Before We Leave
9.24 
Game information:
  • Platform: PS5
  • Region: Region free
  • Release date: May 04, 2022
  • Developer: Balancing Monkey Games
  • Publisher: Team 17 Digital LTD
  • Genre: Strategy

Create your own world with Before We Leave, a non-violent city-building game. Build your own city on different planets, a safe place to live for the peeps. The peeps have stayed underground for centuries, and they are yet to resurface the face of this world. It is your duty to guide and help them get through the evolution phase and restart their lives above where they can feel the touch of the sun, the cozy breeze of the seas, the emerging communities, a system of happiness, and many many more!  

  • Rebuild the lost civilization of the peeps.
  • Discover ancient technology.
  • Manage resources, pollution, and happiness to avoid the mistakes of your ancestors
  • Protect the peeps from galactic creatures.
  • Explore six unique biomes on islands of all shapes and sizes

Reviews


Before We Leave is a civilization management game that’s relatively stress-free, calming, and really charming. Its low-key nature and philosophy make it great for those who feel overwhelmed by the laundry list of responsibilities of 4X-style management and development. The design is sound, the presentation is fantastic and I’m a huge fan of the hex-gridded world map represented as a 3D globe. The individual models of the Peeps and their architecture are so charming, and the soothing soundtrack that plays when running the time at max speed is really nice. There are areas of the game that feel a little rough around the edges but the updates show a commitment by the developer to bring in the right amount of polish that’ll lead it toward greater heights of inventive fun.

DarkStation    

A paradoxically relaxing and overwhelming game, Before We Leave is a cute city builder with a lot of depth.

The Overpowered Noobs    

Before We Leave’s a surprisingly well-optimized, visually pleasing, and refreshingly relaxing city builder that excels at making players feel like reclaimers of a massive, interplanetary empire, but it has many gameplay issues to iron out in its full release before it can live up to its own ambitions. The gripes noted herein are all present in an alpha build, so it’s possible that Balancing Monkey already addressed these and other concerns between then and now. If not, though, the subtle makings of a personality may not be able to atone for the fact that its mysterious, mellow tone is undermined by frequent annoyances.

Screen Rant

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