Uayeb

Uayeb: The Dry Land - Episode 1 is a solo, first-person adventure set in a hostile open world spanning 16 km². You play as Uayeb, exploring the land, surviving its dangers and following clues from your archaeologist friend Joanna to find 20 Golden Mayan artifacts and uncover a lost civilization. The story combines exploration, crafting, survival and puzzles in a linear progression through levels that grow more difficult. Completing the episode takes around 30 to 40 hours, depending on your skill.

Explore the world

You search deserts and dunes, forests, waterfalls, beaches and a lost city for clues that lead to the artifacts. Joanna helps by leaving clues in the world, but the game does not mark the way with arrows; you work out where to go and how to solve its puzzles yourself. Each of the 20 artifacts is tied to a different level, with its own traps, platforms, puzzles and enemies.

Survive and craft

Survival elements add variety and difficulty to the adventure rather than forming a sandbox. You manage drinking, eating, sleep, stamina, healing, batteries, weapons and ammunition, and cope with both cold and hot places. You can sleep whenever you have a bed, resting and passing time faster; the in-game clock runs on a 24-hour cycle, with one real-world hour corresponding to about two and a half in-game hours.

You find blueprints and collect resources to craft your equipment. To stay alive, you must navigate underwater caves and avoid hazards such as moving Mayan platforms, unstable planks, swords that rise from the ground, falling spiked balls and sulfur sprays that launch you into the air.

Puzzles and combat

Clues help you find routes to the artifacts and solve puzzles throughout their levels. You also defend yourself against hostile survivors using three types of firearms and melee moves.

Episode contents

Alongside the 20 Golden Mayan artifacts, you can find music bonuses and easter eggs referencing games and films.