The game is just that... decent. There is nothing special about it. The graphics are nice along with the gameplay concepts. Though, the gameplay itself needs a lot of work.
The game will let you go upto a maximum about of days, about 50. Though, if you trigger certain events earlier than intended, it will end sooner. I had one that ended at 37 days. Within these days, you have to start a colony from nothing to be able to withstand the "ultimate" freeze. This includes all needed buildings, stockpiles, colonists/automatons, laws, and research. If you don't have what the game determines you need by the start of it, you fail. There is no way around the time limit.
There are also only three scenarios to choose from. Once you pass day 20 on the previous one, the next one becomes available. You don't even has to complete/pass the previous one, just survive long enough. There is no other way to play the game. There is no sandbox, full campaign, or anything else. When I first saw this and found out there is a time limit, I thought I bought a $30 demo.
It does have most of the parts a survival colony needs to survive winter. It has coal, wood, steel, and food for resources. It has laws that you can enact. Some of these are permanent, and some unlock new skills or buildings. Though once enacted, they cannot be repealed. It also has research to improve what you already have, and unlock new buildings and skills.
All-in-all, this is a demo. It seems like they rushed release of it because they were running out of money. There are plenty of parts that still need work and some parts that are "coming soon." They would have been better off offering it at a lower price and listing it as "still in development." Right now, we pay $10/scenario. I don't know about everyone else, but that is a lot of money for a solitary mission that only lasts for a couple hours at most.
