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The Alters: Last Variable DLC launches on July 13 with 20-hour new story

Belmin Kopic

Published: 16:00, 02 July 2026

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The Alters: Last Variable DLC launches on July 13 with 20-hour new story

Story expansion launches July 13 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S with approximately 20 hours of additional gameplay

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Players create four new Scientist Alters (Geologist, Biologist, Chemist, and Physicist) to unlock research areas, terraform zones, and harvest exotic materials
Expanded survival mechanics include new building options, research bays, Cryosleep Chamber, and Field Labs for conducting research
Player decisions impact team dynamics and planetary legacy as Alters develop individual mindsets about research priorities

Story expansion launches July 13 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S with approximately 20 hours of additional gameplay

The Alters: Last Variable launches on 13 July for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, bringing a 20-hour story expansion, new Scientist Alters and fresh gameplay mechanics.

11 Bit Studios has today announced that The Alters: Last Variable, a significant story expansion for their hit game The Alters - will launch on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S on 13 July.

The DLC packs in approximately 20 hours of additional gameplay, introducing players to four new Scientist Alters, expands on the survival gameplay elements and concludes Jan’s story with a whole new chapter.

Last Variable picks up years after the conclusion of the base game. Scientist Alter Jan has chosen to stay on the planet and learn more about it, beginning a new project focused on discovering more about the Oasis. However, he soon learns that he won’t be able to do it alone.Jan creates four clones of himself to assist with his new project, each based on one of the different sciences needed to solve the world’s mysteries.

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Each Alter has their own area of expertise: Geologist, Biologist, Chemist and Physicist. With their help, players will unlock new areas of research as they terraform dead zones into life zones, harvest exotic materials and refine them for use, and push their research further into higher levels.

But the planet won’t sit quietly as Jan conducts his experiments; survivors will face earthquakes, radiation spikes and more as the landscape changes around them.

Survival aspects on the surface have been expanded with Last Variable, with the underground base now featuring new building options, research bays and even a Cryosleep Chamber so that players can take bigger risks and spend more time away from base to see the true impact of their research.

Surface-based gameplay sees similar additions with Field Labs allowing Alters to conduct research while Jan is asleep.Narrative also plays a bigger focus in this newest chapter.

As the Alters develop their own mindsets and what they believe is important, Jan will have to balance everyone’s wants when deciding how far he’s willing to take his research. The decisions that players make will impact not only what happens to the team, but what legacy they leave on the planet.