Once Human

About Once Human

Once Human is a single player survival action adventure game. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Post-apocalyptic Multiplayer Open-world Survival Game

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72%Audience ScoreBased on 9,057 reviews

graphics353 positive mentions

optimization78 negative mentions

Excellent graphics and immersive open-world design with engaging storyline and character customization.
Cross-platform play between PC, mobile, and console with seamless progression and multiplayer features.
Deep survival and crafting mechanics with rewarding gameplay loop and friendly community.

Severe performance issues on mobile including crashes, lag, and overheating, even on high-end devices.
Lack of native controller support on mobile platforms severely impacts playability.
Frequent server bugs, connection instability, progression resets every season frustrate long-term play.

graphics
764 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
46% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 4% negative mentions
The graphics in "Once Human" are widely praised for their high quality and realistic, console-like visuals, creating an immersive and visually stunning experience on both PC and mobile. However, many users report significant performance issues on mobile devices, including lag, overheating, restricted or locked graphic settings, low FPS caps, and poor optimization, especially on mid- to low-end phones. Players desire more flexibility in adjusting graphics and improved optimization to fully enjoy the impressive visuals without compromising smooth gameplay.
- “Once Human is an engaging survival game with impressive graphics, exploration, crafting, and base-building.”
- “Reminiscent of PS3 and Xbox graphics, the game looks really promising with stunning visuals and story.”
- “Such a nice survival game that offers free roaming across the map, vehicles, crafting, tons of different weapons to choose from, armor, beautiful graphics, smooth gameplay and many more contents to keep busy for hours.”
- “I give this game 5 stars because of the storyline and graphics but after the latest update my server is running with everything like deviations, pods, work bench visible but my base and atmosphere are pitch black. Please solve this issue.”
- “The game needs to be heavily optimized. It runs fine on the lowest graphics setting one moment, but the next my phone is overheating, lagging, and not rendering anything. Enemies won't even load but can still hit and kill you, making it unplayable.”
- “Even on capable devices, the game struggles to maintain a stable 60 fps on high graphics settings, forcing me to lower graphics just to get smooth gameplay, which takes away from the overall experience.”
optimization
338 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
22% positive mentions, 55% neutral mentions, 23% negative mentions
The game's optimization is widely criticized, with many users experiencing severe lag, frequent crashes, overheating, and poor performance even on high-end devices. While some improvements have been noted over time, the game remains unplayable or unstable on many mid-range and low-end phones due to inadequate graphics settings, FPS caps, and lack of device-specific tuning. Overall, significant optimization updates are urgently needed to improve performance, stability, and heat management across a broader range of mobile devices.
- “Between the rewards and how well it's optimized, this is a great mobile game.”
- “I'm happy that a genuine mobile port is possible (unlike WZM that just died), and the performance seems playable even on lower-end devices from what I've seen.”
- “After several months of absence, I redownloaded it because I heard news about optimization improvements, and it's true. There are many improvements from the devs, and I'm looking forward to more updates.”
- “The game needs to be heavily optimized. It runs fine one moment at the lowest graphic setting, yet the next my phone overheats, it's lagging, it won't render anything and I just can't do anything on it. Enemies won't even load in yet they can still hit you and kill you. It's unplayable.”
- “It's killing my phone. I tried it on my Samsung S23 Ultra, and it's the same thing happening. So far, the optimization is literally the worst out of the other games. Hope you fix this real quick or the game is gonna die quickly.”
- “The optimization of the game is terrible so it kept crashing about every 10-15 minutes.”
story
318 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
46% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 4% negative mentions
The story in this game is generally praised for its depth, uniqueness, and engaging narrative, often compared to other survival titles but with its own distinctive lore and open-world exploration. Players appreciate the interesting quests, world-building, and character customization but note issues with mission clarity, repetitiveness post-campaign, and occasional bugs that disrupt story progression. While many find the storyline immersive and a key draw, some experience frustration due to confusing elements, lack of dialogue logs, and frequent game crashes during story missions.
- “My experience with this Once Human game is amazing; I didn't expect this to be really good unlike other games based on the same graphics and just shootings. This game has its lore, that's what's making things more interesting—how things interact when tutorials are there and how the story continues while able to try things out on mission tracks. This game really deserves praise for its graphic designs, opportunities in various weapons, character designs, weapon item loots, and lore.”
- “The game developers have done a magnificent job with the controls, graphics, and the storyline!”
