Planned Release Date: To be announced

About This Game

The sunlit world has fallen.

Humans crammed into their fallout shelter without enough food or air. Only you, their systems AI, have the knowledge to keep them alive.

But every choice has a cost. Balance air purity, food production, housing, morale, and more as you fight to keep your people alive until the Earth is livable once more.

Every floor has its own hope, trust, and available resources. Create and manage complex shipping networks to keep people fed, housed, and breathing.

Your actions on each level shape what people think of you. If you ignore a level long enough, they'll protest; forget about their air, and they'll cut your feed (if they don't suffocate first).

While there isn't traditional combat, "accidents" happen every day. Humans are fragile, after all. Plus, you control their air.

People can find hope in yearning for the old world restored or appreciating the beauty of their new home. Will they make their own choices or will you guide them with subtle propaganda?

Your decisions shape the lore and values of your people.

Cut through new strata of earth and ethics each playthrough. No two games will be the same. One run might face blight and starvation, while another might be low on coal for producing power. Your decisions and the resources you find provide different challenges each time you play.

Even if your people live to see the sun again, there are varied and sundry ways to get there.

Minerva Rising is the long-time passion project of a solo developer. Every 3D model, texture, and icon was made by hand. The music was composed with haunting human voices and retro synthesizers. The portraits were sketched dozens of times before turning into pixels.

As a project about the complex relationship between humans and AI, it was important that each piece of art be made by human hands.