Barotrauma: Major Expansion With Base Building, New Faction, and Free Update Arriving 2026
Revealed today at the PC Gaming Show, the new Expansion adds base management, a mysterious faction, and fresh challenges to the icy depths of Europa
June 8, 2025
Jupiter, Europa – June 8, 2025 – Daedalic Entertainment and developers Undertow Games and FakeFish are thrilled to announce Home & Harbor, a major expansion for the hit sci-fi submarine sim Barotrauma. The expansion will launch in 2026 and was officially revealed today with a brand-new trailer at the PC Gaming Show. Players can wishlist Home & Harbor now on Steam [LINK TO DLC] to stay updated on its development.
Watch Reveal-Trailer on Youtube: https://youtu.be/5FpBBzZAWlA
Press Kit: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1P6BlmPHTB5T6USaBZj1hkQuBU8PKQPxZ
Steam Page Home & Harbor Expansion: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3714450/Barotrauma__Home__Harbor_Expansion/
Steam Page Barotrauma Main Game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/602960/Barotrauma/
Home & Harbor will transform the Europa experience by adding two exciting pillars of new content:
- Base Building: For the first time, players can gain ownership of their own outpost. Customize, upgrade, expand, manage, and defend your base, unlocking perks to boost your campaign progress and crafting a true home beneath Europa’s icy seas.
- New Faction – The Descendants: Meet the Descendants, a mysterious, high-tech faction whose origins date back to the earliest days of human settlement on Europa. Their unique storyline introduces new challenges, secrets, and rewards that will reshape how players engage with the game world.
The Home & Harbor expansion will launch alongside a large free update for all players, ensuring that even those without the expansion will benefit from new gameplay content and enhancements.
About Barotrauma:
Developed by Undertow Games and FakeFish, Barotrauma is the ultimate 2D co-op submarine simulator where survival is an afterthought and betrayal is just another day at the office.
About FakeFish and Undertow Games:
Barotrauma, an underwater, outer-space game of teamwork and ever-present Danger, reached 1.0 in March 2023 after several years in early access on Steam and continues to receive regular updates. Embracing mod-ability and open development, Barotrauma is built in close communication with its players, and its Steam Workshop hosts over 50,000 fan creations. Barotrauma began as a freely downloadable project by Undertow Games, the solo developer of the free open-source horror game SCP – Containment Breach. Later, the award-winning fellow indie studio FakeFish joined the project with their team of industry veterans and fresh talents to launch Barotrauma on Steam. Based in Turku, Finland, the joint studio continues to support Barotrauma with further updates while also developing future game titles.
About Daedalic Entertainment
Daedalic Entertainment is a renowned publisher that has supported indie developers for over 17 years, bringing its titles to every major gaming platform. The lineup of games includes a diverse variety of unique titles, focusing on four distinct areas: storytelling, strategy, co-op games, and wholesome games. With an international team of around 45 employees, Daedalic is currently working with various development studios to create a new lineup of innovative games across consoles and PCs to market. Recent hits include New Cycle, Barotrauma, Unrailed!, REVEIL, Potion Tycoon, Deponia, Shadow Tactics, Inkulinati, Hidden Deep, Fling to the Finish!, and more.
Please look out for upcoming games, including The Occultist, Woodo, Once Upon a Puppet, Wild Woods, and many more. Since April 2022, Daedalic Entertainment has been a subsidiary of the French publishing house, Nacon. For more, please visit: https://press.daedalic.com.
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