- “One of the best survival games in the app store 2025, outstanding console-like graphics, interesting storyline, tasks and dungeons to complete, you can create a hive of 16 people, a warband, and party up with random players to fight bosses, farm, craft gear, guns, armor, cars, bikes, trucks, drones, build a home in your own territory you can place anywhere on the map at any time, all kinds of cool house, gun and armor cosmetics you can get for free; very enjoyable gameplay, thank you devs very much.”
- “The story line and missions given by NPCs are dry and boring; most of the time I just skip them. Too much dialogue and talk about weird stuff, like what even is Nova Deviants?”
- “There's not a lot of zombie looter shooter games out there but the story is somewhat non-existent since you are basically trying to speed run every season to get optimal results as much as possible because everything resets at the end of the season.”
- “That aside, the developers keep needlessly changing core concepts in the plot and gameplay loop, essentially making veteran players re-learn the game every few months.”
gameplay
301 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
54% positive mentions, 42% neutral mentions, 4% negative mentions
The gameplay of "Once Human" is widely praised for its deep, immersive survival mechanics, engaging open-world exploration, and solid combat and building systems, offering an addictive and rewarding experience. However, many users report performance issues such as lag, crashes, and optimization problems especially on mid to low-end devices, as well as occasional frustrating bugs and complicated controls. Despite these drawbacks, the game stands out with its non-pay-to-win model, strong progression system, and enjoyable multiplayer features, making it highly recommended for players with capable hardware.
- “Game has good mechanics with plenty to do; survival, building, and horror work well alongside a decent online community. The game is fully non pay-to-win, which is refreshing for a mobile game these days.”
- “Once Human delivers an outstanding open-world survival experience that blends horror, sci-fi, and exploration into a cohesive and addictive gameplay loop.”
- “Such a nice survival game that offers free roaming across the map, vehicles, crafting, tons of different weapons to choose from, armor, beautiful graphics, smooth gameplay, and many more contents to keep busy for hours.”
- “Great for semi playing on the go, but any sort of meaningful gameplay controls are nullified by the clunkiness of touch screen controls.”
- “Shader pipeline and rendering incompatibility: this game is fully incompatible and near unplayable on Google Pixel 10 Pros. The HUD and all gameplay elements work, but the screen stays black so you cannot see what you’re doing. There is zero workaround besides playing on a different device or not playing at all.”
- “Laggy, buggy, and didn't deliver the gameplay we were promised. Don't get me wrong, there is a game but it's not really that great.”
stability
117 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
6% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 94% negative mentions
The game suffers from frequent stability issues including crashes, freezes, and severe lag across a variety of devices, especially on mobile. Numerous graphical glitches, bugs affecting gameplay mechanics, and occasional unresponsiveness severely impact the player experience. While some find it playable with minor bugs, overall the game requires significant optimization and bug fixes to be consistently stable.
- “Runs great without overheating my phone, lots of freedom to do what you'd like, tons of content, and the house building is pretty snappy!”
- “But looks great, runs great, and controls and UI are easy to get used to.”
- “Edit: game works now and runs great on max settings!”
- “After one year, level cap remains at 50 with persistent visual glitches; character often gets stuck or falls off the map, and servers have very low population.”
- “The game frequently crashes or freezes, with excessive freezing causing your character to be vulnerable while unresponsive.”
- “Many graphical glitches and bugs cause issues such as invisible furniture, uninteractive workbenches, and freezing that prevents movement or forces game restarts.”
monetization
47 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
11% positive mentions, 21% neutral mentions, 68% negative mentions
Monetization in this game is divisive: while many praise the lack of pay-to-win mechanics and note that purchases are largely cosmetic, others criticize frequent, intrusive ads, misleading advertising, and expensive in-app options focused on cash grabs. Some users also report aggressive ad behavior and insufficient meaningful content updates, leading to frustration over the game's focus on monetization over gameplay improvements.
- “It's just a gem in this era of gambling mobile games—literally the best survival game on PC and mobile with the highest graphics, and 0% in-app purchases for progression. You can purchase cosmetics with money, but it is not pay-to-win.”
- “Not at all pay-to-win; in-app purchases are really only for cosmetics!”
- “But you have made a game that is totally unique: no pay-to-win, no ads. Seriously, I give you guys props, thank you so much.”
- “Every update is cash grab costumes and skins.”
- “This game starts off strong and fun, but it became so brain numbing that everything is so repetitive with little to almost non-existent meaningful updates such as new maps or regions; the developer focuses more on monetization rather than providing substantial new content, which rots the game very quickly.”
- “Every game touched by NetEase is full of expensive pay-to-win microtransactions, and this game is no exception.”
grinding
44 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 2% neutral mentions, 98% negative mentions
