

    Jake Hills · Dec 04, 2020

    8.8
    I will fully admit to getting stuck in a few places. On a few tries, I overextended too quickly or didn’t adapt well to the changing planet. I always mismanage my electrical grid, or my maintenance bots, and build my way into a corner. But I keep coming back. Never before has a strategy game offered me such an involved story in such a staid sandbox. I think I’ll be turning Mars green for a long time to come.
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  • PCInvasion

    Martynas Klimas · Dec 03, 2020

    7.0
    Per Aspera reaches for lofty heights, but I could never shake the impression that the difficulties I encountered were more because of the game breaking down rather than Mars being a hostile place. But who knows, patches do wonders these days.
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