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Barotrauma

🌊Barotrauma

Crew a submarine under Europa's ice. Someone is the traitor.

9.1 / 10
1–16 players
🎯Tactical👻Horror🔨Survival + Craft
Players
1–16
Released
Mar 13, 2023
Developer
FakeFish · Daedalic Entertainment
Price
$34.99
Multi-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam Achievements

2D submarine sim-horror-RPG. Players specialize as captain, engineer, medic, security, mechanic. The ship fails in beautiful cascading ways. One of the deepest friend-slop experiences on Steam.

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DISCORD About the Game"Work together to explore and survive, and/or sabotage one another and let the ship go down in fire and flood." - Rock Paper ShotgunWELCOME TO EUROPABarotrauma is a 2D co-op survival horror submarine simulator, inspired by games like FTL: Faster Than Light, Rimworld, Dwarf Fortress and Space Station 13. It’s a Sci-Fi game that combines ragdoll physics and alien sea monsters with teamwork and existential fear. EMBRACE THE ABYSSIn the not too distant future, humanity has fled to Jupiter’s moon. With its irradiated icy surface, life can only be found in the ocean below. Travel through a punishing underwater environment and make friends or rivals of the four factions of the world. Discover what lies in the depths of Europa.HELP YOUR CREW SUCCEED, OR MAKE SURE NO ONE DOESThere are as many ways to enjoy Barotrauma as there are ways to die in it. Work together with your crew to achieve your goals, or brace for betrayal when you have a traitor on board. Play with friends, strangers, or your worst enemies.EXPLORE, OPERATE, COMMUNICATENavigate underwater, complete missions for the last remnants of humankind, explore the ruins of an alien civilization, flee or fight monsters. Operate complex on-board systems and devices like the sonar, nuclear reactor, weapons, engines and pumps. Communication is key! EXPERIMENT, CRAFT, CREATEMaster the complex on-board wiring and the comprehensive crafting and medical systems. Create your own submarines and monsters with built-in editors to rival the standard ones. Even tap directly into our source code and mod away.FeaturesPlay with up to 16 players on board a submarine. Supplement your player count with bots as needed in either singleplayer or multiplayer game modes. 6 player classes with different skills and tasks: Captain, Engineer, Mechanic, Medic, Security officer and Assistant. Talent system: Gain experience and unlock talents to improve your character. Each class has three specialization talent trees to customize your playstyle. Faction and reputation mechanics: Choose who to ally with, help their cause, reap the benefits or suffer the consequences. Procedurally generated world and missions with multiple game modes for virtually endless replayability. Comprehensive crafting system: gather materials, craft equipment, weapons, medicines and more to help your crew survive on Europa. Built-in Submarine…

🎧Footsteps and callouts decide this one. Hear everything — our pick: HyperX Cloud III

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Quickstart

How to actually play this with friends — written by Claude.

## Set it up - Install via Steam; host a campaign or sandbox sub from the main menu — vanilla already supports a 16-player crew - Browse the Steam Workshop for submarine blueprints and role-packs before you pick a sub; the stock subs are fine but community blueprints add real variety - Assign jobs at character creation: captain, engineer, medic, security officer, mechanic — every role has real systems to manage, not flavor text

## Your first session - Run an early campaign mission or a short sandbox dive first; reactor management and hull breaches punish a crew that doesn't know the basics yet - Security should actually watch the airlocks, Engineer should actually monitor the reactor — don't let everyone cluster in one room "just in case" - The ship fails in cascading ways: a flooded room kills power, dead power kills life support. Fix small leaks immediately, don't wait

## Group size advice - Scales genuinely well from a tense 2-person sub to a sprawling 16-person crew with dedicated specialists for everything - 4-6 is the sweet spot — enough roles to matter without three people fighting over the one medic slot - One of the deepest friend-slop picks on Steam; budget for a standing weekly session, not a one-off

Gear picks

Gear up for Barotrauma

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A headset your squad can actually hearProximity chat is the whole game. Hear the footsteps behind you, and stop the crackle that gets you muted.Our pick: HyperX Cloud III →On a budget: Razer BlackShark V2 X →
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A wireless mouse that won't die mid-raidSurvival-crafting and extraction runs are long. A light wireless mouse with a long battery life keeps you in it.Our pick: Logitech G305 Lightspeed →
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A USB mic for the shot-callerIf you're the one making the calls (or lying through social deduction), a desk mic beats any headset boom.Our pick: FIFINE AmpliGame AM8 →On a budget: TONOR TC310 USB microphone →
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A controller for the party gamesPhysics chaos, sports slop and couch-style co-op play better on a pad. Works with Steam right out of the box.Our pick: Xbox Wireless Controller →On a budget: GameSir G7 SE →

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Mods

Player-cap and essential quality-of-life mods, curator-verified where possible.

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