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by Howling Moon Software

Windows · macOS · Linux · Feb 11, 2018

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Fit check

Is Verdant Skies worth it for you?

We tell you who should skip it, too.

Play it if you…

Good fit
  • Life-simulation players who want farming alongside home decoration and crafting activities
  • Players interested in building relationships and pursuing romance with a game's residents
  • Players who prefer character creation without choosing a gender

Skip it if you…

Saves you a refund
  • Players seeking a narrowly focused activity may find the game asks them to divide time among farming, crafting, socializing, and colony development.
  • Players looking for action-led or combat-focused gameplay may find the described activities center on daily life, farming, and relationships.
  • Players seeking a game without romance or social relationships may not want its resident-befriending and dating activities.

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Our take on Verdant Skies

The page leans on broad claims about deep storytelling and endless possibilities, but its concrete examples are a set of life-simulation activities: farming, crafts, colony development, and relationships. That gives a clearer sense of the play than the sweeping language does.

What is Verdant Skies?

Verdant Skies is a life simulation game set on the alien world Viridis Primus.

Players gather resources, grow crops, fish with a spear, cook, decorate a home, and help develop a colony. Farming includes combining crops with a genetic splicing machine. Painting and pottery offer other activities. Players can befriend colonists and pursue romance; additional residents become available to date as the colony grows. Character creation includes choices of skin tone, hairstyle, and clothing, and does not require selecting a gender. The game also supports mods, including player-made artwork replacements, characters, and tips.

How Verdant Skies plays

01Crop hybridization
A genetic splicing machine lets players combine crops as part of the farming system.
02Character creation
Players can choose skin tones, hairstyles, and clothing without selecting a gender.
03Mod support
Community-made modifications include replacement artwork, new characters, and additional tips.

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Verdant Skies: platforms & release

Is Verdant Skies worth it?

It is worth it if: life-simulation players who want farming alongside home decoration and crafting activities. Skip it if: players seeking a narrowly focused activity may find the game asks them to divide time among farming, crafting, socializing, and colony development.

Where can I download Verdant Skies?

Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Verdant Skies's store page, where you can choose how to get it.

What platforms is Verdant Skies on?

Windows, macOS and Linux.

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