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I often think about whether I’d be better at certain skills if I’d taken different courses or met other people. “‘What if?” is the question that everyone, at some point in their life, has had circling around their head. The Alters takes that premise and puts it into a blend of survival, sci-fi, strategy, and base-building gameplay that, with its mixture of genres and existential crisis, makes it one of my favorite games of all time. And it can be yours, too, if you get it at its lowest price yet.

The story sees you play as Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of an eventful opening, who is on an expedition to a hostile planet that goes awry. On the hunt for the valuable resource called Rapidium, and with a life-ending, scorching sun that ruins every previous location, your only source of hope comes from recreating yourself—but each version of Jan has taken a different path in life.

That works mechanically and narratively in the strangest of ways. Your base, where you’ll progress the story and survive the dangers of the planet, can only function with different roles taking the lead. Scientist Jan, Engineer Jan—they’re all functionally, physically, and mentally the lead character, but they’re not the one you play as. And while they help you work toward leaving the planet with a spaceship-load of Rapidium in your pocket, they all have different wants. And no specific one is the real Jan.

Gameplay-wise, it feels like a solid narrative-led survival game with base-building mechanics. It doesn’t go much further beyond that, but by focusing on sci-fi elements, the whole cloning concept, and an intriguing plot at the heart of the experience, The Alters stands out as one of the best survival games you can play right now. And that’s not just me saying that; it’s also me, and me, and also, unsurprisingly, me. You can also read Alessandro Barbosa’s 8/10 take in GameSpot’s The Alters review.

If you’re looking to buy a copy of The Alters, you can grab it for just $12.24 / £10.32 at Fanatical. That’s the cheapest it has ever been, and I should know—Deal Writer Callum had a look around at the prices, and Gamer Callum really recommended it. They’re a good pair, those guys.

Disclosure: GameSpot and Fanatical are both owned by Fandom. This story was created in collaboration with Fanatical’s deals team.

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The story sees you play as Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of an eventful opening, who is on an expedition to a hostile planet that goes awry. On the hunt for the valuable resource called Rapidium, and with a life-ending, scorching sun that ruins every previous location, your only source of hope comes from recreating yourself—but each version of Jan has taken a different path in life.

That works mechanically and narratively in the strangest of ways. Your base, where you’ll progress the story and survive the dangers of the planet, can only function with different roles taking the lead. Scientist Jan, Engineer Jan—they’re all functionally, physically, and mentally the lead character, but they’re not the one you play as. And while they help you work toward leaving the planet with a spaceship-load of Rapidium in your pocket, they all have different wants. And no specific one is the real Jan.

Gameplay-wise, it feels like a solid narrative-led survival game with base-building mechanics. It doesn’t go much further beyond that, but by focusing on sci-fi elements, the whole cloning concept, and an intriguing plot at the heart of the experience, The Alters stands out as one of the best survival games you can play right now. And that’s not just me saying that; it’s also me, and me, and also, unsurprisingly, me. You can also read Alessandro Barbosa’s 8/10 take in GameSpot’s The Alters review.

If you’re looking to buy a copy of The Alters, you can grab it for just $12.24 / £10.32 at Fanatical. That’s the cheapest it has ever been, and I should know—Deal Writer Callum had a look around at the prices, and Gamer Callum really recommended it. They’re a good pair, those guys.

Disclosure: GameSpot and Fanatical are both owned by Fandom. This story was created in collaboration with Fanatical’s deals team.”}]]  Read MoreGameSpot – All Content