Waking Mars

Published: 20 Apr 2025

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An interesting little game and a neat setting to boot exploring subterranean Mars and creating new ecosystems and food chains in caverns - with some well written hard sci-fi that doesn’t resort to much technobabble. Strangely engaging and enjoyable despite the relative “mundanity” and simplicity of the game, mainly down to the story, atmosphere and quality voice acting that does really immerse you into being a scientist. Does get a little tedious after a while, but there’s certainly enough style and ideas surrounding the simple gameplay to keep it novel and engaging for a good while.