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The Aquatic Messenger

Explore microscopic messengers of time inspired by micropaleontology and plankton research! Can ancient forms of plankton from over 10,000 years ago help us understand the future of freshwater ecology? Sound…

4 February 2025

The Aquatic Messenger is a video game, released 4 February 2025 on SteamVR.

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What The Aquatic Messenger is

The Aquatic Messenger was released in 2025. It is available on SteamVR only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Explore microscopic messengers of time inspired by micropaleontology and plankton research! Can ancient forms of plankton from over 10,000 years ago help us understand the future of freshwater ecology? Sound like a scifi movie? Actually, these are the realities of real world plankton!
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Aquatic Messenger launched on 4 February 2025, within three weeks of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Sid Meier's Civilization VII and Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.

Released around the same time: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Sid Meier's Civilization VII, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.

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When did The Aquatic Messenger come out?
The Aquatic Messenger was released on 4 February 2025 for SteamVR.