Project Katharsis

Project Katharsis

WIP studios · 2019 · Free to Play, Indie, Adventure, Survival, Sci-fi

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About Project Katharsis

The love child of an RTS, a Survival game and an Adventure game, Project Katharsis places the player in the role of A.R.K.A, an emergency AI tasked with the mission of protecting a group of survivors on a mysterious alien planet.

· Explore
· Hunt
· Gather Resources
· Build
· Survive

Explore the 3D Low Poly alien planet and assign work tasks to your people. Gain resources to craft tools and gear while unraveling the secrets of a long civilization and the reason it is gone. Be quick though because at night it is too dangerous to walk about. It is then that the player must prepare and distribute rations, establish guard duties and plan future expeditions.

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Nov 8, 2025
Игра 'Project Katharsis' — это уникальный опыт, который затрагивает глубокие эмоциональные струны. Сюжет, хоть и не линеен, увлекает с первых минут благодаря своему глубокому смыслу и проработанному лору. Персонажи запоминаются своими мотивами и непростыми судьбами, заставляя задуматься об их решениях и последствиях. Геймплей может показаться простым на первый взгляд, но он отлично дополняет повествование, позволяя игроку чувствовать себя частью происходящего. Отдельно стоит отметить визуальный стиль игры. Он минималистичен, но при этом очень выразителен, создавая атмосферу меланхолии и отрешенности. Музыкальное сопровождение идеально подчеркивает настроение каждой сцены, усиливая эмоциональный эффект. Несмотря на некоторые технические шероховатости и отсутствие русской локализации, 'Project Katharsis' оставляет после себя сильное впечатление. Это игра, которая заставляет задуматься о важных вещах и пересмотреть свои взгляды на жизнь. Рекомендую всем, кто ищет не просто развлечение, а глубокий и трогательный опыт.
Not recommended Mar 18, 2025
"Project Katharsis" is an unusual tech demo/concept game where you control a robot in a low poly (possibly asset flipped) environment to keep some people alive. What do you do in the game? It's basically a survival/crafting game, yes, yet another one, ho-hum. The RTS element is negligible. However, what joy may be extracted from this is outweighed by the sheer number of bugs and lack of polish... this was in no fit state for publication when it hit Steam. The developer has now abandoned the game, it hasn't been updated in 6 years. In terms of visuals, this features fairly low quality low poly 3D visuals which will deter a lot of gamers, understandably. Gaming is a visual medium, and while some developers struggle with creating high quality visuals, failing to do so is a disservice to gamers. It's very difficult to recommend bad looking games. On the matter of pricing and value for gamers, most "free" games on Steam aren't really free. There's often nasty mobile app cash shops, or content locked behind DLC, or donations being requested, or any other number of shady pricing schemes that could mislead gamers, but in this case I'm glad to say this really does appear to be a f…
Not recommended Oct 12, 2024
The concept is fun and has a lot of potential, but there are a lot of issues with the current state of the game and I haven't seen any signs of updates. There appears to be no save option, meaning you have to play the whole game in one run or start over, the game crashes often, leading to a start over, and many of the menus and/or missions bug so you can't continue and yes, have to start over. I've gotten about 12 in-game days in before it crashed again and I gave up. An hour and a half of gameplay down the drain after three restarts. Booted up the game and even the intro cutscene bugged out and crashed the game. Needs improvement, but a good way to waste an hour or two on the weekend.
Not recommended Oct 14, 2022
Can't expect much from a game that has a glaring typo right there in its main interface ("Asign Crew") ...
Not recommended Jan 30, 2022
ilginç bir oyun ama çok buglu arada bir tekliyor zaten oynanmıyor buglar ile uğraştığınız vakte değmez ama iyi düşünülmüş potansiyeli varmış bu kadar
Not recommended Sep 21, 2021
really cool game with a fun concept but really buggy. so bad in fact its almost entirely unplayable. its too bad its an abandoned project. i could see this game being a lot of fun.

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