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Experience an authentic open-world survival game set years after the fall of civilization.
Join the playtest on steam and be among the first to shape the world of Ardem.
When the RHAB-14 virus broke out, the world fell within weeks. Cities fell silent, order crumbled, and humans became restless, mutated creatures driven by hunger and rage.
Years later, civilization is nothing but a memory. Nature has reclaimed the land, power grids lie dormant, and every day is a fight for survival.
In ARDEM, you decide who to trust, where to find shelter, and how to survive in a world where every breath is a risk.
ARDEM is an immersive open-world survival RPG that takes you into a virus-ravaged, fully interactive world. Alone or with friends, you explore abandoned places, gather resources, build bases, repair vehicles, and use electricity to bring the remnants of civilization back to life or let them fade away forever.
Discover a handcrafted 64 km² world filled with secrets, stories and scars. From flooded towns to overgrown highways, every corner of Ardem carries traces of the world before the fall.
The environment reacts to your actions. Repair bridges, restore power, reclaim land and permanently shape your surroundings.
Power is survival.
Electrify any house, base or outpost using gasoline, wind or solar energy. Your grid, your rules.
Watch the world respond as lights flicker on, doors unlock and life returns to abandoned places. Control the darkness or let it control you.
Every vehicle tells a story and becomes part of yours.
Scavenge, repair and upgrade a wide range of rides, from off-roaders and boats to heavy transporters.
Travel faster, carry more and bring your allies safely home. In Ardem, vehicles are more than tools. They are survival partners.
Shape your refuge.
Construct, expand and defend your shelter with total freedom in materials, resources and design.
Decorate, power up and create a home that reflects your journey. A safe haven before you face the unknown again.
Survival is a balance between hunger and risk.
Hunt wildlife, fish the shores or cultivate crops to sustain yourself. Each path demands strategy and patience.
Smart management means longer survival. Every meal is a small victory against the world outside.
Survive your way.
Play Ardem entirely solo, share the struggle with friends in co-op or join persistent online servers with up to dozens of players.
Trade, build, fight or form factions. Every interaction leaves a mark on the world and the people within it. Your story does not just happen in Ardem. It happens with others.
We are planning to release Ardem in the second half of 2026 into Early Access on Steam.
Our goal is to further expand the game's foundation, ensure a stable release without major game-breaking bugs, and implement enough long-term retention systems to provide players with many hours of fun, tension, and discovery.
We currently expect an Early Access price between 20 and 30 USD.
The final price will depend on the technical state of the game and the scope of included features at launch, so we will adjust it accordingly before release to keep it fair and balanced.
At launch, Ardem can be played in three modes: solo, co-op, and online servers with up to 64 players.
Our long-term goal is to raise the maximum player count to at least 100, allowing server owners to host even larger survival experiences.
Ardem is a classic open-world survival game set in a grounded and dangerous world. You explore, scavenge resources, craft gear, and fight to survive.
The game can be played in first or third person, allowing you to experience the world from the perspective you prefer.
Beyond exploration and survival, Ardem features deep systems such as base building, vehicles, hunting, fishing, and much more, all of which will continue to evolve over time.
The best way to support us is to join playtests and share your honest feedback.
Head over to our Steam page and request access to upcoming playtests. There will also be Alpha testing waves that you can apply for.
Your feedback is incredibly valuable and helps us shape Ardem into the best experience it can be.
We have a lot in the pipeline. Some of our long-term goals include:
We'll also continue to expand existing systems such as vehicles and weapons with new content over time.
Our focus for now is to create a stable PC version first.
A console release will depend on several factors, especially the success and size of the player base. If Ardem builds an active and lasting community, a console version is definitely on the table. If not, it would not make much sense from a production standpoint.
ARDEM stands for "Artificial Demography."
It refers to a secret bioweapon project created to solve humanity's biggest problem — overpopulation. But the experiment went terribly wrong and turned the world into the desolate, chaotic place you explore in Ardem.
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