Survey Sota7's biomes
Forests, wetlands, canyons and drowned coastlines. Scan flora and fauna to grow your research archive and unlock new field options.
Scan flora and fauna across forests, wetlands, canyons and drowned coastlines.
FAN-MADE FIELD GUIDE · UNOFFICIAL
FAN-MADE · UNOFFICIAL
Honeycomb: The World Beyond
A single-player sci-fi survival sandbox about exploring an alien ecosystem, bioengineering new life, and building a modular research base on Sota7. No traditional combat — research is the loop.
Single-player sci-fi survival sandbox: explore an alien ecosystem, bioengineer new life, build a modular research base. No traditional combat.
OUT NOW · SEP 8, 2026
SINGLE-PLAYER
PC · PS5 · XBOX
OUT NOW · Sep 8, 2026
MODE · Single-player
PLATFORMS · PC / PS5 / Xbox
SITE · Fan-made, unofficial
OUT NOW · SEP 8, 2026 · SINGLE-PLAYER
PC / PS5 / XBOX · FAN-MADE, UNOFFICIAL
01 · THE GAME
What kind of game is Honeycomb?
You play Hennessy, a bioengineer sent to the planet Sota7 by EON Corp. Your job is to study an alien ecosystem — scan its plants and animals, run crossbreeding experiments in your lab, and turn a landing pod into a working research base.
Progress comes from knowledge, not firepower. There is no traditional combat loop: hostile wildlife is something you observe, avoid, and out-prepare — not something you farm.
02 · CORE LOOP — EXPLORE. EXPERIMENT. ADAPT.
EXPLORE
BIOENGINEER
BUILD
Three things you actually do
Crossbreed new life
Use allogamy and grafting to combine specimens. Experiments can fail — and that's part of the science.
Combine specimens with allogamy and grafting. Experiments can fail — that's part of the science.
Raise a modular base
Assemble labs, grow beds and power/water infrastructure into a field station that supports deeper expeditions.
Assemble labs, grow beds and power/water infrastructure into a working field station.
03 · FIELD MAP
LOW RISK
MEDIUM RISK
HIGH RISK
SURVEY ONGOING
Sota7's known regions
Risk levels reflect official region descriptions, not invented difficulty stats. No coordinates or maps are fabricated here.
LOW RISK
LOW RISK
The Valley
Starting region. Forest, woodland, wetlands and shallow waterways.
forest & wetlands, starter region
SUNBEAM LUMUS · SWEET TARAX +5
MEDIUM RISK
MEDIUM RISK
The Headlands
Stone structures, ruins, canyons and open ground.
ruins & canyons
GREEN NAGA · COBALT SARGENT +5
HIGH RISK
HIGH RISK
The Pass
Late-game region. Routes and species are not yet public.
late game, officially undisclosed
UNDISCLOSED — DATA GAP
SURVEY ONGOING
SURVEY ONGOING
Aquatic Zone
Coastlines, underwater passages and fully submerged areas.
coast & drowned passages
UNDER OFFICIAL SURVEYNo traditional combat — by design
Dangerous fauna exists, but Honeycomb is built around observation, preparation and avoidance rather than killing. You can observe, feed and build relationships with animals. If you come from ARK or Rust expecting a weapon tree, reset that expectation here.
Dangerous fauna exists, but the loop is observation, preparation and avoidance. You can observe, feed and build relationships with animals.
Read: what do I do when a creature is hostile? →What if a creature is hostile? →
04 · RIGHT NOW
PLAYABLE DEMO
LIVE
Steam demo is downloadable
Still free on Steam after the full launch (app 2959440). A later official post: each session ends after 2 hours or a main-quest milestone, whichever first. The 31 August copy said about one hour. The 2024 Next Fest build is historical.
Still live on Steam. Official session: 2 hours or a main-quest milestone. 2024 demo is outdated.
Demo hub: download steps & 2024 vs 2026 diff → Demo hub →
FULL RELEASE
OUT NOW
Out now — September 8, 2026
Steam lists the full game as released (`coming_soon=false`). Official *OUT NOW!* post: 8 September 2026. Unlock times and Hotfix #1 are on the release-date log.
Steam shows the full game as released. See the public change log for unlock times and Hotfix #1.
Release-date log & per-platform status → Release-date log →Questions players ask first
All answers →No. The full game is single-player.
No — single-player only.
Frozen Way has said multiplayer is not planned, because it would require rebuilding the game from the ground up. Any search result claiming co-op support is wrong; we correct the common ones on the Multiplayer page.
The devs say multiplayer would require rebuilding the game from the ground up. Search results claiming co-op are wrong.
No traditional combat — observation, preparation, avoidance.
PC, PS5 and Xbox launched 8 September 2026. Switch is not announced.
You can observe, feed and build relationships with animals.
Now — the Steam demo went live on 31 August 2026.
05 · SOURCES & VERIFICATION
Steam store page
store.steampowered.com/app/1510440
Official region survey
Zone Classification field log
Console store pages
store.playstation.com · xbox.com/games