Free to playOnce Human Survive the Stardust together
Gather, craft and build a home in a strange, tense open world, then face its monsters and bosses with friends at your side.
Is Once Human worth it?
Once Human is worth it if…
- you want co-op survival with friends or a partner against monstrous enemies
- you like building and decorating a base you can move
- you like farming loot and tinkering with gun parts, perks, and upgrades
- you like a story about pollution, factions, and settlements in an eerie world
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Fighting monsters and bosses with friends
You join forces with friends against monstrous enemies, and playing together with a friend or partner fits how the game is played. Many enemies were once human. Otherworld bosses pay out strong gear when you take them on, and those fights can also ease pollution. How you handle a boss is up to you, including finishing the job with no credit from survivors. Farming loot, including guns and gear, takes up much of your time.
Surviving polluted land and water
This is survival in an odd, ruined future where Stardust pollution reaches soil and water as well as living things. Every bite and sip counts toward your Sanity when supplies are tainted. Losing Sanity leaves you with a smaller health pool to fight with. You decide when a meal is worth the risk.
The mystery of Stardust
You look into Stardust's origin and aims. Several factions live in the world, some hostile and some friendly, and you visit human settlements and hear what happened to them. The mood is eerie and horror-tinged, and the monsters have grotesque, unsettling designs.
Building territory and shaping guns
You build your own territory from a Territory Core. Start small with just the essentials in one room, or plan a larger home with outdoor and utility space, then pack up and move it elsewhere whenever you like. Building and decorating the base takes up much of your time. On the weapons side, the collection spans roughly a hundred designs across seven types to find and make. Each gun can be tuned with swappable components and bonuses and leveled up, with attachments and special traits doing much of the work.
What else should you know?
Can you play it together with friends?
Yes. You can team up with friends against monstrous enemies, and play with a friend or partner in co-op.
What can you build?
Your home starts from a Territory Core in land you claim, whether a small single room or a bigger house with patio, kitchen, and garage. You can relocate the territory at any time, and decorating the base is a large part of play.
How deep is the weapon system?
The arsenal covers around a hundred designs across seven types to find and make, with fresh finds along the way. Each gun accepts swappable components and bonuses and can be leveled up, with attachments and traits doing much of the work.
Do servers wipe progress?
You can choose permanent servers or servers that wipe every few weeks.
