Next year, a new survival game is set to launch on Steam in a post-apocalyptic world. After the flop of the last survival hope, there is great fear of being disappointed again. However, you can at least get a first impression of this new game in the beta.
What kind of game is this? Once Human is a new survival game on Steam scheduled for release in the third quarter of 2024.
In Once Human, you will try to survive in a post-apocalyptic world and team up with other players. Together, you will face PvE battles and also PvP battles against other groups of survivors.
Why could Once Human be the better alternative? Once Human already does one important thing better than the recently flopped The Day Before: an open beta test.
Unlike The Day Before, this free beta test is available to all players who are interested, not just the “volunteers” who are already working on the game. This way, the developers receive widespread feedback and the opportunity to intensely incorporate player experiences into the next phase.
As players, you also have the chance to get to know Once Human before deciding to follow the development and release and possibly even buy the game.
Before you grab the beta, you can take a first look at the game in the trailer:
Where can you play the beta? If you want to take a first look at Once Human, you can get the beta through the official website. There, you can also sign up for the release.
What can you expect? As the trailer shows quite well, Once Human takes place in a dangerous world where you play as a Meta, meaning as a survivor.
Regarding the story of the game, it can be said briefly that a dangerous alien substance called Stardust transforms living beings into monsters and gives them supernatural powers. While you explore this new world, you must assert yourself in combat against these strange creatures.
In the trailer, you can get a closer look at some of these strange creatures. In the last minutes, a house rises from the ground and suddenly crawls around on disgusting spider legs.
Once Human presents various features in the trailer
What you can see in the nearly 10 minutes of gameplay in the trailer includes a lot of battles against other players and strange monsters that look like they have a jellyfish for a head.
The battles look very action-packed at first glance. With your teammates, you should be able to rely on each other to navigate through the battlefield, which can also be a regular house.
In addition to the battles, you also get a glimpse of the various survival features:
- You build your base and can even drive it around on a pickup truck
- You gather resources and explore your surroundings
- In the open world, you can hunt and fish
- You need to collect various anomalies and use them to unlock rewards and abilities
- With the motorcycle, you can explore your surroundings at high speed
The community seems to play a significant role in Once Human. In the trailer, you can see the characters relaxing together in their bases, dancing, or taking fun photos with their slain prey.
More about the strange world of Once Human can be found here: Steam: New game with open world starts beta soon – Reminds of The Last of Us, but with spider buses
