BEFORE WE LEAVE: A real time strategy game without the conquest

Emerge from your bunker and rebuild your world in strategy game Before We Leave by New Zealand's Balancing Monkey Games.

May 31, 2021 2:20 PM

Gianni Di Giovanni

Before We Leave is a mostly non-violent strategy game where players emerge from a bunker to reclaim their world after a disaster in a beautiful hex built world which has just made its Steam debut.

Developers Anna Barham and Sam Barham from New Zealand's Balancing Monkey Games wanted to make a game that actively challenged the inherent colonialism in many other strategy games as you rebuild in a world once yours.

Pixel Sift is produced by Viv Thum, Fiona Bartholomaeus, Daniel Ang & Adam Christou. Mitch Loh is Senior Producer and Gianni Di Giovanni is our Executive Producer.

Thanks to Salty Dog Sounds for some of our promo music.

Before We Leave

Balancing Monkey Games

Some good ninja stuff, good samurai stuff, it took them a long time to get here but boy I'm glad they did.

Pros:

Naoe feels like the old assassins from previous games
Yasuke definitely doesn't, which is very welcome change
Absolutely stunning world that feels busy and lived in

Cons:

Maybe the world actually might be too big?
It's an evolution not a revolution, if you've bounced off Assassin's Creed in the past this doesn't break the mold.

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Before We Leave

Developer:

Balancing Monkey Games

Publisher:

Team17

Release Date:

May 8, 2020

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BEFORE WE LEAVE: A real time strategy game without the conquest

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