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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 953 reviews of which 733 were positive and 220 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.4 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 12.79€ on Steam with a 20% discount.

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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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

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

User reviews & Ratings

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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!!
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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
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Dec. 2024
Look, it has slow updates, it's rough around the edges, but I love this game. It's an indie passion project and it shows. Maybe wait till 1.0 but I think it's more than it's cost in value now.
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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!
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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
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Frequently Asked Questions

The Fermi Paradox is currently priced at 12.79€ on Steam.

The Fermi Paradox is currently available at a 20% discount. You can purchase it for 12.79€ on Steam.

The Fermi Paradox received 733 positive votes out of a total of 953 achieving a rating of 7.35.
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The Fermi Paradox was developed and published by Anomaly Games.

The Fermi Paradox is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Fermi Paradox is not playable on MacOS.

The Fermi Paradox is not playable on Linux.

The Fermi Paradox is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for The Fermi Paradox. Explore additional content available for The Fermi Paradox on Steam.

The Fermi Paradox does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Fermi Paradox does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Fermi Paradox is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for The Fermi Paradox.

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The Fermi Paradox
-20% 15.99€ 12.79€
7.4
733
220
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Developer
Anomaly Games
Publisher
Anomaly Games
Release 01 Jul 2021
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