Restore Life To The Oceans As City Builder Life Below Makes Its Gamescom Debut
Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2025 12:45 pm
RESTORE LIFE TO THE OCEANS AS CITY BUILDER LIFE BELOW MAKES ITS GAMESCOM DEBUT
Leicester, UK - 12th August 2025
Kasedo Games & Megapop will debut a playable demo of the sub-aquatic ‘reef’ builder, Life Below, next week at Gamescom 2025.
Developed by Norwegian studio, Megapop, and written by award winning video game writer Rhianna Pratchett, Life Below delivers a fresh and unique approach to the city building genre.
Visitors to the booth will be tasked, as guardian Thalassa, to protect the Heart of the Reef and reignite life in the deep. By channeling its energy and growing new coral structures, she must bring life back to the underwater world before it's too late.
The Life Below booth can be found in Hall 7.1 (A02)
Life Below Features:
Navigate the push and pull between expansion of the reef and the challenges they will need to grow and evolve new solutions to.
Seek out new wildlife through the crafting and luring systems, while maintaining habitats and food resources.
The rules underwater have changed rapidly. Find solutions with the aid of the corals of the reef as well as permanent and visiting wildlife.
Navigate heatwaves, increased acidity, garbage clouds, jellyfish migrations and other constantly changing hazards.
See the reef from three perspectives - close to the wildlife, classic top-down and the whole playable map.
Experience the spectacle of life underwater, collecting species in the collection book as you go.
Narrative written by award-winning video games writer Rhianna Pratchett.
One of the most accessible city builders ever. Developed in conjunction with consultant Arevya and the charity Special Effect UK to evaluate accessibility features for the game and how we can implement these in impactful ways.
Life Below is coming to Windows PC in 2026.
Wishlist now via Steam or visit LifeBelow.net for more information.
GAME INFORMATION:
Title: Life Below
Platform(s): Windows PC
Price: TBA
Genre: City Builder (Reef Builder)
Release: TBA
Publisher: Kasedo Games (@KasedoGames)
Developer: Megapop (@MegapopGames)
ABOUT KASEDO GAMES
Kasedo Games work closely together with enthusiastic & talented indie developers from around the world to publish ‘Triple I’ titles that players will love.
Through our vast knowledge of producing, PR, marketing and distribution, we always strive for quality games made by quality indie teams and we understand that every game and every studio has different requirements. The support, creative freedom and platform we provide means we can make great games happen without forgetting their roots.
Titles under the Kasedo label include: 'IXION, 'Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus I & II', 'City of Gangsters', 'Filament', 'Rise of Industry 1 & 2', 'Project Highrise' and ‘Crowntakers’. www.kasedogames.com
ABOUT MEGAPOP
Megapop is an independent game studio based in Oslo, Norway, and a proud member of Oslo Game Hub. We create premium strategy games for PC and console, built on originality, depth, and the science of fun. With a legacy of globally featured and top-ranking games, we bring a deep current of experience into every new project. We’re currently developing Life Below, a genre-bending city-builder where you shape the fate of a coral reef from nature’s point of view—a true reef builder.
Leicester, UK - 12th August 2025
Kasedo Games & Megapop will debut a playable demo of the sub-aquatic ‘reef’ builder, Life Below, next week at Gamescom 2025.
Developed by Norwegian studio, Megapop, and written by award winning video game writer Rhianna Pratchett, Life Below delivers a fresh and unique approach to the city building genre.
Visitors to the booth will be tasked, as guardian Thalassa, to protect the Heart of the Reef and reignite life in the deep. By channeling its energy and growing new coral structures, she must bring life back to the underwater world before it's too late.
The Life Below booth can be found in Hall 7.1 (A02)
Life Below Features:
Navigate the push and pull between expansion of the reef and the challenges they will need to grow and evolve new solutions to.
Seek out new wildlife through the crafting and luring systems, while maintaining habitats and food resources.
The rules underwater have changed rapidly. Find solutions with the aid of the corals of the reef as well as permanent and visiting wildlife.
Navigate heatwaves, increased acidity, garbage clouds, jellyfish migrations and other constantly changing hazards.
See the reef from three perspectives - close to the wildlife, classic top-down and the whole playable map.
Experience the spectacle of life underwater, collecting species in the collection book as you go.
Narrative written by award-winning video games writer Rhianna Pratchett.
One of the most accessible city builders ever. Developed in conjunction with consultant Arevya and the charity Special Effect UK to evaluate accessibility features for the game and how we can implement these in impactful ways.
Life Below is coming to Windows PC in 2026.
Wishlist now via Steam or visit LifeBelow.net for more information.
GAME INFORMATION:
Title: Life Below
Platform(s): Windows PC
Price: TBA
Genre: City Builder (Reef Builder)
Release: TBA
Publisher: Kasedo Games (@KasedoGames)
Developer: Megapop (@MegapopGames)
ABOUT KASEDO GAMES
Kasedo Games work closely together with enthusiastic & talented indie developers from around the world to publish ‘Triple I’ titles that players will love.
Through our vast knowledge of producing, PR, marketing and distribution, we always strive for quality games made by quality indie teams and we understand that every game and every studio has different requirements. The support, creative freedom and platform we provide means we can make great games happen without forgetting their roots.
Titles under the Kasedo label include: 'IXION, 'Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus I & II', 'City of Gangsters', 'Filament', 'Rise of Industry 1 & 2', 'Project Highrise' and ‘Crowntakers’. www.kasedogames.com
ABOUT MEGAPOP
Megapop is an independent game studio based in Oslo, Norway, and a proud member of Oslo Game Hub. We create premium strategy games for PC and console, built on originality, depth, and the science of fun. With a legacy of globally featured and top-ranking games, we bring a deep current of experience into every new project. We’re currently developing Life Below, a genre-bending city-builder where you shape the fate of a coral reef from nature’s point of view—a true reef builder.