Project Tomorrow Is Out Now: The $6.99 Terraforming Survival Game Made by One Developer Hits 94% Positive

Project Tomorrow is out now in Early Access on Steam. Launched on 9 November, it's a base-building survival game where you wake from stasis ten thousand years after an alien invasion, terraform a poisoned Earth back to life and defend your colony from alien waves. It's the work of one developer, Ryan of Advance Nine, who spent nearly two years on it, and players are loving it: 94% of its first 76 Steam reviews are positive. It costs £5.69 / $6.99 / €6.79, with 15% off until 23 November.

Project Tomorrow at a glance

What is Project Tomorrow?

Earth lies poisoned and abandoned ten thousand years after an invasion. You wake from stasis and have to make it habitable again. Ryan describes it as a mix of terraforming, tower defense, exploration and automation:

• Base building: gather resources, build and expand your base, and deploy terraforming machines.
• Defend: terraforming draws attention, and aliens send waves of attackers to tear down your base and machines. Build defenses and upgrade your arsenal.
• Survival: resources are limited. Explore for food, water and seeds, grow crops, build water purification and keep the colony alive.

Is Project Tomorrow worth it?

Early players think so. A day after launch it had 60 reviews at 96% positive, and by 11 November it sat at 94% of 76. At $6.99 ($5.94 during the launch sale), it's one of the cheapest survival games of the month. Ryan says the Early Access version is "a polished experience" with three playable regions, 20 buildings, 75 items, 18 enemy types and 20 modifiers.

Can you change the difficulty?

Yes, with the Modifier System. Equip Challenges to make it harder or Buffs to give yourself an edge, and mix them as you like. More Challenges raise your potential region score, for players who like chasing high scores.

What did the first Project Tomorrow patch fix?

Ryan's day-two patch added:

• Smarter enemies that no longer get stuck on half-destroyed walls, and push deeper into your base.
• A preview of the terraforming adjacency bonus before you place a building.
• A toggle sprint option.
• Allies, collection drones and settlers that can path through adjacent gates.
• A smaller mouse cursor, easier-to-close menus and a fixed "Let's Get Stupid" achievement.

What's next for Project Tomorrow?

Ryan says he'll keep prioritizing critical bugs and quality-of-life fixes, but his next big goal is a new region and more content. During Early Access he plans to add more regions, buildings, enemies and ways to play.

What are the Project Tomorrow PC requirements?

Light: Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit), an AMD Ryzen 5 1600 or Intel Core i5-8400, 4 GB of RAM, Intel HD 4600 graphics and 2 GB of storage. It supports controllers, including DualShock and DualSense, and is in seven languages.

Watch the Project Tomorrow trailer

The official gameplay trailer plays on the Project Tomorrow Steam page. Ryan also made a video about building the game alone on his Advance Nine YouTube channel.

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