Tharsis
- January 12, 2016
- Choice Provisions
- 6h median play time
A turn based strategy that actually employs strategy, Tharsis is a rougelike you’ll want to keep coming back to.
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Get on Epic Games StoreTharsis is a turn-based space strategy game. With dice and cannibalism. It puts you in control of humanity's first manned mission to Mars, just as it's struck by a micrometeoroid storm. You must guide your crew through disasters, food shortages, and the unforgiving nature of space - all while maintaining your sanity amidst cryptic signals and warnings from Mars. Defy the odds, make the difficult d…
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Reviews
- story617 mentions
- 22 % positive mentions
- 76 % neutral mentions
- 3 % negative mentions
- gameplay586 mentions
- 29 % positive mentions
- 66 % neutral mentions
- 5 % negative mentions
- replayability227 mentions
- 30 % positive mentions
- 63 % neutral mentions
- 8 % negative mentions
- graphics172 mentions
- 58 % positive mentions
- 41 % neutral mentions
- 1 % negative mentions
- music168 mentions
- 61 % positive mentions
- 35 % neutral mentions
- 5 % negative mentions
- atmosphere67 mentions
- 81 % positive mentions
- 19 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- funny24 mentions
- 92 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 8 % negative mentions
- stability16 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
- optimization16 mentions
- 38 % positive mentions
- 63 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- grinding12 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
- emotional5 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
- character development2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 100 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Critic Reviews
Tharsis Review – Mission to Mars
If you're a fan of constant raising stakes with no reprieve, then this is certainly the sort of thing that will appeal to you. Even if not, it will still appeal, but in smaller doses. Either way, Tharsis is a compelling, but polarizing, game.
68%Tharsis (Nintendo Switch)
There would be a good story to be had if Tharsis was developed to involve more than just trying to survive a few rounds. The theme of surviving on a spaceship and figuring out how to keep everything—and everyone—together should make for a good game. Unfortunately, Tharsis fails on too many points to be really worth playing.
50%Tharsis Review
More interstellar slot machine than simulation, Tharsis relies far too heavily on randomization to be fun.
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