You play from third person and control group of survivors on their path through wasteland into the their paradise. You are playing in voxel world (with a slight improvement ) which you can change by digging and by constructing building, belts and factories. There is water and acid element in the world which can help you or create you more problems on your way through the level. Key is that you have only few characters and you need to build and optimize automatization. Game is composed of multiple mechanics as - floating water through the level - manipulation with the ground - moisture - weather - growing vegetation - mineable resources - automatization through belts and factories - characters management and development - research - networks distribution of water, steam and power - acid destroying the world etc..