

Exodus Borealis
Smug Marmot Studios · 2021 · Strategy, Tower Defense, Building, City Builder, Colony Sim
PC
Very Positive92% · 241
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About Exodus Borealis
A community of Vupfox have fled their homeland to seek refuge across the perilous north sea. Only a few are fortunate to survive the journey and have crashed upon an unknown island. This fertile isle offers sanctuary, a chance to rebuild. But something is not right; any attempt to sail away results in crashing back upon the island. Ominously, along the backside in the cliffs, lies a narrow slot canyon. A menacing arch sits at the canyon’s entrance.
In this city builder and tower defense strategy game, it is up to you to guide the few remaining survivors. Progress from just hoping to survive to ultimately overcoming the challenges with an efficient and prospering society. Design new settlements, task the colonists with jobs, manage resources, and architect a defense that can protect from whatever comes from beyond the gate.


In this city builder and tower defense strategy game, it is up to you to guide the few remaining survivors. Progress from just hoping to survive to ultimately overcoming the challenges with an efficient and prospering society. Design new settlements, task the colonists with jobs, manage resources, and architect a defense that can protect from whatever comes from beyond the gate.
BUILD YOUR COLONY

- Settle the islands: Build your way across 6 hand-crafted islands.
- Survive the environment: Each day, season, and generation faces tough challenges to overcome.
- Research: New buildings, resources, and citizen efficiencies will have to be researched in order to face the trials ahead.
- Construct a production machine: Balance building construction, jobs, research, resources, and citizen needs to create an effective society.
DEFEND YOUR COLONY

- Maze the invaders: The invading forces blindly seek their targets to destroy. Use this to your advantage and create a clever labyrinth to maximize damage.
- Make use of the elemental gems: Mining the island has unveiled powerful elemental gems. These gems can be used by an array of offensive towers, applying unique elemental effects to the invading forces. Conversely the elemental gems can be applied to boost towers, applying unique buffs to nearby towers.
- Master elemental synergy and nullification strategy: Elements boost the effect of neighboring elemental damage effects, while nullifying opposing elements. Strategic use and placement of these elements will be paramount to creating a dominant defense.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
[h1]Super Addicting Game![/h1] You'll know you enjoyed this game if you launch it, glance at the clock a few hours later, and realize you completely lost track of time. Like every game, Exodus Borealis has its pros and cons. Sure, I'd love to see better graphics, more features, or maybe even a sequel someday. But honestly, even without all of that, I had an amazing time. I put around 10 hours into my very first map, and I enjoyed every minute of it. The best part? That was only the first of four main story maps, with several bonus maps still waiting afterward. I won't spend time talking about the game's originality or its blend of genres - the Steam store page already does that. Instead, I'll talk about something the store page can't really show: [b]Value for money.[/b] If you're wondering whether you'll get your money's worth, my answer is a definite yes. In terms of entertainment per dollar, Exodus Borealis offers an excellent return. Of course, whether you play the second, third, and later maps is entirely up to you. They don't drastically change the core gameplay - they're mostly new layouts with tougher enemies that encourage different strategies and base designs. But I…
Decent game. I was entertained for a couple of hours - but then the lack of QOL features start to show. Simple stuff like auto-pausing production when a certain limit is reached or the ability to see if your farmers are successfull in tending a fields in a season. A few minor QOL updates would have made this game a recommendation, but since this game clearly is considered complete by the devs, I cannot recommend it.
Fun game, looks good, has a great balance between it's tower defense and it's city management. My primary issue is one of direction, that is, a lack of once I left the tutorial. The goal is to build a statue that includes all the gems plus a special gem that you get from the centre of the island ... but there was no clear way about how to get past the first gate. I had everything researched, every building built, a successful maze that broke down wave upon wave of enemies ... but no clear way on how to progress. I had the sense that I had to go further into the island, to build a second, perhaps even third community and its associated tower defense, but nothing in the tips indicated what I needed to do, and if the tutorial had mentioned it, that was hours ago. There were no 'quest' goals (like Do X To Open Gate), nothing to click on the gate ... so ... it was fun, but if you can't tell me, in game, how to get to the next area ... I think I'm done. Had fun, better than Diplomacy Is Not An Option.
I had a lot of fun, needs some polish, but overall a grate game.
Best TD i played in a long time.
For some reason, this game gets a lot of negative criticism. I personally enjoyed it very much and don't agree with that same hate. It does a good job of introducing players to the genre of "god mode" City Builder + Tower Defense. Also, its a very relaxing game with the option to speed up the game to 8x speed if you want to advance gameplay to match your speed. I'm also someone who doesn't care what other people say about games, thus, I enjoyed it for everything it was. Special mention to the Arachnophobia Mode. I do not suffer from such a phobia, but enabled it anyway for a very clever and fun way to represent the enemy threat. Cheers
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