From the Depths
In From the Depths you can build and take first-person command of battleships, planes, submarines, space ships, hot air balloons and more! The game contains a wide range of single player content including: A creative mode allowing you to push your designs to the limit and ensure the total annihilation of your opponents. A strategic campaign waged over hundreds of islands against eight unique factions. A Story Mode where you can play missions as each of the eight factions - a fantastic mixture of strategy, design and wild battles! Defend your fleet against waves of enemy forces in a series of extremely tough challenges. Adventure mode where you start on a raft and must build up your fleet and travel a dangerous universe fighting or running from enemy fleets As well as a wide range of multiplayer content Design with your friends in co-op designer Play a range of adversarial modes Play the entire single player campaign together in co-op
What it feels like
The blend of creative building with strategic warfare treats both systems sincerely without irony.
What it's about
Naval combat, warfare, and faction conflict provide the military setting and framing.
How it plays
Building custom voxel vehicles with over 1000 components is the foundational creative loop that defines the experience. Commanding and piloting diverse vehicles (battleships, planes, submarines, spacecraft, balloons) across multiple game modes is absolutely central. Real-time command of fleets and strategic positioning against faction-controlled territories echoes RTS core systems.
How it's structured
A bounded strategic campaign waged over hundreds of islands against eight unique factions provides the main single-player narrative arc. Creative mode allows near-complete freedom in design and testing without imposed objectives, exemplifying sandbox philosophy. Adventure mode presents a dangerous universe to traverse and explore, building fleets and choosing whether to fight or flee.
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