Barotrauma, the sci-fi submarine sim inspired by Dwarf Fortress and fever dreams, gets a full release

Quick question: what’s scarier than the incomprehensible depths of our oceans, where totally undocumented sea life roams in a life of perpetual darkness and where human life is simply impossible? That, but on an alien planet’s frozen moon, whose topside we also haven’t documented and is ram-packed with unspeakable, harmful things. And what’s scarier than both of those things? Being stuck in a submarine with other people. 

That’s the setup, more or less, to hardcore multiplayer sci-fi submarine survival sim Barotrauma (opens in new tab). You and a team of 15 other players – or AI, since there is a singleplayer mode too – descend the depths of Jupiter’s moon Europa, keep the sub operational, moving between underwater biomes to complete missions and fend of the aforementioned unspeakable, harmful things. You communicate. You delegate. You each work diligently in your assigned roles, and you complete the missions as a team.