TERRA '96: an open-world game where you live 1996 Spain
Pesetas, payphones and commuter trains in a country that is generated as you travel through it. Here is what TERRA '96 is, how it plays and what you need to download it for free.
Product & communication
Some games hand you a huge map; others hand you a whole life to live. TERRA '96, the Simvix group's open-world life simulation game, goes for the second and places it in a very specific time and place: Spain in 1996.
A country that builds itself as you go
Instead of a fixed setting, TERRA '96 generates roads, trains, towns and people in real time as you move around. And the world does not freeze when you look away: towns grow on their own and life carries on while you play. Each in-game day lasts 24 real minutes, which gives time a rhythm of its own: there is room for work, errands and going out, but you have to plan.
How your story begins
There are five ways to start a game: with a family, in free mode, at random, by creating your own character or online. From there, life unfolds hour by hour through work, shopping, travel and leisure, with details anyone who lived through those years will recognise: prices in pesetas, landlines and payphones, a travel agency selling Mediterranean cruises, and an in-game computer or mobile phone for booking activities.
Getting around, 1996 style
Travel is part of the game. You can catch the intercity bus or the commuter train, call a taxi, or buy a car on finance and drive it from the cockpit view, with the dashboard in front of you and a HUD and minimap that adapt to the situation.
What you need to play
TERRA '96 is free and runs on 64-bit Windows 10 and 11 with DirectX 12. Updates keep your saved games, so you can install new versions without losing progress. The project website brings together a gallery, installation guide, manual, cheats, documentation, help and version history.
If you are curious, take a look at the TERRA '96 page in our portfolio and download TERRA '96 for free to start your life in 1996.