Surviving the Abyss

Earth, 1976. You have been tasked with managing a deep-sea science facility working to perfect cloning. Explore the darkness and keep your crew alive in this hardcore survival colony builder. And beware. The darkness hides untold horrors.

Surviving the Abyss is a city builder, colony sim and exploration game developed by Rocket Flair Studios and published by Paradox Arc.
Released on November 05th 2024 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 930 reviews of which 614 were positive and 316 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.4 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Surviving the Abyss into these genres:

City Builder Colony Sim Exploration Underwater Building Management Base-Building Survival Difficult Economy RTS Strategy 3D Alternate History Post-apocalyptic Choices Matter Simulation Realistic Atmospheric Mystery

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows 7 64-bit or newer
Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K or AMD FX-8310
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: GeForce GTX 950 or Radeon HD 7970
Storage: 8 GB available space

Reviews

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Jan. 2025

I understand why the game got a lot of bad reviews. However, the latest May 7th update seems to have cleared most of the bugs. I played quite a bit after the update and had no problems. The concept is great. I do feel like it needs more content and I'm looking forward to new updates. ** Finished game with about 130 hours. I started over each time I screwed up. Once you understand how everything works it is fairly easy. I still think the game needs more content. Overall I got my monies worth.

Nov. 2024

It's a good game. I don't think it deserves the negatives, especially since last couple of updates. The vibe makes it quite unique comparing to other colony builders/simulations. It's eerie, forces you to plan and use your brain. And it's quite immersive - scarce resources, constant fight to manage your oxygen and ensure your colony is well lit - you really feel like you were stuck deep underwater. I thought I couldn't get this immersion again after Subnautica, but the creators of Surviving the Abyss has proven me wrong.

Nov. 2024

Despite the apparent abandomnent from the publisher, the game managed to come out, it's a 7/10. It lacks the 'oompf' of Surviving Mars, so surprisingly it's more chill as most of the perils would be self made rather than external. Wish it had more depth but it's fine for what it is. Hope they do DLC or something but I don't think they would.

Sept. 2024

I've seen a few of the reviews talking about the game being abandoned, which I never quite understood. There was a few months without updates, but often preceded large updates. The game has come a long way since i first got it. Nearer its launch I couldn't stomach more than an hour or two. It was a near concept but just shallow and not very good at drawing you in. Now, years later, I cant get enough. There are still some things to fix, and some ideas that could be better executed. BUT the claims that game game is abandoned are, at this point, completely incorrect. If you are flipping through reviews, please discard any 'abandoned game' reviews. Base it off of the other reviews of pro's and cons. I love the concept, and I think it is challenging and fun. To-date, its the only city builder that made me acknowledge, and actually feel like i had limited resources. Frost punk, Manor Lords, sure they had limited resources... but the resource starvation never quite feels like a threat. Here you have finite resources and never quite feel like you have enough. Fighting what lurks in the dark while trying to have enough people to go around feels challenging even on the into mission. i for sure recommend this game. May not be your forte, but it FEELS like your trying to survive the abyss. You have to want to survive.

May 2024

I played when it first came out and endured the silence until the recent update. For anyone who tried it out before, try it again because it's more clear what direction the game is going and there's a decent amount of new stuff to mess with.

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Developer

Rocket Flair Studios

Publisher

Paradox Arc

Release 05 Nov 2024

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