Summary
- Terra Invicta joins PC Game Pass today in Game Preview mode, offering players a chance to influence development with their feedback.
- The game, similar to Civilization, pits factions against an alien invasion, offering a dynamic and strategic gameplay experience.
- Xbox Game Pass continues to deliver new content with Open Roads, Hot Wheels Unleashed 2, and Diablo 4 all coming on March 28, catering to different gaming preferences.
Terra Invicta is available on PC Game Pass as part of the Game Preview program, starting today. This means Game Pass subscribers should be aware that this game is not necessarily finished, as developers continue to work on it based on fan feedback. However, Microsoft's subscription service is no doubt a great way to gather even more feedback, even if the game has been in early access of sorts since late 2022.
Many games have come to Game Pass in preview mode and benefited from it. Recently, both Lightyear Frontier and Palworld came to Game Pass in Game Preview mode, and Palworld's popularity speaks for itself. It remains to be seen how exactly Terra Invicta is received, but there's plenty to be had here nonetheless.
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Terra Invicta is a grand strategy game not unlike Civilization. In it, an alien invasion divides humanity into seven factions, and players must lead one to victory across the solar system.
Terra Invicta Factions
- The Resistance focuses on alliances and defence
- Humanity First focuses on alien extermination (and their allies)
- The Servants worship the aliens
- The Protectorate wants to negotiate surrender
- The Academy hopes to turn the invasio ninto an interstellar alliance
- The Initiative puts profits first
- Project Exodus seeks to flee via a massive starship.
Once players control a faction, they will determine the fate of Earth before moving onto the stars and expanding across a dynamic solar system. The gameplay is very fluid, and this makes for some exciting strategic gameplay, especially with things are forced to change on the fly. Terra Invicta also bills itself as a game where hard sci-fi meets strategy, meaning it aims to be incredibly thorough and systems rich, which is what the 4X/grand strategy genre is known for.
Game Pass List - End of March 2024
- Terra Invicta - PC only - Today
- Diablo 4 - PC and Console - March 28
- Open Roads - PC, Cloud, and Console - March 28 (Console, Cloud, and PC)
- Hot Wheels Unleashed 2: Turbocharged - PC, Cloud, and Console - March 28
Of course, hard sci-fi and strategy are not going to appeal to everyone. Xbox Game Pass is not one to rest on its luarels, and more content is coming on March 28. Open Roads, Hot Wheels Unleashed 2, and Diablo 4 are all coming to Xbox Game Pass, and they each scratch a different itch. In other words, between today and the end of the month, Xbox Game Pass has something for hard sci-fi and strategy fans, dungeon crawling hack-and-slash looter fans, fans of "interactive movies," and racing fans.
Terra Invicta
- Released
- January 5, 2026
WHERE TO PLAY
An extraterrestrial probe is detected approaching Earth. Unknown to humanity, an alien force has arrived in the far reaches of the icy Kuiper Belt and has begun mining a dwarf planet to prepare for an invasion.
With Earth’s nations unable to unite to address the alien arrival, transnational groups of like-minded political, military, and scientific leaders develop covert channels to coordinate a response. With the aliens' motives uncertain, factions emerge, driven by hope, fear, or greed.
You will control one of these factions.
• The Resistance works to form an alliance of nations to mount a coordinated defense.
• Humanity First vows to exterminate the aliens alongside any who sympathize with them.
• The Servants worship the aliens and believe they will solve all the troubles of the world.
• The Protectorate advocates negotiated surrender as the only means to avoid annihilation.
• The Academy hopes the alien arrival heralds the opportunity to form an interstellar alliance.
• The Initiative seeks to profit from the chaos and destruction.
• Project Exodus plans to build a massive starship and flee the Solar System.
- ESRB
- Everyone 10+ / Mild Violence, Mild Language
- Engine
- unity
- Platform(s)
- PC
- Developer
- Pavonis Interactive
- Publisher
- Hooded Horse
- Genre(s)
- Simulation, Real-Time Strategy, Grand Strategy, 4X, War & Military
- How Long To Beat
- 68 hours
- Steam User Rating
- 80% (October 31, 2023)
