Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a supernatural post-apocalyptic world where players battle terrifying aberrations, gather resources, and rebuild civilization. As a powerful Meta-Human, you can harness the dangerous Stardust infection to survive, explore, and fight across a massive ruined landscape.

Explore a vast open world

• Traverse a seamless 256 km² map filled with diverse biomes, including frozen tundras, deserts, swamps, volcanoes, rivers, and oases.
• Search for resources, uncover mysteries, and adapt to environmental dangers in a hostile world transformed by Stardust.
• Experience open-world survival gameplay that rewards exploration, preparation, and smart decision-making.

Survival, crafting, and base building

• Gather materials, hunt, farm, and craft essential gear to stay alive in the harsh wilderness.
• Build and customize your sanctuary almost anywhere on the map, creating a personal survival base with functional rooms, storage, and defenses.
• Protect your territory with traps, weapons, and fortress-style layouts designed to withstand enemy threats.

Action combat and co-op battles

• Fight monstrous Deviants and other deadly enemies in strategic real-time combat that emphasizes teamwork, positioning, and fast reactions.
• Join forces with friends to challenge dangerous encounters, explore unknown zones, and compete for valuable resources.
• Balance survival tactics with combat skill as you face both environmental threats and intense battles for control.

Meta-Human powers and world lore

• Play as one of the few survivors capable of resisting and wielding Stardust, giving you a unique role in the struggle for humanity's future.
• Unravel the secrets behind the apocalypse while confronting creatures created by a world-changing extraterrestrial force.
• Immerse yourself in a dark sci-fi survival setting filled with supernatural danger and mystery.

Deviation companions

• Recruit unique Deviants that can assist in combat, resource gathering, and base management.
• Build a stronger survival team with companion creatures that add personality, utility, and strategy to gameplay.
• Care for your Deviations to keep them productive and reliable as part of your growing settlement.

Why Once Human stands out

• Blends open-world exploration, survival crafting, base building, and cooperative multiplayer action.
• Features a distinctive supernatural post-apocalyptic setting powered by the Stardust infection system.
• Offers a mix of PvE survival challenges, creative building freedom, companion management, and large-scale adventure.