I'm sure that if I had played this before I played Subnautica, I would have been blown away. It's a similar style of survival game, but the presentation, the size of the world, the engagement of your tools, are all much less. It's also very short, although it does include a sandbox mode.

The combat is better than I expected. Survival can be challenging but not onerous. The crafting and base-building systems *almost* interesting enough to be a real draw; they're enjoyable enough for what they are but what they are is a means to an ends. If the bases were more aesthetically pleasing - and it *almost* gets there! - or if there was a greater variety of things to craft or furniture to build, then they might have been more exciting to engage with.

Frankly, it feels like this game might have been able to come into its own, if it didn't stop its development process where it did. The game has systems that would be enthralling if there was more content and more polish. It feels like Subnautica is what this could have been.

Still - for the low price of $5, granting about 2-3 hours of decently enjoyable play, it might be worthwhile. If it was much more I probably would have given it a thumbs-down.

I'm sure that if I had played this before I played Subnautica, I would have been blown away. It's a similar style of survival game, but the presentation, the size of the world, the engagement of your tools, are all much less. It's also very short, although it does include a sandbox mode. The combat is better than I expected. Survival can be challenging but not onerous. The crafting and base-building systems *almost* interesting enough to be a real draw; they're enjoyable enough for what they are but what they are is a means to an ends. If the bases were more aesthetically pleasing - and it *almost* gets there! - or if there was a greater variety of things to craft or furniture to build, then they might have been more exciting to engage with. Frankly, it feels like this game might have been able to come into its own, if it didn't stop its development process where it did. The game has systems that would be enthralling if there was more content and more polish. It feels like Subnautica is what this could have been. Still - for the low price of $5, granting about 2-3 hours of decently enjoyable play, it might be worthwhile. If it was much more I probably would have given it a thumbs-down.