Aarhus, Denmark – Indie developer, Fair Games, shadow dropped the Forgotten Depths update to “Necesse“, the fast-growing sandbox survival game, live during the Triple-i showcase on April 10.

According to the team, this surprise update is to celebrate the amazing support from players in the start of 2025, including more than 250.000 new players pouring in last month.

New and old players alike can now dive into a brand new biome, The Plains Deep Caves, that holds new foes, secrets and loot 🌍⚒️

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Why You Should Play “Necesse” Now

  • Co-Op Action: The Free Weekend is the perfect opportunity to team up with friends and explore the world of Necesse together. Build, fight, and survive as a team or tackle the challenges alone — the choice is yours.

  • A Game on the Rise: With this update, Necesse has grown even more to be the 2025 standout title in the sandbox survival genre. The community is expanding fast, and we’re thrilled to welcome even more players as we approach the 1.0 launch later in the year.

  • Help shape the Game for the official 1.0 release: With the official 1.0 update right around the corner, now’s the perfect time to experience the game’s current features and help shape its final release. The developers have worked hard to create a world full of exploration, crafting, and survival — and there’s even more to come.

  • Endless Exploration: Necesse offers a procedurally generated world where each playthrough feels unique. You can explore +25 unique areas, craft more than 150 powerful tools and weapons, build your dream base, and face off against dangerous enemies, including 17 challenging bosses. Whether you prefer solo survival or playing with friends, there’s always something new to discover.

Where to get Necesse:

  1. Necesse is on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1169040/Necesse/ .

We can’t wait to see you in the world of Necesse!

In the words of some of the many, many fans, that left a review behind: 

  • Zilik2221: “Built a city, but my friend destroyed it. Now I have no friends. Recommend ✓

  • Alexantony:  “Very good game, lots to do, I recommend it, took me 83,4 hours to platinum, almost lost my sanity. I recommend it!”.

  • R1ck :): “Good to play with the guys”.  

Good luck surviving, explorers!

Update and live showcase features:

  • Fair Games is shadow dropping “Necesse: The Forgotten Depths” content update LIVE at Triple-I!

  • New boss, The Cursed Crone, awaits in the brand new biome: the plains’ deep caves. Alongside new armor sets, trinkets and weapons.

  • Improvements to the economy: Traders, Task Board and much more!

  • 1.0 Teaser.. What could it be?

Necesse on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1169040/Necesse/
Necesse on Discord: https://discord.gg/FAFgrKD
Necesse on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr4Jtyot0FRRWsXAWXOHW6g 

About Fair Games
Fair Games is one of the most influential Indie Game Developers in the Sandbox, Survival and Crafting genre. Based in Aarhus, Denmark, the studio mixes its own unique blend of ingenious gameplay and dazzling pixel art and is one of the leading Indie studios in the Nordics.

About Necesse
Necesse is created by pioneer-developer ‘Fair’ aka Mads Skovgaard and is often seen as a pioneering game, perfectly balancing chill colony building with bullet hellish boss fighting. With lifetime sales of 1,4 million and a lifetime wishlist above 1,1 million, the date for the game’s 1.0 launch later in the year is highly anticipated.