Once Human

Once Human expanded from PC and mobile to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in August 2026, adding first-person view, cross-play, and cross-progression. The free-to-play survival game launched with over 300 hours of content, PS5 DualSense haptic feedback, and Xbox Game Pass member benefits. Pre-order packs on both console stores marked the start of monetization for the console versions.

NetEase Games and Starry Studio then turned to the game's largest update since launch. At gamescom 2026, Head of Operations Derek Qiu described Isles of Abyss, also called the Ocean Expansion, which reworks the ocean as a hostile living creature rather than adding sea monsters. The update adds a ship-building system that runs from a simple raft to a sea fortress, five sea regions, blueprint sharing, and land-sea progression loops.

The ocean itself is the threat. Qiu said in an interview that the sea is designed as a single gigantic life form, with ghost ships and strange lighthouses, and that ship building forces trade-offs among cannons, speed, and cargo. The sea was planned from the start of development, he said. The update arrives on October 22 with a maritime map, a ship to steer, islands to explore, weather and day-night cycles, randomly generated combat areas, a server-wide Calamity Tower objective, Voyager ships, and a four-player dungeon boss called The Sunken Lord.