Terraformental
Shady Games · 2026 · Text-Based, Time Management, Exploration, Nonlinear, Strategy
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About Terraformental
Narrative-Driven Incremental Adventure
After waking up alone with no memories in a derelict terraforming facility on an unknown (and distinctly not terraformed) planet, it's up to you to find a way to survive, learn what happened to the people who lived here and why you were abandoned.As you follow the trail of the colonists who fled the facility, you quickly find yourself caught in a time loop, resetting you to the same moment you first woke up each time you die. The ability to learn from even your most fatal mistakes will certainly come in handy, allowing you to become faster and more efficient over time, but it does have its limits. No matter how much you optimise your routes and actions, your body can only become so much stronger or faster. Eventually you'll have to find smarter ways to solve the problems you face instead.Resource Management
You'll need reliable ways to find air, water and food if you plan to survive for very long. But you can't carry all of it with you all the time, so prioritizing what resources you use and when can help you get that little bit farther. The best priorities can vary depending on where you're going, so it always pays to be adaptable.Meta Progression
Each time you complete an action, you'll be faster on the next loop - to a point. Completing sets of actions enough times groups them together into a combined action, further increasing the speed and efficiency of them. But these won't be enough for you to solve all the mysteries of the planet on their own.Non-Linear Exploration
Numerous terraforming facilities are spread across the planet, each containing unique challenges and opportunities. Once you learn where they are and how to get there, you're free to visit them in any order you wish. Tired or frustrated with the puzzle you've been working on? Maybe another facility holds the key to simplifying it.What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
hidden gem. content so far is masterfully crafted2 found this helpful
interesting time loop game that really makes you feel like you're living the same day over again2 found this helpful
[i] You awaken in a cryo-pod in a seemingly abandoned facility on a planet being terraformed. Can you discovered what happened and where everyone went? [/i] Every time you complete an action, you gain familiarity on it, and the next time it'll take less time to do it. The game is in early access, but the development proceeds fairly quickly. If you want to have a try, the game has an [url=https://sh4dowsand.itch.io/terraformental] itch.io page [/url] where a free web version is available, kept a major update behind the paid and steam versions.1 found this helpful
One of the best idle/incremental games I've played. Which is ironic, because I almost never alt-tabbed during my time playing it. It can be played as a "second monitor" game, but the gameplay is very engaging and I often found myself playing it just like a normal game. The game was fantastic, and I'm looking forward to whatever content this dev puts out in the future.
It's fun exploration with decent amount of thought put into the incrementally repetitive aspects so they don't feel all that grindy.
this is a truly wonderful game. i'm always happy to see another entry in the "fill progress bars while you slowly inch closer to death. collecting resources to progress farther and live longer in a time loop, getting faster at it each time you die" genre, which is a genre i'm surprised has more than one entry. the story always keeps you guessing, and the gameplay respects your time by bundling groups of menial progression actions into larger groups along with having time dilation for long actions and basic "collect food/water" actions. i beat the whole demo in one 6-hour sitting, and instantly knew i needed to buy the full game, at which point i played for 3 more straight hours. my only real criticism is that the game is pretty ugly. the demo pulls of a nice minimalist vibe, but the full game catapults the visuals straight into the valley between "good because it's minimalist" and "good because there's actually pretty graphics", and it suffers for it. if you play this game and enjoy it, i would heavily recommend "Increlution", which is the only other game i know of in this aforementioned genre. overall, i think that this game does a lot with a little, and i'm very excited to see wh…
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