The Alters gets delayed to 2025

The Alters

Developer 11 bit studios has announced a delay for The Alters, their long-awaited sci-fi psychological thriller game.

The Alters will forgo its previously planned 2024 release for one sometime in 2025. When the game does launch it’ll be on  Windows PC (via SteamGOG, and the Epic Games Store), Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5.

“The production schedule of The Alters was very tight,” 11 bit studios CEO Przemyslaw Marszal said in a press release (via Bankier.pl). “There was uncertainty whether the developers had enough time to close all the work in the quality we all expect. After so many years of production, the risk that the game will have any shortcomings is unnecessary for us.”

Here’s a rundown on the previously announced game:

Forged in the spirit of meaningful entertainment, The Alters is a base-building survival game driven by life-defining choices and exploring the diverse paths one could take. The inhospitable planet where Jan crash-landed is turning toward a massive sun, causing radiation levels to soar; in this desperate race against time, Jan must harness local Rapidium crystals to create his many versions: the “Alters”.

Set within an ever-moving mobile base, both teamwork and building a wide range of expertise are indispensable for survival. By selecting diverging paths for the other Jans during the alteration process, they acquire distinct skill sets. They become invaluable, not only for maintaining the base, but also for tasks like cooking, crafting tools for surface exploration, and gathering essential resources.

However, the Alters are more than mere resources. They are sentient beings with their own emotions, problems, goals, and sometimes, existential doubts about their purpose. Despite their differences, their collective goal is to escape, echoing Jan’s determination to survive: I’ll just do it all by myselves.

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