Channel37 has released the latest update for their survival game, The Last Caretaker.
The update, titled New Horizons, brings lots of new features to the Early Access game. It is available now on Steam and Epic Games Store for £26.99 and is said to receive a 20% discount dropping the price to £21.59. But, at the time of writing the discount has not yet been applied.
Either way, the game looks fantastic even for £26.99.
The New Horizons update for The Last Caretaker brings a shift in the player’s role. The previous updates for the game focused on survival, preservation, and recovery. Whereas Update 05 introduces Project Eden… This begins the next stage, rebuilding.
Players will now be able to gather samples and send their discoveries into space. You’ll be able to recover fragments of lost culture from the past by finding statues and cave paintings. But, that’s not all, you’ll also be able to construct Eden modules, cultivate new trees and plants, as well as unlock progression systems that are tied directly to humanity’s long-term future.
New Horizons also brings expanded exploration with Research Outpost Theta-9. This is a sealed facility that was built to study Roth’s Anomaly. There is also new questlines, additional progression content, and more.
However, that’s not all the update brings. There is also major technical and quality of life updates. The weather and wave systems have been upgraded, memory consumption has been reduced, controller and UI improvements have been expanded, HDR support added. Again, that’s not all! there is also optimisation improvements across gameplay systems including weather, cables, physics, and larger save game files.
Below is the roadmap and progress that has been made so far for the game.
Update 05: New Horizons Key Features Include:
- Project Eden introduces a new progression system built around construction, crafting, skills, quests, unlocks, and committee-driven restoration.
- The Committees Awaken, creating new ways for humans in orbit to influence the future through long-term development goals.
- Project Jonah introduces a new whale encounter, questline, lore, rewards, and a dedicated encounter location.
- Cultural Memories expand the world’s history through Cave Paintings, HoloMemories, Samples, and new discovery systems.
- New tools and systems include TideRipper™ Hand Jets, the Rhino Dismantler, Recovery Grinder, PECO Grid Scan 2000, Data Recovery Deck music playback, and Rocket Payload fabrication.
- Enhanced localization: Italian and Spanish in-game text translations added
You can watch the trailer below. Also, you can check out our previous news. If you wish to learn more, please visit the Steam Store or Epic Games Store pages.
