Pakicetus Redux

Pakicetus Redux is a deep-sea action-adventure game in which you command the escort submarine Salvation on an expedition to find a safe site for a second human home. Salvation accompanies The Forge, the Pak’s only colony construction vessel, as it travels along a seafloor rift valley. You choose missions, explore the abyss, gather resources and upgrade your ship while protecting the colony expedition and the future of humanity.

The Pak’s new home

Three hundred years ago, environmental destruction by old-world society caused catastrophic natural disasters. A group of scientists called the Pakicetus retreated to the ocean floor and established Bastion. Now its population has outgrown its halls and its resources are running low, threatening the colony’s survival. Your mission is to help find a safe place and build a second home for the Pak.

Your crew was born in the deep, where knowledge of the seafloor is nearly complete and the old world survives only in myths. Through conversations with the crew, you learn why humanity retreated to the ocean. Hidden journals left by a Pak founder reveal the origins of the mysterious enemy and who created it.

Explore the ridge

Choose between missions on an overview map based on actual bathymetry of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and explore realistic mid-ocean ridge environments. Eruptions, rock falls, earthquakes and the unknown enemy threaten your ship and crew. The ship’s database covers geological knowledge and technology, helping you understand the environment and its systems.

Gather and upgrade

Collect four types of resources to maintain and improve Salvation. These include serpentinite and basalt rocks from the seafloor, as well as resources filtered from hot water plumes at hydrothermal vents. Geological events such as earthquakes can point to richer deposits.

Research and ship upgrades all cost resources, and time is limited. You can pursue sophisticated weapons to confront the enemy, improve your engines and use stealth to avoid danger, or deploy sensors and build resource-collection structures that defend and repair Salvation. The ship’s essential role is to defend and supply The Forge as it travels and prepares to construct the new colony.

Deep-sea science

The game’s geological events, seafloor formations and gathered resources draw on scientific data and exploration of Earth’s deep ocean.