Tharsis

Dice aside, this is the most realistic depiction of how the trip to Mars would play out, if launched soon-ish or in the next 20 years. Except if some magical drive is invented, this really is where we're at. Oh, definitely 10/10, one of the best sci-fi games ever!

I want to review this game based on the gameplay, but I cannot. After downloading the game and attempting to launch either from the Steam application or the desktop shortcut, the game crashes before I'm able to interact with the main menu options.

Very difficult rogue-like that requires you to measure your chances of success in every situation. Tharsis is a turn-based games whose premise is that there is a group of astronauts on a spaceship that is on its way to Mars, but every turn issues come up with the Temu spaceship so you have to manage your responses to them. Each turn your ship will receive a random amount of emergencies, which you have to fix by rolling 6-sided dices and using the values to get to a certain threshold. Of course you can leave the emergencies unfixed, and sometimes it is better to leave less bothersome ones to save your dice. Other than fixing issues, the dices can also be used by the current astronaut or the current room of the ship for a specific bonus. The astronaut bonus depends on the class of the astronaut. Some emergencies will either cause your ship to lose part of its health or the health of your astronauts, and if either of those goes to 0, then your ship gets destroyed or the astronaut dies. If the ship is destroyed or all your astronauts are dead, then the game is over. After each day, you can feed your astronauts food or even human meant for them to recover health and to gain additiona…

Out of the game... Back in the cradle...

I've played through this game so many times. It's such an addictive game. Definitely worth a playthrough

10 years later and I'm still thinking about it. I wish they'd make a mobile version.