Mission: Rift seeker

Seems like a fun game so far, definitely still needs polish as expected of early access, but if the developer keeps updating the game it should turn out quite good! A bit challenging to learn at the start, but when you figure out what you gotta do it has a lot of depth

Mission: Rift Seeker is an exceptional base-building colony game that offers a fresh take on survival and strategy, set against the backdrop of a mysterious, uncharted alien planet. As a colony leader, your task is to establish a thriving settlement, manage resources, and ensure the survival of your people while navigating the dangers of the unknown world. One of the standout features of Mission: Rift Seeker is its deeply engaging gameplay. The game offers a satisfying balance between exploration, resource management, and base construction. You start with a small, basic outpost and gradually expand it into a fully operational colony. From mining valuable resources to building power plants, farming areas, and defensive structures, every aspect of the colony's growth is in your hands. The variety of buildings and upgrades ensures that players can customize their colonies to suit their preferred playstyle, whether they want to focus on sustainability, research, or military strength. The game also excels in its resource management mechanics. You’ll need to carefully balance the needs of your colony—keeping your settlers fed, safe, and happy—while also managing the ever-growing demand for materials and energy. The challenge of managing multiple aspects of the colony at once creates a satisfying sense of accomplishment when you overcome difficulties, such as harsh weather, alien threats, or supply shortages. The graphics in Mission: Rift Seeker are stunning, with beautifully detailed landscapes and atmospheric weather effects that bring the alien world to life. The art direction is striking, and the varied terrain, from dense alien jungles to rocky plains, offers plenty of visual interest. Additionally, the user interface is intuitive and easy to navigate, which helps streamline the management process, so you can focus more on the strategic aspects of base-building. Another key element is the AI-driven dynamic events that add depth to the game. As your colony grows, you’ll encounter challenges ranging from alien creatures invading your base to unexpected disasters like resource shortages or toxic storms. These events force you to adapt quickly, test your decision-making skills, and find new ways to expand your colony while dealing with threats. The sound design and music enhance the atmosphere, creating a tense yet hopeful tone that complements the story of survival and exploration. The background music during moments of calm contrasts beautifully with the intensity of alien attacks or natural disasters, drawing you deeper into the game's world. In terms of replayability, Mission: Rift Seeker offers plenty of depth. Each playthrough can feel different based on the random placement of resources, the challenges you face, and the unique traits of your colony members. The ability to experiment with different colony layouts, strategies, and tech trees makes every run exciting and offers lots of room for creative freedom. In conclusion, Mission: Rift Seeker is a must-play for fans of colony management and base-building games. It offers a rich and engaging experience with challenging mechanics, a beautiful world to explore, and a gripping narrative to uncover. If you enjoy games like Oxygen Not Included or Surviving Mars, this is a title you won’t want to miss. Highly recommended for players looking for a deeply immersive and rewarding base-building experience!

game about finding a 99 different ways for your colonists to get killed and then trying again

Fun so far! Wasn't sure if I should buy it in early access, but recent update got me interested enough that I couldn't wait anymore :D Edit: Game has a lot more content then I realized at first

I started playing Misison: Rift Seeker wanting to love it. It's made in the 2D, colony management style of Oxygen Not Included, and I love Oxygen Not Included. But, after eight hours of play, I'm not going to play M:RS anymore, and I regret spending $20 on it that I can no longer get refunded. The game is second rate. Important aspects of the game are poorly explained, like how to earn more coins apart from a couple tutorial accomplishments. Coins are critical for getting more Seekers, and getting more Seekers is critical because they die easily. So this critical gameplay mechanic is kept a mystery. If a Seeker becomes sick (which sometimes happens randomly, or en masse when you screw up your shower management), the sickness will kill the Seeker unless you have medical treatment. But medical treatment is a mid-game tech that you can't get in the early game. So if you get a sick Seeker, give him or her a kiss goodbye. This also makes playing with invasions difficult, because you never known when some aliens are going to rift-jump into your base and injure/kill your Seekers, while you have no hope of healing or reinforcement. Invasions should be a fun and challenging aspect of the game, but they're too dangerous when you don't know how to get more coins to get more Seekers. The game also needs a lot of quality of life improvements. There's no building prioritization feature like in Oxygen Not Included, nor can you see the task queue of your Seekers. So, often, you have no idea why your Seekers are doing - or not doing - one thing or another. The game also seems buggy. I just had one Chemistry Table that Seekers wouldn't work at. I built a second, and they worked at that one just fine. I had other instances where critical buildings seemed to bug out, and Seekers wouldn't work with them. And a big pet peeve of mine is the speed of the game. The game is unbearably slow, even at the maximum 3x speed. Often, I would be waiting on my Seekers to accomplish one critical thing to progress the colony, and I had to sit there staring at the screen at 3x speed, waiting for them to complete it. Then, enemies would rift-jump in, and the colony would die anyway. What a waste of time. SMH Altogether, I never even got to the point of capturing a void entity, which is supposed to be the distinction of this game. All said, don't waste your time or money on M:RS. Go buy and play Oxygen Not Included instead. ONI is much better developed and a much better game. M:RS is a valiant effort that has fallen flat unless the developers add quality of life improvements and some re-balancing. Barring that, I'm done with it.