Aquatico Release Date Revealed Alongside New Features Trailer

Written by Brandon Hofer on December 20, 2022

News: An underwater survival city builder will release early next year where you need to try and build a sustainable future in the ocean.

OverSeer Games has announced that its underwater survival city builder, Aquatico, is set to launch on January 12, 2023. To celebrate the news, the development team has released a brand new narrated gameplay trailer showcasing just some of the unique mechanics players will experience.

After Earth’s surface became a barren and inhospitable wasteland, humanity poured their hopes into beginning a new life under the waves. Building a sustainable future, however, doesn’t come easily. Set across multiple levels of the ocean floor, players will need to survive the briny depths to build their very own utopia.

With all new features since its Next Fest debut, including Expeditions that allow you to send your inhabitants out into the depths of the ocean to scout and secure resources, to creating Dome connections that bridge the gap between the lower and upper levels, the trailer gives players a deeper look at the gameplay on offer.

Featuring regional-based biomes with various temperatures and depth levels that impact how players build their underwater civilization, Aquatico presents unique challenges. Whether it’s being wary of the natural sea life or adapting to unknown ecosystems to avoid triggering unwanted conflicts, management of your population and your expansion is key to survival.

Aquatico’s vertical layered construction is unique for city building. Atop the sea bed lie the core infrastructure and production facilities and this layer is accessible to mechanized robots working efficiently to maintain the city’s operations. The layers above are enclosed within massive domes, creating a habitable life for society. Sustaining this newfound daily routine will come with difficulties, as players must work towards fulfilling the requirements for enduring sea life.

Some of the key features of Aquatico include:

Build Your Water World - Build a unique city underwater to escape a dying world. Survive the challenges of the sea and construct your base over multiple levels. Use the seabed to build core infrastructure and production facilities, while the domed layers above will house your people from the dangers of the depths.

Survive The Ocean - Discover diverse biomes, gather resources, secure temperature readings, and manage the multiple levels of your underwater base. Just be wary of natural sea life, as provoking creatures as you build and harvest may trigger dangerous events. Sharks and whales swarming your city may not be ideal.

Choose Your Development - Unlock new technologies and buildings through a vast research tree to determine how you construct your underwater city. From defense grids and drone recycling to sushi houses and oxygen extractors. The route you take will determine the city you create.

Explore The Depths - Use drones and submarines, construct production lines and oversee expeditions to investigate the dark depths of the sea. Expeditions will bring rewards and rare resources that are crucial to life. Success brings the opportunity to delve deeper into the unknown. Who knows what secrets hide across the ocean floor?

Aquatico will be diving into 1.0 on January 12th, 2023. Check out the trailer below and tell us what you think. Will you be picking it up?