Worth it for the right player.
At $29.99. It has been as low as $7.49.
- Story and characters: 162 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 58 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 6k player reviews · updated 5 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
While it dresses like a city-builder and talks like a logistics puzzle, underneath its dusty Martian surface lies a surprisingly contemplative sci-fi narrative about sentience, isolation, and the cost of colonization.
From a gameplay perspective this is fairly basic: make the numbers go up to win.
The voice acting is top-notch, featuring talent like Troy Baker and Phil LaMarr, who lend gravitas to AMI’s interactions with Earth’s leadership and Martian colonists.
🎨 Graphics: ✅ Masterpiece
The branching choices influence AMI’s development and the game’s outcome—adding replayability beyond sandbox optimization.
Very enjoyable as a multiplayer co-op, surprisingly rich in lore for this genre as a single player game.
Theme by theme
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Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $29.99. The lowest we've tracked is $7.49.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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