Honeycomb: The World Beyond is above-ground Subnautica with bioengineering and hoverboards

Honeycomb: The World Beyond

Honeycomb: The World Beyond is a survival-sandbox game set on an exuberant planet – Sota7. Explore its vast world and face challenges on your bioengineering journey. Crossbreed plants or animals, gather resources, craft items, and conduct experiments in order to develop new species.

I was just pondering writing something about Subnautica, inspired by revelations that there’s a new Subnautica project on the boil, and along comes the decidedly Subnautica-esque Honeycomb: The World Beyond with a trailer. Developed by Polish team Frozen Way, whose other projects include, erm, Hairdresser Simulator, it casts you as Hennessy, a human xenobiologist who is starting afresh on the alien planet of Sota7.

As in Unknown Worlds’ survival sim, you’ll search various biomes for resources, build solar-powered habitats on stilts with nice, wide windows, and gradually amass a database of local animals and plants. Unlike in Subnautica, you won’t be constantly at risk of suffocation.

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