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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 and published by Anomaly Games.
Released on July 01st 2021 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 951 reviews of which 731 were positive and 220 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 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 Multiple Endings Strategy Resource Management 2D Space Choose Your Own Adventure Procedural Generation Story Rich Singleplayer Simulation Atmospheric

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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

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Feb. 2025

Good game for its price I'd say. i hope it get even more new stuff added. Enjoyed the hell out of it. Wyrmwood is cursed tho, there is always an AI rebellion there. I made little notes on my latest playthrough, here is what one of the species gone through: Erbori: -They develop wholesome life loving values -grow to like precious metals and gems -Individualistic philosophy -In the Iron age, they chose wisdom -knights become a minor but important thing -they explore their world int he „age of sail”, learning much -parasites almost totally wipe them -They become less religious, debating the existence of the divine -They develop taur scaly communism!! -They develop steampunk clockwork computers, but they are costly. -They reach thee machine age, and achieve prosperity -they send radio waves to Tau Ceti -space is explored, growth starts -they go full LGBT on a large scale! -Accidents stop them from developing nuclear submarines -Living too deep in canyons, photovoltaics just never really take off -they reach the cyber age -They launch a ship to kepler. Bound to meet the Noyans! -They remain highly sexual -Spaceborne living just isn’t working out. -They meet the Noyans… it doesn’t work out, so they move on. -They almost launch a super advanced ship to the Noyans.. again. It leaves with out them, and is destroyed. -Their solar ship is almost lost on route ot Earth -They reach sol. Their beginnings are harsh -They almost wipe themselves out in their home system with a blackhole! -They adopt pacifism in Sol -Porn tech leads to minor development in sol -In Sol, they sometimes exile people to the wilds. -The beholder spysatelite program is instead repurposed for deep space exploration -The noyans reach sol, and make contact -Contact with the Noyans is a stunning success, and they live in friendship on Earth! -Their conservatives try to leave, but instead just isolate. -free spirited artists come together in Sol, but like, that’s the norm for these people -They develop wormholes, creating utopia int he galaxy!!

Jan. 2025

I keep coming back, over and over, and they keep updating it... totally worth the asking price if you want to feel like a space god :D

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!

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.

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15.99€

7.4

731

220

Online players

Developer

Anomaly Games

Publisher

Anomaly Games

Release 01 Jul 2021

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