
If there’s one sure way to combat the potentially sterile aesthetics of a sci-fi game set in space, it’s to present that sci-fi game with hand-drawn visuals that lend a touch of human warmth to gleaming futuristic buildings or wholly unfamiliar alien terrain. This is the approach taken by Silence of the Siren, a new turn-based strategy that’s come out in Early Access today and whose aesthetic and design framework call to mind Endless Legend, Stellaris, or (a less gruesome) Darkest Dungeon.