If you ever wondered what might happen if you combined the multiversal chaos of Everything Everywhere All at Once with base building and survival mechanics in a sci-fi adventure, The Alters is your answer. 11 bit studios has been cooking up something truly unique since The Alters was announced in 2022, and after spending around two hours hands-on with it, it's quickly become one of my most anticipated games of the year.
Jan Dolski is a normal guy cursed to be thrown into the deep end of a terrifying sci-fi situation. After taking on a sketchy new job which sees him travel through space to a distant land, he finds himself stranded, surrounded by his dead crewmates on a planet that omits deadly radiation waves. Oh, and he also has the newfound responsibility of piloting a weird, moving, hamster wheel-esque base, which boasts interconnected, moveable modules which make the whole thing feel like a futuristic doll house.