Grinding in the game is a mixed experience: while some players enjoy the extensive farming, crafting, and exploration without it feeling overly tedious, others find the repetitive tasks, mandatory resets, and some late-game mechanics frustrating and time-consuming. The lack of controller support and reliance on touch controls adds to the grind being perceived as cumbersome by many. Overall, grinding appeals to fans of resource-heavy survival games but may feel tedious and unrewarding to those seeking more dynamic or streamlined progression.
- “After three scenario changes, this is getting tedious, repetitive and boring.”
- “When I do get the chance to play, I want to feel rewarded—not overwhelmed by endless grinding and repetitive tasks.”
- “Not everyone has hours to spend grinding daily.”
atmosphere
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
89% positive mentions, 11% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The game's atmosphere is widely praised for being unique, creepy, and immersive, contributing to a beautifully designed and massive world. Players highlight the excellent visual design and smooth combat enhancing the overall mood, though one user reported a recent issue causing a dark, pitch-black environment in their base. Overall, the atmosphere is considered a standout feature that enriches the gameplay experience.
- “The world is massive, beautifully designed, and terrifyingly atmospheric.”
- “Visuals & world design: the game’s atmosphere is phenomenal.”
- “Graphics are surprisingly crisp on mobile, super creepy atmosphere and top-tier bosses/deviants design.”
emotional
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
Players express strong emotional connections to the game, praising its heartfelt community and immersive experience, though frustrations arise from technical issues like crashes and lag that dampen enjoyment. Overall, the emotional impact is deep and positive, but hindered by performance problems.
- “They responded quickly and were heartfelt and genuinely seemed like they cared, so for that, I give them 5 stars!”
- “This game's community is super wholesome.”
- “I have a very good phone and it crashes; I'm very sad. I cried because I always wanted to play this game, and after waiting a year and months for it, it crashed 3 times and asked me to re-download everything. I knew I wouldn't be able to play it; my soul has been broken.”
music
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
60% positive mentions, 40% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
The game's music is widely praised for its amazing soundtrack, immersive sound effects, and enjoyable radio stations, contributing significantly to the apocalyptic atmosphere. Users find the audio experience comforting and thrilling, complementing the excellent graphics and gameplay. Some minor issues exist, but the music consistently stands out as a strong aspect.
- “The details, the music, the landscapes, the sound effects, and it gives that comforting and thrilling experience of an apocalyptic world.”
- “Excellent game, great gameplay, mechanics, music, but there's room to improve with animations and a few elements; optimization is excellent too.”
- “Also the radio stations have banger soundtracks!”
character development
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
20% positive mentions, 20% neutral mentions, 60% negative mentions
The character development in the game is praised for its deep lore and integration with gameplay, enhancing the overall experience. However, the character design system is criticized for being confusing and buggy, hindering player engagement and requiring improvement.
- “My experience with this once human game is amazing. I didn't expect it to be really good unlike other games based on the same graphics and just shootings. This game has its lore, which makes things more interesting. How things interact when tutorials are there and how the story continues while being able to try things out on mission tracks. This game really deserves praise for its graphic designs, opportunities in various weapons, character designs, weapon item loots, and lore.”
- “Character design is so confusing that it took me 2 hours and I still couldn't figure it out, so I had to delete the game.”
- “I'm making a bold statement that the developers of this game need to make the character designing situation a little less confusing.”
- “So, the fact that I gave the game this rating is not because I don't like it; it's because when I made my character and pressed enter, the game just pushed me back to character design. Maybe it's a glitch or a bug, but please fix that, I want to play it.”
humor
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions
Users find the game's humor enjoyable and appreciate the amusing and friendly community, though some note technical issues early on. The humor adds charm to the exploration and story, making the experience more engaging.
- “The funny thing is, wandering around, exploring, fighting, looting is much more interesting than playing scenarios, deviation catching, dream zones, all sorts of idiotic missions.”
- “The story is amazing so far; where I've been, the community is friendly and funny. You should try it, I kid you not.”
- “I find it humorous it was a 50min.”
replayability
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
0% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions
Replayability is hindered by the focus on limited scenarios while others, like the endless dream, remain buggy and neglected despite player feedback. Although the game is addictive and has potential, improvements in diverse gameplay and performance on low-end devices are needed to enhance long-term engagement.
- “It's an addictive game but so far it is also boring. They only focus on some scenarios that are playable and neglect the other scenarios like the Endless Dream. There are a lot of bugs in that scenario, but they ignore the complaints of all the players who play that scenario. They keep adding new player accessories but can't improve the gameplay of the other scenarios, so I give it 2 stars.”