META Publishing and developer Pokuch have announced Blind Descent, a sci-fi survival co-op game coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam, Epic Games Store, and GOG. The game will first launch in Early Access for PC via Steam in 2026.
See the description below:
Dive into the subterranean adventure of Blind Descent, an open-world survival game uncovering mysteries in the depths of Mars. Play solo or with friends while searching for a missing team. To survive, you’ll need to adapt and transform.
Mars Exploration Operation “Blind Descent”
Mission overview:
A survival and exploration mission in the depths of Mars. A group of up to four pioneers was sent to discover what happened to a missing team in a vast, unexplored world beneath the planet’s surface. What should’ve been a routine expedition becomes a fight for human survival. Exploration reveals a living, reactive underground ecosystem. This ceases to be a mission—it becomes transformation. A challenge to thrive in a world where survival hinges on your ability to learn, adapt, and achieve symbiosis.
Mission directives:
1. You’re the outsider in a fascinating and lethal world: unravel the fate of the pioneering team who vanished in Mars’ depths. With your AI assistant’s help, explore a living ecosystem full of mysteries. This isn’t a typical adventure: this world challenges you to evolve, adapt, and ultimately understand its delicate balance. With each step, more alien secrets are revealed, leading toward deeper symbiotic existence.
2. Become versatile to craft and survive: study surrounding lifeforms to gather resources and create basic tools. Observing how alien creatures interact with the environment yields valuable ideas. Every crafted item connects you more profoundly to this world, turning survival into a path toward integration.
3. Build secure shelters: construct shelters and customize bases, one piece at a time, to protect yourself from Martian hazards and creatures. Vines, fungi, and crawling alien organisms react to neglect and overrun poorly maintained shelters. Here, building isn’t just about structures—it’s about coexisting with an ecosystem that has its own will.
4. Traverse hazardous terrain with advanced climbing tools: scale cliffs and navigate treacherous landscapes using dynamic climbing gear to explore deeper underground. The alien world presents unique traversal challenges, and adapting to these obstacles is crucial for survival.
5. Adapt to environmental hazards and unusual alien biomes: confront ever-changing threats like underground storms, toxic gases, and aggressive creatures. Success depends on observation and learning. Sometimes, achieving symbiosis means turning dangers into survival strategies.
6. Utilize mutation-enhanced abilities: integrate potent genetic mutations to upgrade your genetic profile, combat skills, and exploration abilities. Early field data indicates consuming specific alien fruits and spores unlocks biological adaptations, enabling you to explore deeper and survive harsher conditions.
7. Survive collaboratively: team up with up to three other pioneers to pool resources, build shelters, and explore the underground world together. Symbiosis extends to teamwork—survival depends on collective adaptation and shared group insights.
Conclusion:
The discovery of this Martian underground world presents an unprecedented exploration opportunity and a significant challenge. Successfully completing this mission won’t just reveal the pioneers’ fate—it’ll pave the way for future expeditions into this hidden Martian realm. Symbiosis may well be the key to survival.
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