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SeriesPerimeter

Perimeter

Critic score2 critics
First release
May 21, 2004
Developer
K-D Lab
Genres
Strategy, Real Time Strategy (RTS) · Science fiction

Perimeter is an innovative Real-Time-Strategy game that pits players against each other or AI opponents in a life and death struggle to seize territory and establish critical protective “perimeters.” Players will be introduced to the game’s unique “terraforming” feature, allowing them to move, build, construct and destroy the map environment. Set in a future where the Exodus civilization has abandoned the dying Earth, the game offers a well-balanced combination of new terraforming principles and territorial wars with traditional strategy elements.

Also known as Perimeter: La stratégie à l'état pur, Perimeter: Real Time Strategy Reborn, Perimeter: Die Wiedergeburt der Echtzeit-Strategie, Perimeter: Rinasce la Strategia in Tempo Reale
… See more, 太空堡垒, Perimeter: Le renouveau de la stratégie temps réel, Периметр

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Storyline
Humanity has undergone radical changes in society. Scientists and spiritual leaders became one and the same, calling themselves Spirits. The Spirits, foreseeing the inevitable destruction of Earth due to the ravages of our time, directed scientific efforts into the discovery of a new plane of existence: the Psychosphere. The Psychosphere acted as a conduit, providing means to reach another, untouched world, a new Promised Land, by jumping between flat worlds within the Psychosphere. The Psychosphere is appropriately named, as the various worlds resemble the thoughts and actions that have occurred upon Earth during its history. The Spirits then embarked upon the construction of massive floating city-ships called Frames, which could house hundreds of thousands of people for an indefinite period of time. With the Frames completed, the Spirits sent them forth into the Psychosphere with the intent to lead their people to the Promised Land, leaving Earth behind forever.Read more

Humanity has undergone radical changes in society. Scientists and spiritual leaders became one and the same, calling themselves Spirits. The Spirits, foreseeing the inevitable destruction of Earth due to the ravages of our time, directed scientific efforts into the discovery of a new plane of existence: the Psychosphere. The Psychosphere acted as a conduit, providing means to reach another, untouched world, a new Promised Land, by jumping between flat worlds within the Psychosphere. The Psychosphere is appropriately named, as the various worlds resemble the thoughts and actions that have occurred upon Earth during its history. The Spirits then embarked upon the construction of massive floating city-ships called Frames, which could house hundreds of thousands of people for an indefinite period of time. With the Frames completed, the Spirits sent them forth into the Psychosphere with the intent to lead their people to the Promised Land, leaving Earth behind forever.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
May 21, 2004
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Jun 04, 2004
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Jun 30, 2004
All 6 release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Nov 16, 2012
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Apr 03, 2014
PC (Microsoft Windows)
May 11, 2023
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
robots, voxel, parallel worlds, abstract, tank
… All 7, terraforming, dimension travel

At a Glance

Critic Score
86

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Steam users rate this Very Positive, 193 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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