Life Below
Megapop · 2026 · Nature, City Builder, Strategy, Simulation, Survival
PC
Mostly Positive79% · 135
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About Life Below
The ocean is dying. Coral reefs are vanishing and ecosystems are breaking down. By the power of the mysterious reef heart you must restore balance, using the ocean floor itself as the foundation to build vibrant havens for sealife. Craft lures to entice different species to your reef and use their natural abilities to overcome underwater hazards. Experience Thalassa’s journey in campaign mode, then undergo new challenges in freeplay.Advised by marine biologists and shaped with authentic underwater audio, Life below introduces realism into its world of fantasy. Gameplay reflects natural rhythms and interactions, bringing the ocean floor to life with motion, color, and possibility.In a twist on the city-building genre, resurrect entire ecosystems by strategically crafting and managing vibrant coral reefs to restore life to the deep. This will take a combination of energy-channeling coral, resource generating seashells, and much more to ensure the ocean’s floor not only survives, but truly thrives.Experience a charming campaign over a series of hand crafted animations, guided by a heartfelt story written by award-winning video games writer Rhianna Pratchett. Appointed by Gaia, Thalassa must restore life to the reef. Become the ocean guardian, revive long-gone habitats, overcome oceanic instability and increase biodiversity.With the perfect environment formed, you can lure over 40 different wildlife species from coral crabs and monkfish to distinctive hammerhead sharks. Admire your new school of fish close-up or watch over your entire colony, using a powerful new camera system. Under the reef heart’s watchful gaze, create and nurture your own sub-aquatic haven. However, housing them is only the start. To keep the underwater ecosystem thriving, you must cater to their needs and protect them from external threats.From shifting biomes to outside influence, Life Below presents a range of challenges to navigate. Algae levels, PH balance and an infestation of lionfish aren’t the only challenges you’ll have to solve. More serious threats such as oil spills and garbage patches will call for creative strategies, requiring the help of special wildlife to overcome.Every zone of the ocean floor will bring its own set of challenges. Temperature and acidity fluctuations along with a naturally limited area are only a few of the problems you’ll need to adapt to. Only by strategically adapting your playstyle to each environment can you efficiently expand your territory to restore the entire reef to its former glory.
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What Steam players say
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Relaxing building game (I'm not sure what the reviews complaining about the difficulty are talking about). Has some interesting themed mechanics that make it different from other builders, like relying on gaining different types of sea creatures to fuel your research, and getting specific creatures as prerequisites for some special abilities. Took me about 20 hours to complete on normal 1x speed, although I didn't platinum (that would probably take another 10 due to research speed). Very pretty once you're complete.2 found this helpful
This game is so beautiful and serene. I played the cozy version, as there are 3 modes you can choose from - it is the perfect game for unwinding after a stressful day. The soundtrack is lovely, the graphics and characters are lovely, and I like that as you progress there are challenges in the balanced or challenging modes. I didn't experience bugs or problems at all, and for a new game that is so incredibly rare. TL;DR: Well done, enjoyable, and lovely.1 found this helpful
Calm, relaxing, beautiful, easy to follow, enjoyable, peaceful1 found this helpful
If you like city building sims but you want something diff for a change. This is a great sim to pick up. the characters are cute, the story is fun. and the gameplay is great. And you get to watch lots of tropical fish swim about.1 found this helpful
Great twist on a genre I already love! Since it's more "abstract" than a normal city builder, it's taking some time to get into but I'd definitely recommend.1 found this helpful
Okay, Games fun and chill. Its worth a play if your into these kinds of games. But to the Devs I have two major nittpicks that made this game stupidly hard for no reason. Firstly... The Lures. Its not clear enough that not selecting a lure type is a lure. Or that you can pick the Large/Shiny/Gold Variants either. You need to have all options as a box with one of those boxes ALWAYS highlighted to show which one your going to craft. I was in T3 zones before I found out I had to click Shiny Lure to actually get it. Secondly.. The the Creatures/Sealife. Please at the very top of the creatures (Whether you have seen one or not) Put which region you need to unlock in order to get that creature. Oh My Lord... I never got a T2 Rocky area until the very end game - So I NEVER had Coral Crabs at my disposal. Meaning every single Oil spill was a complete rebuild of a zone. I've seen so many negative comments about Trash / Oil etc. You can fix this by making it was more clear which creatures fix these problems and WHICH ZONES to get them in. Again.. I never EVER realized the zones actually impacted the Seaweed stuff you got and thus impacted which creatures you could attract. Now I kn…1 found this helpful
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