Fit check
Is Under A New Sun worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Survival-game fans who want hunger, weather, wildlife, and resource management
- Players who prefer open-world exploration with crafting and base construction
- Small groups seeking cooperative survival play for up to four people
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players who want a tightly directed adventure may hit a wall when survival needs and open-world exploration take priority
- Players seeking combat-focused progression may find the emphasis on gathering, crafting, building, and environmental threats limiting
- Solo players who want a story-only experience may not enjoy managing food, water, wounds, and equipment
Our take on Under A New Sun
The bounce point arrives when survival systems take over the routine: hunger, thirst, weather, wounds, heat, hostile fauna, and resource processing all demand attention before exploration or construction can continue.
What is Under A New Sun?
After a ship failure leaves the player stranded on a planet resembling Earth, survival begins among wreckage, unfamiliar wildlife, and remnants of the crew’s technology.
Hunger, thirst, weather, wounds, hostile fauna, roaming machines, and heat shape daily play. Exploration covers islands, underwater areas, and old wrecks while the player investigates the crash and the crew’s fate. Resources can be gathered, refined, and turned into tools, equipment, and a home. Workstations use direct in-world interactions for tasks such as weaving cloth, cutting planks, processing hides, smelting ore, forging tools, and firing clay. Sailing follows wind direction, and electricity from wrecks or natural sources powers advanced technology. Solo play is supported, along with cooperative play for up to four people.
How Under A New Sun plays
- 01Planetary survival
- Daily hazards include hunger, thirst, weather, injuries, hostile animals, roaming machines, and intense heat.
- 02Open-world exploration
- The setting includes several islands, underwater areas, wrecks, and clues about the missing crew.
- 03Hands-on crafting
- In-world stations support tasks including cloth making, wood splitting, leather processing, metalworking, and pottery.
- 04Sailing and electricity
- Players can travel by adjusting sails to the wind and generate electricity for advanced technology.
- 05Four-player cooperation
- Exploration, construction, and survival can be played with up to three friends.
Under A New Sun compared to similar games
Mr. Prepper also combines survival and crafting, but centers on building an underground shelter while dealing with an authoritarian government and nuclear-war danger. Under A New Sun instead places survival across islands, underwater locations, wrecks, sailing routes, and a planet-wide mystery, with cooperative play for up to four people.
Under A New Sun: platforms & release
Is Under A New Sun worth it?
It is worth it if: survival-game fans who want hunger, weather, wildlife, and resource management. Skip it if: players who want a tightly directed adventure may hit a wall when survival needs and open-world exploration take priority.
Where can I download Under A New Sun?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Under A New Sun's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Under A New Sun on?
Windows only.
