Tharsis
Tharsis is a turn-based space strategy game. With dice and cannibalism. It puts you in control of humanity's first manned mission to Mars, just as it's struck by a micrometeoroid storm. You must guide your…
Tharsis is an adventure developed by Choice Provisions, released 11 January 2016 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Wii U and iOS.
What Tharsis is
Tharsis is an adventure game developed by Choice Provisions and released in 2016. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Wii U, iOS, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB M age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A mysterious signal originating from the Tharsis region of Mars set us on a frantic mission. Who sent it? And why? Impossible questions, but in them lie the key to humanity’s survival. Now, millions of miles away from home, a micrometeoroid storm has left us with a severely damaged ship, two deceased crew, and the sneaking suspicion this trip was doomed from the start.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are horror, science fiction and survival. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 12 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Tharsis holds a critic score of 63 out of 100. That places it above 22% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 5 points below the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5 5xxx, 2 GB RAM and DirectX 11 compatible graphics card (Intel HD 5000, NVIDIA GeForce 400 or Radeon HD 5000). At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Tharsis launched on 11 January 2016, within three weeks of The Witness, Yakuza Kiwami, Darkest Dungeon and Yakuza Kiwami. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Witness, Yakuza Kiwami, Darkest Dungeon, Yakuza Kiwami.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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