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AquaNox

The undersea world has undergone a transformation from a tranquil environment to a place of unspeakable violence, graphic murder and horrific danger. It is now the 27th century and mercenaries such as Emerald "Deadeye" Flint ply their deadly trade among the warring forces of man and nature. You take the role of Flint, taking command of a loosely aligned force of fellow mercenaries who hire themselves out to the powerful leaders of the inhospitable world of Aqua. Players fight vicious battles against crazed mercenaries, mighty military forces and hideous sea monsters. The frantic pace never let

Release date
December 19, 2014
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Massive Development
Publisher
THQ Nordic GmbH
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★ 7.6/10GOG · 418 ratings
GOGLast checked October 31, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 3 / 5
AquaNox is actually the second game in the Aqua series, another franchise that was ever "dumbed down" in each epoch to pander to mainstream sensibilities…
★ 3 / 5
For starters, a piece of important advice: CHANGE YOUR MOUsE REPORT RATE. Many modern gaming mice report 500 to 1000 times per second, and this…
★ 2 / 5
I bought this game about two years ago and finally decided to give it a whirl this week. The gameplay can be summed up thusly-…
★ 3 / 5
AquaNox is a fun game if you're looking for something like Freespace underwater, and it has a fairly interesting setting and characters, but generally lacklustre…
★ 5 / 5
Archimedean Dynasty... What a game. A somewhat linear Privateer, set in an underwater sci-fi world, back in a time when developers weren't afraid to try…
★ 5 / 5
I played this a long, long time ago (sadly, in this galaxy). I've been looking for a working copy ever since. All hail GOG, masters…
★ 5 / 5
Technical points first: graphics hold very well, art style is competent, voice acting more hit or miss. Overall atmospheric with good production values. The gameplay…
★ 3 / 5
Setup on a future dark-pseudocyberpunk-underwater world, Aquanox its a one-of-a-kind first person shooter. Although some of its missions have a "arena match" feeling and the…

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★ 4 / 5
The Gameplay is outdated, the dialogue is corny and the way you choose between different missions to progress is not intuitive in the least. But…
★ 5 / 5
The world building here is spectacular. It is hard to find a modern game with such attention to detail, let alone a game from the…
★ 5 / 5
I highly recomend it as well at AquaNox 2 and the prequel to the bith The Aecgemidian Dynasty!
★ 4 / 5
Eventhough I personally prefer Aquanox 2 over this here, I still think it's a great game! Particularly the dialogue writing and the excellent (German!) voice…
★ 2 / 5
The worst voice acting I ever heard in a game was in some fan-made Star Wars mod. The second worst voice acting I ever heard…
★ 5 / 5
Aquanox is cool as hell, dude. Great art direction, enjoyably wonky voice acting. It takes some getting used to and the controls are listed exactly…
★ 4 / 5
I still think Aquanox is a long forgotten gem that gets overlooked far too often in the sci fi genre. Besides some small bugs like…

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