Once Human
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ActionAdventureCasualMassively MultiplayerRacingRPGSimulationStrategyFree To PlayOpen WorldSurvivalMultiplayerCo-opOpen World Survival Craft

16,945 playing#63 on Steam by players#63 on Steam

Peak in the last 24 hours: 28,456

Peak in the last 7 days: 34,602

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Game description

Once Human is a Strange Worlds Survival Game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.

Basic info

DeveloperStarry Studio
PublisherStarry Studio, NetEase Games
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckUnsupported
Release dateJul 9, 2024
Price

Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 64-bit Operating System
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4460 / Snapdragon® X
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNvidia GTX 750ti 4G / AMD Radeon RX550 / Qualcomm® Adreno X1 GPU
Storage100 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 405 reviews from the past 1 year

77.0/ 100
Bottom 40%

Steam rating: Mostly Positive (79%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 12, 2026)

Shared survival is what players remember most about Once Human; 86 reviews enjoy it, and the most upvoted recalls precious time playing with a partner. It scores 77.0.

👍 Strengths

37 reviews praise beautiful visuals and an eerie post apocalyptic atmosphere, and others say the dark lore makes it feel genuinely fresh. 23 describe meeting people and building together, and some point to about a hundred hours of content. Players who stay describe a world that keeps changing.

👎 Where it falls short

Story & World ranks 658th of 1096. 46 reviews criticize the monetization, the most upvoted calling its loot boxes predatory, and 41 say the loop becomes monotonous after the first hours, with mechanics they find too simple. 41 feel a recent update broke the game with griefing and nerfs, and others describe information overload and drop rates so low that progress feels blocked. Content Volume ranks 646th of 1351. Overall it holds 77.0 from 194,364 Steam reviews.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“game allowed me to play with my husband during cancer treatment, precious and always changing” · 86 reviews
“Predatory loot box mechanics and autogenerated reviews” · 46 reviews
“beautiful visuals and immersive story with eerie post-apocalyptic atmosphere” · 37 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 63% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Freedom +3.14 · Room to explore, build, and play your own way
Negative “decoration limit of 250 items per territory restricts base customization freedom” · 6 reviews

Progression 37% · Difficulty 9% · Onboarding 17% · Strategy 15% · Controls & feel 10%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 29% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

World +2.94 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “dark atmosphere and intriguing lore made it feel genuinely fresh” · 20 reviews
Negative “story/lore lacking, jarring tone from zombie apocalypse to Barbie's dream house” · 2 reviews

Story 13% · Characters 2%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 45% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +2.28 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “100 hours of content available” · 11 reviews
Negative “nothing new for veterans, gameplay loops repeat without meaningful progression” · 9 reviews

Variety 31% · Replayability 7%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 31% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +3.27 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “beautiful visuals and immersive story with eerie post-apocalyptic atmosphere” · 37 reviews

Audio 4%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 41% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +2.62 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “met girlfriend in-game, building together, life-changing experience” · 23 reviews
Negative “PvP mode has constant stress from raids and base destruction” · 7 reviews

Community 14% · Servers & Connection 5%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 43% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Pricing +0.11 · Whether the price, DLC and microtransactions are reasonable, and how much paying gives you an edge
Negative “Predatory loot box mechanics and autogenerated reviews” · 46 reviews

Anti-cheat 2% · Balance 12% · Matchmaking 2%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 35% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -0.18 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “last update broke game with unwanted griefing and nerfs to core mechanics” · 41 reviews
Positive “devs regularly update the game, keeping it fresh” · 6 reviews

Stability 12% · Performance 10%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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