Underplayed Gems

Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha) (2024)

Alien Horizon (Preview Alpha) cover
Developer
Purple Nebula
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Simulation, Strategy, Free To Play
Rating
4.3 of 5, 203 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 13 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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The catalog in 3D

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How it feels

A tense, methodical struggle to build and sustain a colony against a harsh, unwelcoming alien environment.

strategicsurvivalatmosphericresource managementsci-fitensionmethodicalunforgiving

What players say

Players praise it as a believable, realistic sci-fi colony builder with complex resource chains and a strong survival focus. The free alpha is fully playable but lacks Chinese localization and achievements.

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