The Fermi Paradox

The Fermi Paradox is a choice-driven sci-fi narrative strategy game in which your decisions in one corner of the galaxy can upend entire civilizations in another. Guide species through millennia and help them explore the vastness of space, make contact and, perhaps, create harmony.

The Fermi Paradox is a early access, god game and space sim game developed by Anomaly Games and published by Anomaly Games and Wings.
Released on July 01st 2021 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 942 reviews of which 722 were positive and 220 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 15.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified The Fermi Paradox into these genres:

Early Access God Game Space Sim Choices Matter Sci-fi Indie Aliens Interactive Fiction Political Strategy Multiple Endings Resource Management 2D Space Choose Your Own Adventure Procedural Generation Story Rich Singleplayer Simulation Atmospheric

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Requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7 (SP1+) and Windows 10
Processor: x86, x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support.
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: DX10, DX11, DX12 capable.
Storage: 10 GB available space

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

Don't listen to all the reviews saying the game is abandoned, it recently got a major updates (days ago, as of writing this), and they're still adding plenty of content. This game is a really good dynamic story generator, and loads of fun to play around with. You'd be surprised how interconnected everything is. Really good game!

Oct. 2024

I like the game! It's quite fun in it's own right and I think raises some interesting questions about starfaring civilizations and how it would be possible to coexist (or not). If you enjoyed the Three Body Problem you'd probably find this game really interesting. I find myself thinking about it semi-regularly and certain parts of the game have really stuck with me. It does need some work (the early access label is appropriate) but it's very worth playing in it's current state, the developer is very responsive on discord and seems to care about the game so I think it will continue to improve as well. It does offer a good amount of replayability, but a bit more would be good.

Sept. 2024

> pretty normal galaxy > digital age Earth populated by humans > everyone gets addicted to porn > porn becomes a huge industry > porn megacorporations become dominant over the economy > the porn megacorporations militarize and become private military contractors more powerful than governments > earth is carved up by rival porn megacorporations > rival porn megacorporations set up surveillance states and implant people with brain chips > they go to war with each other > weapons of mass destruction are used freely on civilian populations > billions of casualties > the land is still > dolphins, unmolested by humans, spread throughout the oceans and evolve > years pass > the dolphins peacefully progress through the development of technology > dolphins unite in a high-tech democratic and egalitarian post-scarcity society > dolphins construct parallax ansible network connecting the galaxy > universal flourishing of all sentient life 10/10 game UI needs some work but it's worth the price of admission considering i've had fun on multiple runs and it's not even done yet

July 2024

I'd call this a rather strange but engaging experience, and I suspect there'll be a lot of discussion over specific decisions within the game and its narrative. Player agency is deliberately limited to encourage meaningful choices, and I'm not sure whether I'd call it an extremely divergent visual novel with god game elements or a god game with major VN influences. I liked it, but if you want action in your games this isn't one for you.

March 2024

A solid game and a must play for those passionate about exobiology, science and futurism and decisions making games or even god games. Replay value is a bit low...Worth playing a second or third time a few months apart or like a year or two later. Its just different and interesting and worth taking a shot on.

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Steam price	22 January 2025 20:34
Steam reviews	22 January 2025 03:55

15.99€

7.3

722

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Developer

Anomaly Games

Publisher

Anomaly Games, Wings

Release 01 Jul 2021

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