I Was A Teenage Exocolonist: August 2025
Quick Facts
G&G Dates: August 1 - August 23rd, 2025
Steam Tags: Choices Matter, Life Sim, Visual Novel, RPG
Steam Page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1148760/I_Was_a_Teenage_Exocolonist/
Steam Description:
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Developer: Northway Games
Publisher: Finji
Release Date: August 22, 2022
Platform(s): PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4/5, Steam Deck
Price: $24.99 USD
Time to Play: 12 hours (Main Story); 100+ (Completionist)
Have a response to a discussion or reflection question? Want to share your thoughts on the game? Leave a voice message or send an email by August 16th, and you’ll have the chance to be included in a future episode!
Why I Was a Teenage Exocolonist?
This was a G&G community choice! We’re playing this because the community voted it in during our December 2024 ranked choice voting ~
I also am VERY excited to be playing this game, because of the massive amount of differentiation I think we’ll be getting in terms of what folks choose to do: this’ll be a fun one to discuss and see how our playthroughs diverge and intersect!
You may especially enjoy this if you like:
the idea of creating a community and society from (almost) scratch
choices and consequences in game
narratives set in sci-fi settings
the ability to build relationships with characters in games
Content Warnings & Notes
The game is rated T. The wonderful folks at Northway Games provided a website that has content warnings in further detail. At a high level, there is:
Major character death
Children in peril/dying
Animal cruelty and death
Bodily harm and grossness
Implied sexual content
Drugs and alcohol
Violence in text
Mental health and trauma
Domestic abuse
Traumatic global event
If you’d like more detail than what’s listed above, please feel free to visit the page created by the devs to learn more.
Timeline / Important Dates 🗓️
August 6th - September Indiescovery / I Was A Teenage Exocolonist (Introduction)
August 19th - I Was A Teenage Exocolonist (Discussion)
August 23 - Community Hangout (3 pm PT in Discord)
Reflection & Discussion Questions
While we’ll be discussing a lot of different topics, here are a few primary questions to get you started!
When given the choice to create a community or society, what would you strive to create?
After playing Exocolonist, how did your ideal differ from the reality?
What were some critical moments that shifted your plans?
How do you feel about the way you adapted?
Would you do anything differently?
Did you try playing another run? If so: how did your second/third/fourth time go?
Did you try playing another run? If so: how did your second/third/fourth time go?
