Blind Descent

Blind Descent is an open-world survival adventure set in a living ecosystem beneath the surface of Mars. You are part of a reconnaissance mission to the Martian depths, where you search for a missing pioneer team and fight to survive. You can explore with up to three other pioneers, working together to gather resources, build shelters and investigate the underground world.

Explore the Martian depths

An AI assistant helps you explore the ecosystem and uncover clues about the missing team. The environment is reactive, and studying how alien life interacts with its surroundings can reveal ways to survive. Your discoveries also let you learn about the ecosystem’s balance and its secrets.

Craft and build

You scan and study lifeforms to gather resources and craft essential tools. You can also find the lost team’s abandoned base, clear it, claim it and improve it as a shelter and starting point for exploration. The base needs regular maintenance: vines, fungal growths and other alien organisms react to neglect and can overtake poorly maintained structures.

Adapt to survive

Underground storms, toxic gases and aggressive creatures pose changing threats. You can observe these hazards and learn how to respond, including turning some into survival strategies through symbiosis.

You choose between a scientific approach and biological adaptation. Craft tools and equipment to help you and your team endure while preserving your humanity, or undergo mutations that enhance your abilities and let you become part of the ecosystem. The mission is to discover what happened to the missing pioneers and prepare the way for future expeditions.