Once Human
Once Human is a multiplayer open-world 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…
Once Human is an adventure developed by Starry Studio, released 9 July 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Android and iOS. It is free to play. The main story takes about 2,622 hrs to finish.
What Once Human is
Once Human is an adventure game developed by Starry Studio and released in 2024. It was published by NetEase Games. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on NeoX engine [ by NetEase Games ].
The premise, in the publisher's words
Unveiled by the research group Rosetta, "Stardust" is no ordinary substance. It is intricately linked to a host of weird phenomena that defy comprehension. Initially heralded as a catalyst for tech development, Rosetta's exploration of stardust ultimately triggered "Starfall": an eruption of the Great Ones burst forth from Rosetta's experimental monolith, disseminating "Stardust" far and wide. This unleashed a chain of anomalies: from biological mutations to societal disorder and the abrupt collapse of human civilization. However, a special group of individuals infected by stardust did not lose their sanity or mutate. Instead, they emerged with abilities and became known as "Metas". They…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), action, open world and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Once Human holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2024 averaged 76, so it scored 9 points above the year average. Players rate it 75, 10 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 2,622 hrs.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-4460 / Snapdragon® X, 8 GB RAM and Nvidia GTX 750ti 4G / AMD Radeon RX550 / Qualcomm® Adreno X1 GPU. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. It also needs around 100GB of free storage, which is a real consideration on a 512GB drive. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Once Human launched on 9 July 2024, within three weeks of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Nobody Wants to Die, Still Wakes the Deep and Zenless Zone Zero. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Nobody Wants to Die, Still Wakes the Deep, Zenless Zone Zero.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Once Human yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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