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Explore a Stardust-tainted wasteland, craft and customize guns, fight monsters, and build a relocatable base alone or with others.
Released 09 Jul 2024
Build a Movable Base
Collect Creature Helpers
Customize Crafted Guns
Once Human is a Strange Worlds Survival Game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.
Developed by Starry Studio · Published by Starry Studio, NetEase Games
You awaken in a post-apocalyptic wilderness shaped by Stardust, a force that has altered the land and its inhabitants. Explore settlements and hostile regions, encounter different factions, and uncover clues about Stardust and its origins.
Gather resources, make supplies, and face monstrous enemies, former humans, and otherworldly bosses. Polluted food and water can lower your Sanity and reduce your maximum health, adding a survival concern as you travel and fight.
Craft firearms from collected blueprints and modify them with parts and perks. Build and furnish a territory that can be relocated, and collect Deviations—creatures that can assist with combat or work around your base. Scenario-based servers offer PvE and PvP play with a seasonal structure.
Positive reviews often highlight the freedom to explore, build, craft, and fight at your own pace, either solo or with friends. Players who enjoy the game also praise its strange post-apocalyptic atmosphere, creature designs, base-building, and options for experimenting with equipment and builds. However, many sampled long-time reviewers describe the later loop as repetitive and criticize resets, updates, bugs, or monetization; experiences and opinions vary.
You wake up in the middle of nowhere. You'll have to brace yourself for the cruelty of nature (from monsters to lack of food); however, Stardust's influence does not restrict to living things, it also affects the soil and water. Eating polluted food and drinking dirty water will reduce your Sanity. When your Sanity drops, your max HP would drop accordingly. To eat or not to eat, it's a question.
Battle numerous enemies that are once human, and challenge bosses from another dimension to gain powerful items and ease Stardust pollution. You are not only fighting for yourself, but also fighting for the survivors.
With about 100 gun blueprints divided into seven categories for you to collect and craft, every loot grants you something new. Did I mention accessories and gun perks? Right, they are the heroes here. If our current weapon cannot satisfy your need, you can add different parts and perks, upgrade your firearm to your heart's content.
Use Territory Core to build a house of your own. You can keep a practical style, jamming everything needed in a small room; or you can design a townhouse with a patio, kitchen, garage… The best part is, you can relocate your territory any time you want!
Delve into the truth of Stardust, find out where it came from, and what it wants. In the journey of seeking truth, you may feel alone, but you are never alone. There are several factions in the world, some can be violent and hostile, others might be friendly and helpful. Explore human settlements to learn their stories or exterminate bosses without leaving a name for survivors to praise, the choices are yours.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 36 |
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| Players | 1–400 |
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| Multiplayer | Once Human supports multiplayer in a shared online open world with co-op and PvP. Official features list it as an MMO with Online Co-op and Online PvP, and tags include Massively Multiplayer, Singleplayer, and MMORPG. Reviews indicate solo play is possible for much of the game, while some late-game missions, dungeons, bosses, Prime Wars, and other activities are more effective or may require teams. |
| Multiplayer & mods | No multiplayer mod support is described in the provided information. |
| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 2 listed on Steam |
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| Website | Official website |
