I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

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The Choices You Make, Make You. Growing up in humanity’s first extrasolar space colony means navigating a new world full of wonder, danger, and beauty.

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Developer:
Northway Games
Publisher:
Finji
Engine:
Unity
Release date:
25 August 2022
Recent Steam reviews:
Very Positive (59)
All Steam reviews:
Overwhelmingly Positive (3893)

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Description

The Choices You Make, Make You.

Growing up in humanity’s first extrasolar space colony means navigating a new world full of wonder, danger, and beauty. Explore the wilderness, study, fall in love, discover strange creatures, and deal with the consequences of your actions. Your choices will directly affect the lives of your friends and the fate of the colony. What kind of world will you help make? Will you survive to enjoy it? Why do you remember doing this before?



Growing Up on an Alien Planet

You have your whole life ahead of you. Will you spend it studying in school, or diving into the intriguing flora and fauna of this new world? Will you introduce space-age technology, or live in harmony with nature? Will you battle massive beasts, or nurture future generations? Realized in brilliant watercolor, the world of Vertumna is yours to explore.



Your Pasts and Your Futures Matter

Everything you learn and experience will make you and your colony stronger. You will thrive and you will make mistakes. These formative moments - your memories, decisions, and friendships - become collectible cards you carry with you. Each season brings new obstacles on Vertumna. The battle cards you earn from your experiences give you new options for overcoming these challenges, whether that is navigating relationships, learning new skills, exploring the planet, or staying alive. Every decision counts, during this life and the next.



How Many Lives Will YOU Live?

The cosmos is full of incredible mysteries, and your ability to remember your past lives is one of them. There are dozens of different endings to your story. How many lives will it take to save both your colony and the planet? Are you ready to wake up again?

Features:

  • Use memories of past lives to explore 800+ story events.
  • Discover more than 250 battle cards as you grow up on an alien planet.
  • Play your best hand in challenge encounters to ace your math test or escape from a wild snapbladder.
  • Make friends, fight with your parents, go on dates, fall in love, and save the colony.
  • 29 wildly different endings based on the choices you make each month.
  • Pick from 25 colony jobs, like goofing off as a depot clerk, or surveying the valley.
  • Grow into 15 skills, including bravery, toughness, organization, and empathy.
  • Get to know 10 dateable characters, including dog-boys, aliens, hot politicians and stone cold killers.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows 7 (SP1+), Windows 10 and Windows 11
Processor:
x86, x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support.
Memory:
4 GB RAM
Graphics:
DX10, DX11, DX12 capable.
DirectX:
Version 10
Storage:
2 GB available space

recommended*

OS:
Windows 10 (64bit) and up
Processor:
Intel Core i5-4690k / AMD Athlon 3000G
Memory:
8 GB RAM
Graphics:
Nvidia GTX 970 4GB / AMD R9 290 4GB
DirectX:
Version 11
Storage:
5 GB available space

User reviews

PotatoEnglishMan
Not recommended | 22 Jun 2026
4.6h played

spoliers ahead: warning. fun and addictive game with deep emotional impact. i bought this game for the romance however! as a straight man, i want to date a woman in this game and have her be my partner and fall in love.

Helpful: 8
strawber
Recommended | 30 Jun 2026
82.8h played

This game genuinely is so near and dear to me, from the endings to falling in love with the characters. I get inspiration and a drawing kick because I can't help but fawn over the art every time. One of my favorite

Helpful: 0
Darklingreaper
Recommended | 06 Jul 2026
107h played

This is such a unique and fascinating story that keeps building on itself with every replay. The visuals are gorgeous and the storyline is enchanting. Going through again and again to experience all the possible

Helpful: 2
Kynji
Recommended | 07 Jul 2026
21.9h played

If you like visual novels at all, I think you'll love this game. While it does have elements of a card game, there are settings to play normal (which is fairly easy tbh), hard, and as a dice roll (though it's a

Helpful: 2
gati2009
Recommended | 28 Jun 2026
16.4h played

excellent game ! (and that's not something I say often, the only games i consider as "excellent" are this one, OMORI and maybe In stars and time but I haven't finshed it.) I just finished my first playthrough, and i

Helpful: 2
hi_rach2002
Recommended | 01 Jul 2026
18.9h played

An amazing game with replayability. This is my second playthrough and I befriended someone else this time which lead to all new experiences. The story follows your choices. Highly recommend this game.

Helpful: 1