Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Recent Reviews:
Very Positive (83) - 98% of the 83 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.
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Overwhelmingly Positive (3,028) - 96% of the 3,028 user reviews for this game are positive.
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Aug 25, 2022
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“I can’t think of any other game like it, and I can’t think of a game I’ve ever played that’s made me want to dive immediately into another playthrough right away as much as this one did.”
9.5/10 – Destructoid

“Wonderfully engrossing and hiding so many worthwhile character moments and gorgeous secrets well worth uncovering.”
4.5/5 – The Gamer

“I Was A Teenage Exocolonist might just be the greatest game I’ve played this year. It’s funny, heartfelt and completely devastating. And I want to play it again, and again, and again... And again.”
5/5 – Gayming Mag

About This Game

The Choices You Make, Make You.

Growing up in humanity’s first extrasolar space colony means navigating a new world full of wonder, danger, and beauty. Explore the wilderness, study, fall in love, discover strange creatures, and deal with the consequences of your actions. Your choices will directly affect the lives of your friends and the fate of the colony. What kind of world will you help make? Will you survive to enjoy it? Why do you remember doing this before?



Growing Up on an Alien Planet

You have your whole life ahead of you. Will you spend it studying in school, or diving into the intriguing flora and fauna of this new world? Will you introduce space-age technology, or live in harmony with nature? Will you battle massive beasts, or nurture future generations? Realized in brilliant watercolor, the world of Vertumna is yours to explore.



Your Pasts and Your Futures Matter

Everything you learn and experience will make you and your colony stronger. You will thrive and you will make mistakes. These formative moments - your memories, decisions, and friendships - become collectible cards you carry with you. Each season brings new obstacles on Vertumna. The battle cards you earn from your experiences give you new options for overcoming these challenges, whether that is navigating relationships, learning new skills, exploring the planet, or staying alive. Every decision counts, during this life and the next.




How Many Lives Will YOU Live?

The cosmos is full of incredible mysteries, and your ability to remember your past lives is one of them. There are dozens of different endings to your story. How many lives will it take to save both your colony and the planet? Are you ready to wake up again?

Features:

  • Use memories of past lives to explore 800+ story events.
  • Discover more than 250 battle cards as you grow up on an alien planet.
  • Play your best hand in challenge encounters to ace your math test or escape from a wild snapbladder.
  • Make friends, fight with your parents, go on dates, fall in love, and save the colony.
  • 29 wildly different endings based on the choices you make each month.
  • Pick from 25 colony jobs, like goofing off as a depot clerk, or surveying the valley.
  • Grow into 15 skills, including bravery, toughness, organization, and empathy.
  • Get to know 10 dateable characters, including dog-boys, aliens, hot politicians and stone cold killers.

System Requirements

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macOS
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • OS *: Windows 7 (SP1+), Windows 10 and Windows 11
    • Processor: x86, x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support.
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: DX10, DX11, DX12 capable.
    • DirectX: Version 10
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows 10 (64bit) and up
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-4690k / AMD Athlon 3000G
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Nvidia GTX 970 4GB / AMD R9 290 4GB
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 5 GB available space
* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.
    Minimum:
    • OS: Catalina 10.15+
    • Processor: Apple Silicon, x64 architecture with SSE2.
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Metal capable Intel and AMD GPUs
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Big Sur 11.0+
    • Processor: Apple M1 or above (Apple silicon-based processors)
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Metal capable Intel and AMD GPUs
    • Storage: 5 GB available space
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 18.04, CentOS 7, and similar
    • Processor: x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support.
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: OpenGL 3.2+, Vulkan capable.
    • Storage: 2 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 18.04, CentOS 7, and similar
    • Processor: Intel Core i5-4690k / AMD Athlon 3000G
    • Memory: 8 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Nvidia GTX 970 4GB / AMD R9 290 4GB
    • Storage: 5 GB available space

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