If you’re into open-world survival and action, keep an eye on the haunting new experience that is The Last Caretaker. Channel37’s upcoming title puts you in control of a solitary robot on a flooded Earth—and it’s heading to early access on PC later this year.

Earth is no longer habitable. With the oceans having swallowed most of the planet, humanity has taken to the stars in search of a future—but they didn’t leave entirely empty-handed. They entrusted their legacy to a single autonomous robot. That’s the premise behind The Last Caretaker, a new open-world survival action game from Channel37. With its debut trailer already generating significant buzz, the developers promise an “evocative adventure” where solitude, discovery, and duty collide.

A world underwater, a mystery waiting to surface

Set in a future where Earth’s surface has been almost entirely engulfed by the sea, The Last Caretaker tasks players with guiding a lone mechanical guardian through what remains. With humanity gone, your objective is to recover lost relics, repair crumbling infrastructure, retrieve dormant human embryos, and launch them into space to start again. Your journey will take you into massive submerged megastructures filled with “forgotten knowledge, crucial materials, and fragments of a long-buried secret.”

Every item you gather helps you craft modular upgrades and reawaken dormant machinery that could be key to ensuring humanity’s survival. But it’s not just exploration—you’ll need to fight as well. The ocean isn’t empty: aggressive machines patrol the depths, and deadly storms rage across the planet. You’ll have to defend yourself with weapons and combat strategies to complete your mission and give your creators a second chance in a new world.

Add it to your wishlist now—early access is coming in 2025

The developers at Channel37 have announced that The Last Caretaker will be released on PC in early access sometime in 2025. Their goal is to fine-tune the experience with help from community feedback, allowing players to shape the final product. Until then, fans of the genre can already add the title to their Steam wishlists and prepare for a thoughtful, atmospheric dive into a world that’s both alien and familiar.

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