Aquamarine Brings Peaceful Survival This Week!

I like a good relaxing survival game every now and again. There have been many times where I found myself returning to games like Minecraft or Raft just to have something to kill some time. Interestingly enough, this week a new challenger appears. Aquamarine, developed by Moebial Studios, is bringing a peaceful survival experience to Steam.

Aquamarine will release on January 20^th on PC, Mac, and Linux. According to the press release: “Aquamarine offers players an all-new type of survival game that relies on perception and discovery set in an alien ocean. Players will explore a world overrun by nature and have to fight to survive while trying to find a way home in a unique alien world.

Aquamarine brings serenity to the survival adventure genre by using turn-based exploration mechanics and adds in unique features inspired by psychedelic sci-fi of the 70s and 80s. Aquamarine combines the mystery of classic adventures and open-end survival mechanics with elements of exploration, puzzle-solving, and strategy.”

The art style is very unique, and I’m always interested in playing something that looks and feels a little different than the norm. The premise seems reminiscent of Subnautica but in a wholly different way. The same concept persists of exploring an ocean alien to you, but the mechanics seem quite a bit different. I think Aquamarine might be something to watch in the near future.

This is especially the case considering that there will be a console release later this year. If it does well on PC, I could see console players rallying around it and playing with friends. Survival games are the perfect multiplayer experience since you can collaborate with people or sabotage them for some fun moments.