Become an alien biologist in the stylish macOS game In Other Waters

There are no limits to imagination in video games. Nevertheless, we usually find ourselves in the roles of soldiers, knights, talented athletes or even their leaders. We are rarely lucky enough to put ourselves in the shoes of a scientist and enjoy the specific joy of learning about the mysterious. The now iconic Subnautica could have invited you on a similar journey. But if you want to try a more modest expedition, on which your own imagination will have to draw a lot of the unknown, you can go on it in the independent In Other Waters.

The debut effort of the developers from the Jump Over The Age studio does not dazzle with its graphics at first glance. The story of a xenobiologist (a science that studies life outside of Earth) who sets out to solve the mystery of her girlfriend's disappearance in the unexplored regions of a planet covered in oceans is told through the protagonist's communication with an assisting artificial intelligence. However, without cut-scenes and full-fledged dubbing, it manages to tell the story in an engaging way thanks to the original concept of exploring an unknown planet. In the right scientific frame of mind, you will get to know the local mushroom species and learn to use their spores to navigate the environment.

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At the same time, you cannot view the discovered organisms directly in their natural environment, where they are represented only by simple pictograms. However, in addition to the imagination-feeding alien biosphere, an engaging story awaits you. And for those for whom the description of exotic animals is not enough, the developers have also prepared beautiful illustrations that you can unlock by constantly exploring and collecting samples.

• Developer: Jump Over The Age
• Čeština: not
• Price: 12,49 €
• Platform: macOS, Windows, Nintendo Switch
• Minimum requirements for macOS: 64-bit operating system macOS 10.10.5 or later, processor with a minimum frequency of 2 GHz, 4 GB of operating memory, graphics card with 2 GB of memory, 700 MB of free disk space

 You can buy In Other Waters here