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Before We Leave

by Balancing Monkey Games

  • Released May 8, 2020
  • $19.99
  • Mac
  • Nintendo Switch
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation 5
  • Xbox One
  • Xbox Series X|S

78%positive reviews

1,354 positive380 negative

What players say

Pros

  • Relaxing colony sim with good theme

  • Interesting logistics

Cons

  • Feels like busywork

  • Pollution and misery in a peaceful game

Mixed

  • Some call it a charming city builder, others say it is a simple, dull grind

Media

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System requirements

Minimum:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

OS: Windows 10 (64 bit only)

Processor: Intel Core i5-4300U or AMD Phenom II X4 975

Memory: 4 GB RAM

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti or AMD Radeon HD 4890

DirectX: Version 11

Storage: 2 GB available space

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Before We Leave is a non-violent city building game set on multiple planets in your own cozy corner of the universe. Your people emerge from a long period hidden underground and they’ve forgotten the world above. Rebuild civilization back to what it once was by building huts, harvesting potatoes…

Ratings

  • 70IGDB players14 ratings
  • 84Critics6 reviews
  • 77Overall20 scores

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Languages

LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
English
Chinese (Simplified)
English (UK)
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Portuguese (Brazil)
Russian
Spanish (Spain)
Turkish

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