The Alters (Simplified Chinese, English, Korean, Japanese)

The Alters is an ambitious sci-fi survival game with a unique twist. You play as Jan Dolski, the lone survivor of a crash-landed expedition on a hostile planet. To survive, you must form a new crew for your mobile base. Using a substance called Rapidium, you create alternative versions of Jan—THE ALTERS—each one shaped by a different crucial decision from the protagonist’s past.

As you navigate through survival and moral dilemmas, you will explore a branching narrative filled with captivating character dynamics and challenging decisions.

Features:
• Craft items and build your base.
• Gather resources to escape the deadly sun.
• Survive on a hostile planet.
• Create Alters and manage their needs.

At the same time, you’re challenged to reflect on one of life’s fundamental questions – do we shape our destiny or does it shape us? This makes your bid for survival a deeply personal experience.

Create Your Alters
Use the quantum computer onboard your base to simulate alternate outcomes of your past choices and uncoverJan’s different life paths. Each Alter brought to life thanks to the remarkable properties of Rapidium comes with unique skills and emotional depths. These variantions offer both opportunities and challenges as you navigate personal struggles and manage the fragile dynamics of your crew.

Survival Mechanics
To operate the mobile base, you’ll need to explore the planet’s surface in search of precious resources, like metals and organics. Yet venturing outside the safe haven comes with the risk of exposing you and your Alters to various deadly anomalies as well as the ever-present radiation of the sun. That’s why you must pay attention to the in-game day and night cycle and plan your daily activities wisely!

Branching Storylines
Navigate a narrative rich with moral dilemmas and branching paths. Your choices will shape Jan’s relations with his Alters which then will impact their journey and lead you to multiple outcomes and endings.

Expand your base
Gathered resources can be used in different ways – create necessary items or develop your base with additional modules like Research Lab or Social Room. Sometimes you will have to choose between creating items specially for your Alters and ones that could push the mission forward, like Anomaly Detectors or Radiation Filters. The burden of every decision lies solely on your shoulders as you will never be able to satisfy everyone’s needs.

The emotional sci-fi story
Jan Dolski is about to face the answers to the essential “what if?” question in the form of alternative versions of himself. This makes the predicament he is in even more daunting as you slowly discover the impact every choice has on Jan’s survival.

• Offline play enabled
• 1 player
• Accessibility features (19)
• PS5 Version
  Vibration function supported (DualSense wireless controller)
• PS5 Pro Enhanced

Accessibility Features

Visuals

Large Text

Menu and heads-up display (HUD) text is presented in a larger font size to make it easier to read.

Visual Comfort (Basic)

You can play without camera movements and effects during gameplay that might result in visual discomfort.

Audio

Volume Controls

You can turn down and mute individual audio volumes.

3D Audio

You can set the audio output so that sounds can be heard from all around you.

Subtitles and Captions

Subtitles (Advanced)

Spoken dialogue in the game is fully subtitled.

Large Subtitles

Subtitles are presented using a larger font size to help make them easier to read.

Captions (Basic)

The game includes captions for only important sounds during gameplay.

Controls

Adjustable Stick Sensitivity (Basic)

Some stick sensitivity options are provided.

Adjustable Stick Inversion (Basic)

Some options to invert sticks are provided.

Playable without Rapid Button Presses

You can play the game and navigate menus without needing to press buttons rapidly or within a time limit.

Playable without Simultaneous Presses

You can play the game and navigate menus without pressing or holding down multiple buttons at the same time.

Playable without Motion Controls

You can play the game without needing to use motion controls.

Playable without Touch Controls

You can play the game without needing to use touch-based controls.

Playable without Controller Vibration

You can play the game without turning on controller vibration/haptic feedback.

Playable without Adaptive Trigger Effect

You can play the game without the adaptive resistance in the triggers turned on.

Gameplay

Adjustable Difficulty (Advanced)

You can customise the level of challenge or activate a range of assists individually to help you play the game.

Control Reminders

You can review the game controls at any time.

Tutorial Reminders

You can review gameplay tutorial information at any time.

Game Pausing

You can pause the game at any time during gameplay or cinematics (offline play only).

• Platform: PS5
• Release: 13/6/2025
• Publisher: 11 Bit Studios S.A.
• Genres: Adventure
• Voice: English
• Screen Languages: Chinese (Simplified), English, French (France), German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian