The sci-fi submarine survival sim that lets players work alone or with a team in various missions has received an update. While Barotrauma is already a pretty unsettling game as it is, publisher Daedelic Entertainment and developers FakeFish and Undertow Games are working to bring this early access title even closer to a full release on Steam. Their next step to that goal was the release of the “Among the Ancients” update.

In this update, they have given players the option of character customization. Now their characters are more diverse both from the outside and the inside. Along with the character customization, they have made the alien ruins below the frozen sea also received a complete overhaul to make exploration even more disturbing. Also, the procedural generation has been improved to make for larger complexes that are more fun to explore.

This means that the ruins feel more alien than ever before: The Fractural Guardian patrolling the ruins has a new look and behavior, using a harpoon and a steam cannon to get rid of trespassers. The new Swarm Feeder is looking for blood and the Gravity Sphere and Ruin Vent add new effects to the mix.

It’s time to gather your crew together again because the mysteries below the surface just got stranger!