The Alters

The Alters is developed by 11 bit studios and published by 11 bit studios, released on Jun 13, 2025.

Experience an award-winning, story-driven sci-fi survival game. Help Jan Dolski, the survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoil with his unconventional crew.

Basic Information

Store page feature tags: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Adjustable Text Size, Camera Comfort, Custom Volume Controls, Adjustable Difficulty, Playable without Timed Input, DualSense Controller Support, Stereo Sound, Subtitle Options, Surround Sound, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing.

Official Introduction Key Points

1. You have crash-landed on a lethal, radiation-soaked planet, and you are running out of time. A scorching sun that burns everything in its path is coming your way. Your only hope of survival is a massive mobile base too complex for one person to operate. You are forced to make a decision no human has ever faced: creating a crew of alternative versions of yourself.
2. But your solution may just become your biggest problem.
3. You crashed. You are entirely alone. The sun is a death sentence, and your mobile base must keep moving to outrun it. With no rescue coming, you must find a way to operate it, or you’ll die. When the planet itself is your enemy, every second spent standing still brings you closer to ash.
4. To survive, you must move. To move, you need help. Forced to use the base’s advanced quantum technology and the planet’s unique resources, you must create The Alters: alternative versions of yourself. Brought to life by a supercomputer that turned your alternative life choices into reality, they are your only hope. They bring the specific expertise and capable hands you drastically lack, but they also bring their own human baggage.
5. A crew of ‘yourselves’ is a psychological nightmare. Every Alter arrives with distinct personalities, memories, and regrets. You aren’t just managing resources. You are also a relationship manager to yourself, mediating conflicts and confronting your past choices lightyears from home. As tensions rise, your Alters will clash over how to handle the mission. Keep them sane and keep them together, or your own egos will destroy your only chance of seeing Earth again.
6. Your rolling base is your lifeline, your factory, and your home. Customize and upgrade it to accommodate your growing crew. Research cutting-edge technologies, manage crucial life-support gear, and manufacture what you need to survive. Turn your base into a self-sustaining powerhouse capable of keeping both your crew fed and your systems humming.
7. You cannot hide inside the hull forever. To fuel your base and progress your research, you must step out onto the hostile planet’s surface. Venture out into unpredictable anomalies and heavy radiation to mine essential resources.
8. But watch the clock, as every expedition is a high-stakes gamble against the oncoming burning sunrise.

Minimum System Requirements (Windows)

- OS: Windows 10 or later, 64-bit
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1600, Intel Core i7-6700
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 570, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, Intel Arc A570. 6+ GB video memory
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 50 GB available space
- Additional Notes: SSD Disk

Achievement Highlights

• The survivor
• Two of us
• Dig Deeper
• Let’s roll
• The Bridge
• Nothing’s gonna stop us
• Into the storm
• Time to go home

Related DLC

Available on the store page: DLC 3237520, DLC 3237500.

Legal Notice

11 BIT STUDIOS®, THE ALTERS® are registered trademarks of 11 BIT STUDIOS S.A. © 11 BIT STUDIOS S.A. All other marks and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

Official Screenshots

This page’s gallery section collects all 16 official screenshots of The Alters.

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