Homeostasis

Homeostasis is a short survival game set in an open Antarctic snowscape. You travel by vehicle between decommissioned research sites to recover old survey data about the region’s habitability. The previous team has already gathered the data; your task is to retrieve what they left behind.

The mission

The instruments show things that do not add up, and the stars appear wrong. No one remains to explain what happened, though the snow has not buried everything. ARPC instructs you to stay within the mission area.

The vehicle

ARPC issues you a retrofitted Antarctic off-road vehicle equipped with a mechanical arm and vital instruments. Use its onboard instrumentation to navigate and its arm to interact with the environment. You must ration fuel and balance fuel, heat and power use to keep yourself and the vehicle operational.

Survival and atmosphere

The game focuses on survival through vehicle management, with temperature control and fuel rationing essential to progress. Its horror relies on atmosphere and paranoia, and the experience is intended to take under two hours to finish.