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Why It's Empty Here: The Game

Action-survival game set in a post-apocalyptic open-world teeming with various creatures. Explore the world devastated by a mysterious virus. Search for supplies, craft weapons, and battle creatures.

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Damian Bakker, Felix Mäusling
Publisher
Empty Studio
Release
Coming Soon
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About the Game

Survive in the world besieged by several unknown monsters! Discover the dilemma that awaits you on your secret mission. It's up to you ...

VAST OPEN WORLD

Explore the world with unprecedented freedom.

COOP MODE WITH MULTIPLE PLAYERS

Team up with other players and increase your chances of survival in a Co-op mode.

DAY AND NIGHT CYCLE

Experience the radical change that takes place between day and night.

SEASON CYCLE

Experience the radical change that takes place between the different seasons.

LOOT

Scavenge the world for the best guns, weapons, tools, armor, clothing, which have quality ranges which govern attributes to provide hundreds of thousands of item permutations. Augment items by attaching a multitude of mods

FARM OR HUNT

Plant and grow gardens for sustainable resources or head out into the wilderness and hunt the unique wild animals.

QUEST

Meet Trader NPCs to buy and sell goods and complete quest jobs for rewards. Enjoy several quest types in over 200 questable locations.

CRAFT

Craft and repair weapons, clothes, armor, tools, and more with over 100 recipes. Learn more powerful recipes by finding schematics.

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