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  • Summary: Terraformers is an expansive colony builder and resource management game.

    Explore the Red Planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and terraform the planet with ambitious projects. Send your leaders to mysterious locations and be the first to discover rich resource depots, giant
    Terraformers is an expansive colony builder and resource management game.

    Explore the Red Planet, develop spectacular cities, spread life and terraform the planet with ambitious projects.

    Send your leaders to mysterious locations and be the first to discover rich resource depots, giant crystal caves and stunning natural wonders.

    Found new cities on craters and in lava Tubes. Make them thrive and meet your population's rising demands.

    Mine the rare metals of Mars, manufacture them into advanced goods and set up an effective transport system between your ever-growing cities.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. Mar 13, 2023
    85
    Terraformers is an engaging game that can deliver that “one more turn” feeling that strategy fans crave. The interplay between resources, cards, leaders, and terraforming efforts requires careful thinking and asks players to make difficult choices. There’s a lot of variety both when it comes to scenario objectives and the planet setup. The card flow might be too random for some players but I find the uncertainty it creates a good way to keep tension and difficulty up. After a while, there’s also a sense that leader abilities repeat a little too often. But these are minor issues with a very good strategy and resource management game. Terraformers captures and translates into gameplay the lofty ideals of Mars-focused science fiction.
  2. Apr 22, 2022
    85
    Whether or not Terraformers is the game for you depends a lot on what you are looking for. This isn’t a digital garden that you can plant and watch grow. This is a brutal series of tough choices. It’s about resource allocation, long-term planning, and a decent amount of luck. I was hoping Terraformers would help transport me off this dying Earth into a science-fiction fantasy. It did not. Instead, I found a challenging strategy game that distracted me in a whole different way. It made me into someone who needed to play for just one more turn. That is decidedly familiar territory! But a space I enjoy. Terraformers won’t transport you to another world, but it will help you puzzle your way through the hours on this one.
  3. 80
    While Terraformers has its faults like the unclear tutorials that don’t explain the mechanics of the game very well, it is overall still a very fun game. This is thanks to the fantastic presentation, the many unlockable options and difficulty options leading to a very replayable game, and the challenging yet enjoyable gameplay. I strongly recommend giving this game a go. While it has a slow start, I encourage you to push through its grueling start to find a fantastic game with a lot of depth and an emotional soundtrack.
  4. Mar 20, 2023
    70
    Terraformers may not be greater than the sum of its parts, but its unique mix of mechanics and low asking price should help spark curiosity in fans of strategy games and card based roguelikes.
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  1. Apr 5, 2023
    10
    super jeux de gestion avec une très bonne durée de vie et des graphisme soigné.
  2. May 19, 2023
    5
    In my experience it was beautiful great idea ruined by its randomness, it entices you to make plans just to see them crushed every turn, noIn my experience it was beautiful great idea ruined by its randomness, it entices you to make plans just to see them crushed every turn, no way to chose projects in an intelligent way, made me mad, everything else was good in the game. Expand