In Maia you don't have direct control of your colonists, they operate on their own initiative, fulfilling their wants and needs. Air flow and conduction, convection and radiation of heat are realistically simulated, emulating the deadly challenge of surviving on an alien world. Maia's atmosphere is toxic to humans, so to keep safe you'll need carefully manage the atmosphere around your base with well placed airlocks, atmosphere generators, heaters and air vents. Once your base is up and running colonists can begin to study the native environment researching new ways to use the flora and fauna of Maia to their advantage.

Some of the colonist's tools have been brought with them, but others must be fabricated from what they can find. Maia is a hard science fiction game based on real or extrapolated technology. Research and Learn from the Planet to Survive With a fully fledged narrative campaign, stand alone missions and several custom sandbox modes, Maia has many, many ways to test your management skill and creativity.

Explore Maia through a series of vast procedurally generated and fully simulated mission areas, each one several kilometres in size. Nevertheless, it is theoretically habitable. Its atmosphere is toxic, its surface is ravaged by solar flares, super storms, and meteor blasts and its unstable crust is constantly shifted by catastrophic earthquakes. Twelve light years from earth, the planet Maia circles Tau Ceti. They'll need somewhere to sleep, somewhere to build and a steady supply of food, water and energy. Build your Baseīurrow into Maia's mineral rich crust to build and manage a complex base that fulfills your colonist's needs. Created by independent developer Simon Roth, Maia is a space colony simulation game about surviving and thriving on another world. Your mission is to colonise this poison eden, survive it's dangers and establish humanity's first foothold in the stars. Maia is a strange and hostile alien world, toxic to humans, yet lush with new life.

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