Release date set for Barotrauma's highly-anticipated Home & Harbor Expansion
Own, build, manage and defend your Outpost, as the mysterious technocratic Descendants arrive, from December 2.
October 26, 2026
Hamburg, Germany, October 26 - Daedalic Entertainment is proud to confirm that Barotrauma players will soon be able to build and manage their own outposts - as well as come face-to-face with a new faction - when the Home & Harbor Expansion arrives December 2. Both the base game and the Supporter Edition are currently available at 50% off.
The Home & Harbor Expansion adds player-owned Outposts to the acclaimed sci-fi submarine simulator, allowing players to own, develop, customize, manage and defend their own homes, as well as access entirely new gameplay through them.
Alongside player-owned Outposts come the mysterious technocratic Descendants, a new faction that offer players new experiences through story, gameplay, lore, weapons, and of course, submarines.
Developers FakeFish and Undertow Games have released a new developer diary to accompany today's news, shedding light on its design principles, and how Outpost management ties into submarine gameplay.
Accompanying the release of the Home & Harbor Expansion is a free update for all players, that ties-in to the base game, with more story and gameplay options developing the Barotrauma experience further.
Key features:
- Acquire simple outposts through story events - or conquer NPC outposts by force
- Expand outposts with modules, customize them, manage their Dwellers, and build workshops as you progress through research trees
- Discover and interact with a new faction that utilize advanced technology
- Factions interact with one another - attacking and conquering some outposts, while trading with friendlier outposts
- Shed light on the origins of Europa and the quest for recontacting Earth
About Barotrauma
Barotrauma is a sci-fi submarine simulator with both a single-player campaign as well as co-op modes with support for up to 16 players, who must navigate the depths of Jupiter’s frozen moon Europa and fulfill various missions.
Together with their active and passionate community, developers FakeFish and Undertow Games have greatly expanded and improved the game since its Early Access launch in summer 2019.
They completely overhauled the campaign and tutorials, added new monsters, missions and outposts, improved graphics and environments, implemented a scripted event system and much much more.
Presskit: Home & Harbor Expansion
Media contact: bernd.berheide@daedalic.com
Creator contact: Creators@daedalic.com
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
Celebrating its 20th publishing year, Daedalic Entertainment is a renowned publisher with nearly two decades of experience supporting indie developers across all major gaming platforms. 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 35 employees, Daedalic is currently working with various development talent to create a new lineup of innovative games across consoles and PCs to market. Recent hits include Star Trek: Voyager - Across the Unknown, Woodo, The Occultist, New Cycle, Barotrauma, Unrailed!, Wild Woods, Deponia, Shadow Tactics, Inkulinati, Hidden Deep, Fling to the Finish!, and more.
Please look out for upcoming games like Barotrauma Home & Harbor Expansion, Hordeguard: Winds of the North, Ghost Haunting, Surviving Deponia, Kitman and many more. Since April 2022, Daedalic Entertainment has been a subsidiary of the French publishing house, Nacon.
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