The Alters News

New survival game The Alters gets a massive discount just after launch

Every now and then, a game gets an iconic genre and twists it in a unique, interesting way that feels like it's never been done before. The Alters is exactly that, a survival game with a unique gimmick that thematically and mechanically works very well. If you want to give this new experience a try, you can grab The Alters at a huge 30% discount already, just days after it launched.

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Best The Alters research nodes

What are the best research nodes in The Alters? Given your survival depends entirely on efficient mining and a cavalcade of scientific breakthroughs, the less time you spend researching mediocre upgrades, the better your chances of outrunning the sun. Confused? This is a house of cards. It's coming down if you spend the day researching the wrong thing.

Already feeling trapped in this race against the sun? Let us pave the way forward with our other The Alters guides. They'll teach you how to defeat anomalies and the best Alters for the job. Not sure if you have the time to care for almost a dozen clones of the same man, learn how long The Alters is before you make that time commitment.

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The Alters review

11 Bit Studios have a thing for circles. Their 2018 hit Frostpunk had you plant rings of buildings around a massive coal-fired generator in a frozen crater, picking research paths to steer your fully overlapping class/temperature Venn diagram of a city toward either fascism or theocracy. Frostpunk's radial design is hypnotic, putting across the theme of humanity versus the engulfing cold with claustrophobic symmetry, and 11-bit's later colony sims have struggled to either evolve the motif or depart from it. Frostpunk 2, for instance, shatters and smooshes the circle to form a district-based frostland republic that gets lost in its own chatter.

The Alters is weirder than Frostpunk 2, and more successful. It tips the circle on one side. The crater city is now a wheel-shaped spacebase, strung with modular dwellings, which trundles across a landscape you will also explore on foot. It's one genre, the colony management sim, bowled through another, the third-person action-adventure. The game also develops Frostpunk's urban faction dynamics into a more intimate, tortured blend of psychological allegory and workplace soap opera, with the quirk that every member of that workplace is technically one and the same guy.

Where can you find minerals in The Alters? Depending on which act you're currently working through, the answer to that question will differ wildly. Given that each chapter takes place in a very different location, the hoops you'll have to jump through to mine Minerals in The Alters is ever-changing. But we're here to help you through it before the sun comes rising over the horizon.

New to 11 bit studios' latest strategy management survival RPG game hybrid? With the plates of so many genres spinning all at once in The Alters, it can be hard to know what to prioritize and when. Check out the best Alters and how to improve moods to keep Alters happy to start.

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The best alters in The Alters

Wondering who the best alters are in The Alters? If you've unlocked the Quantum Computer and the Womb, you're able to make new alters. You'll be needing them, too, as you'll soon find yourself overwhelmed by tasks that need doing, from mining deposits to making sure everyone's fed, so here are all the best alters in the game.

To get more alters, you need to increase the number of slots by upgrading your Qubit Level by finding Qubit Chip locations. You start off in The Alters with the Technician, but there are different levels of alters available as you progress through areas. It's also worth noting that not all the alters can be unlocked in a single playthrough, so choose wisely.

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The Alters News

New survival game The Alters gets a massive discount just after launch

Best The Alters research nodes

The Alters review

The Alters Minerals locations - where to find Minerals in every act

The best alters in The Alters