No friend here, Is it still fun to play alone?

[Captain Panties]

Can I play alone?

[Buggy Boy]

Yes!

Grab some friendly bots or go it completely solo, the monsters will try to kill and eat you just the same. Bonus - with no humans trying to spoil or direct your game, you can take as long as you like, go whichever direction you like, modify your sub as you like, and when you've had enough for the day just get to the end of the round and click Save and Quit, bingo you're back in the real world, and you don't have to play the next day if you don't want to - your campaign will be exactly as you left it.

Seriously though, the single player mode is fairly mature, if this game didn't have a multiplayer mode it would still feel like a fairly complete game.

I find the multiplayer experience, especially with randoms, quite stressful so I mostly stick to single player. I have played multiplayer and met some stirling chaps who run a good server, I will play with them very occasionally (in a private server) so there's that aspect that may make dipping your toes into multiplayer worth a go, just be prepared to grow thick skin very quickly as there are plenty of players who will aim to ruin your day for their own amusement.

[jtm_alaska]

Yea, Singleplayer is still fun. Just need to learn to utilize bots and slightly more micromanagy.

[DECAFBAD]

Never tried it. I think it's only there for debugging purposes.

[Captain Panties]

Originally posted by Buggy Boy:

Seriously though, the single player mode is fairly mature, if this game didn't have a multiplayer mode it would still feel like a fairly complete game.

Thanks! I will give it a try!

[randsell]

Many of the ships in vanilla aren't suitable for solo play, but if you like building blocks, you'll have fun building amazing submarine for your dive to Europa with unreliable bots. my 1,000 hours of play time, 800 hours are spent in the submarine editor.
However, there is no such thing as a story in this game and you have to find it yourself.

[ULTRA]

I had a thread recently where some people offered tips for solo play https://steamcommunity.com/app/602960/discussions/0/4364627785846246858/

[CW2 P. Larkins]

Yes, and you won't have to deal with the horrible "people" in the public servers.

[jtm_alaska]

Originally posted by WO1 P. Larkins:

Yes, and you won't have to deal with the horrible "people" in the public servers.

This is also it. *Sigh*

Play multiplayer for conversation and risk horrible people. Or play singleplayer with bots and immerse yourself in the world, but have noone to talk to. Choices Choices

[🅶ila]

Wish that was highlighted on the store page, I probably would have bought this one a long time ago!

Back on the wishlist it goes! 🤣

[Vorshin]

(OP) hmm have to let me know, i havent played it as i was told SP mode was impossible, the bots were useless but that may have changed, i just havent brought myself to try SP mode out. Originally bought it but friends pulled out and got other games (not my sorta thing to play) and after all this time now doubt they will be bothering.
Barotrauma was originally developed to be played with others.

[Malagon]

Originally posted by WO1 P. Larkins:

Yes, and you won't have to deal with the horrible "people" in the public servers.

This.

Gosh, it is a truly awful experience dealing with people online sometimes.

[Grant]

so everyones giving the game the thumbs up tho? thinking of buying

[Asmosis]

Originally posted by Captain Panties:

Originally posted by Buggy Boy:

Seriously though, the single player mode is fairly mature, if this game didn't have a multiplayer mode it would still feel like a fairly complete game.

Thanks! I will give it a try!

Let us know how you get on ~!

Quite interested in it, but earlier on the SP feedback wasn't so good. Does the game have difficulty settings? wondering if those can be used to balance AI (either up or down) depending on how good the NPC crew is.

[Buggy Boy]

Originally posted by Asmosis:

Originally posted by Captain Panties:

Thanks! I will give it a try!

Let us know how you get on ~!

Quite interested in it, but earlier on the SP feedback wasn't so good. Does the game have difficulty settings? wondering if those can be used to balance AI (either up or down) depending on how good the NPC crew is.

Quite often the loudest voices are the exclusively multiplayer crowd, and they will mostly detest anything where they can't be fighting with or against other human players.

Single player types, in my experience, prefer the more relaxed gameplay option and are calmer people in general, less likely to shout about stuff.

I believe there are difficulty settings, it's been a while since I started my current campaign so my memory is hazy on the subject! As you progress further into the game your surviving bot crew (you effectively play as one of them) will improve their skills and the enemies become more dangerous, so it evens out the difficulty. If you keep losing bots then you're probably doing something wrong! Take it steady, don't rush in, learn enemy attack patterns and be prepared.