Terra Nil
Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting…
Terra Nil is an indie developed by Clockwork Acorn, released 28 March 2023 on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS and Linux. The main story takes about 7.5 hrs to finish.
What Terra Nil is
Terra Nil is an indie game developed by Clockwork Acorn and released in 2023. It was published by Devolver Digital. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Terra Nil is a game about transforming a barren, lifeless landscape into a thriving, vibrant ecosystem. Turn dead soil into fertile grassland, clean polluted oceans, plant sprawling forests, and create the ideal habitat for animals to call home. Then recycle your buildings and leave no trace that you were there. Reclaim the wasteland.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are educational, sandbox and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 37 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Terra Nil holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 65% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 4 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 7.5 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-4590 / AMD FX-8350, 8 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 760 / Radeon RX 560X. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. 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
Terra Nil launched on 28 March 2023, within three weeks of Resident Evil 4, Dredge, Figment 2: Creed Valley and Wartales. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 6 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 4, Dredge, Figment 2: Creed Valley, Wartales.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Terra Nil yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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