I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

Northway Games · 2022

Choices reshape a life, not just a final scene

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The WhatsNext verdict

For Fans of narrative life sims, visual novels, and choice-driven stories who love watching characters grow over time.: It masterfully weaves coming-of-age relationships, political dilemmas, and sci-fi survival across a formative decade where your choices deeply reshape people and outcomes over repeated lives. Tradeoff: Gameplay challenges are secondary card puzzles, and the heavy volume of text and emotional heartache requires patience and an appetite for deep reading.

What it does best

  • Choices reshape a life, not just a final scene

  • A cast that grows up with you

  • Each new life reveals another version of the colony

  • Growing up becomes genuinely painful

What might put you off

  • A very text-heavy, strongly authored experience

  • The card challenges can feel secondary

The setup

What you are walking into

Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative life sim 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.

Where it lives

PlayStation 4PC (Microsoft Windows)PlayStation 5MacNintendo Switch

Genre

Role-playing (RPG)SimulatorStrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)AdventureIndieVisual NovelCard & Board Game

Vibe

Science fictionDramaRomance
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