Before We Leave
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…
Before We Leave is an indie developed by Balancing Monkey Games, released 8 May 2020 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. It currently starts at $4.99 at IndieGala.
What Before We Leave is
Before We Leave is an indie game developed by Balancing Monkey Games and released in 2020. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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 and expanding your reborn society to other continents and eventually other planets. Manage resources, discover ancient tech and create a multi-planet network of colonies to thrive in your solar system. But the universe is not always a safe place. Ancient guardians, remnants of your ancestors, will demand your attention and challenge your cities. The planets you inhabit are scarred by the disasters…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are sandbox and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Before We Leave holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 83% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2020 averaged 73, so it scored 11 points above the year average.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $4.99 at IndieGala, 75% below its usual price. Across the 3 stores we track, the same game ranges up to $6.49 — a spread of $1.50 for an identical product.
What it launched against
Before We Leave launched on 8 May 2020, within three weeks of Deep Rock Galactic, Streets of Rage 4, Tetris Effect: Connected and Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It was a PlayStation 5 launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Deep Rock Galactic, Streets of Rage 4, Tetris Effect: Connected, Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition.
Cheats and codes
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