Subathon game idea: Per Aspera

[barren monolith]

It's a city builder on Mars where you play as an AI.
There's some voice acted narrative and choices for Neuro to pick from, but also plenty of chill downtime so Vedal can relax.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/803050/Per_Aspera/

Steam

Per Aspera

The surface of Mars is littered with Humanity’s failed attempts to colonize its surface. This time will be different - this time there is no room for human error. Per Aspera is a planetary simulation game that combines hard science fiction and base building and takes the experience planet-wide. Step into the role of AMI, an Artificial Consciousn...

Price

$29.99

Recommendations

3767

Metacritic

78

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[silk tangle]

Sort of looks like City skylines except with a stronger survival aspect

[barren monolith]

It kind of is chill like C:SL building up stuff, but more focused on gathering resources to complete projects for terraforming the planet while also exploring and narrative choices that can lead to a few different endings.