BIOMUTANT (v1.7.0 & DLC)

A colossal Aura Tree bleeds corruption across a sun-bleached world of mutant beasts, broken machinery, and warring tribes. BIOMUTANT frames its post-apocalypse as a colorful kung-fu fable rather than a grim survival story, mixing environmental disaster with playful creature design and eccentric humor. You play an adaptable wanderer whose decisions influence tribal alliances and the condition of the world, while an ever-present narrator comments on the journey in a deliberately storybook-like style. The result is a broad, oddball adventure that balances serious stakes with a light, almost toybox sense of invention.

Combat centers on fluid movement and a flexible blend of melee strikes, firearms, dodges, special abilities, and martial-arts techniques known as Wung-Fu. Fights encourage experimentation: swap between a customized blade, a cobbled-together rifle, and mutation-powered attacks such as telekinesis, then alter your approach as new equipment and moves become available. Character development goes beyond standard stat upgrades through an Aura system that changes abilities and appearance based on biohazardous exposure, while crafted gear can be assembled from numerous weapon parts and attachments. Roaming the map also involves adapting to harsh climates with protective outfits and using mounts or vehicles, including mechanical walkers, watercraft, and airborne transport, to reach distant islands, tunnels, and polluted zones.

Its greatest strength is the freedom to build a hero who looks and fights unlike anyone else, whether that means a heavy-hitting brute with a sawblade weapon or a nimble gunfighter relying on strange psi powers. The open world is not as densely authored as the best modern RPG sandboxes, but its varied biomes, bizarre enemies, and vehicle-based traversal give exploration a welcome sense of novelty. Narrative choices are more about steering the setting’s final state than delivering deeply branching role-play, so players seeking a heavily reactive story should keep expectations measured. Fans of open-world action RPGs such as Fable, Immortals Fenyx Rising, or a lighter, stranger take on Horizon’s exploration will find plenty to enjoy, especially if experimentation matters more than challenge.