Aquatico is a survival city builder set at the bottom of the sea Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Aquatico is a survival city builder set at the bottom of the sea Build your own Rapture News by Graham Smith Contributor Published on April 21, 2022 6 comments It wasn't impossible to build Rapture at the bottom of the sea, it was impossible to build it anywhere else. Or so Andrew Ryan claimed. The denizens of Aquatico seem to have a much clearer excuse for their underwater urban planning: Earth has been rendered a barren wasteland, meaning they can build their homes better down where it's wetter. You'll find a teaser trailer below. Watch on YouTube Teaser trailer or not, this is more or less all I need. Some dense clusters of buildings, some swarms of citizens rushing about, and a locale I haven't yet thrown up a digital Cumbernauld. Described as a "survival city building game", you'll have more to worry about than the typical SimCity-ish balance of peep needs. You'll need to "seek out and secure available basic and advanced resources, manufacture what is required for life in the ocean depths and overcome unique dangers" in order to prosper. I'm hoping the buildings get covered in algae and you need to employ one of those tank-cleaning fish to lick it off. It's also all obviously scifi, meaning you'll be building drones, submarines and underwater robots. Although, having said that, those are all things that actually exist in our reality - and the oldest of them, submarines, are somehow the one that feel most like science fiction. Aquatico is aiming for release this autumn, and is being developed by Digital Reef Games. It's being published by Overseer Games, who are also the developers of another survival city builder, Patron. That pedigree hopefully bodes well. You can find more screenshots of Aquatico on Steam. More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 21 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here