Before We Leave

Non-violent city builder game.

Before We Leave is a non-violent city-building game with elements of 4X gameplay. Players control a group of people, called Peeps, who leave a bunker. After exploring the area, players guide the Peeps as they rebuild on the ruins of a fallen civilization. Maintaining happiness levels by providing for the Peeps’ needs increases their efficiency, decreasing the amount of time required for actions taken. The game’s ultimate goal is for the Peeps to build up their society enough to launch themselves into space and colonize other planets. To do this, the Peeps must contend with space whales.

This game applies an anti-colonialist, environmental lens on the settler genre.