About This Game

Paleo Dive

Explore lost oceans and research a world that vanished millions of years ago.

Paleo Dive is an atmospheric VR diving adventure that takes you through more than 500 million years of Earth’s history. Explore five handcrafted underwater environments—from a Cambrian lagoon and colorful reefs to dense kelp forests and the darkness of the deep sea.

Swim. Discover. Survive.

Move your arms naturally to swim through the water, collect discoveries, and pull yourself along suitable surfaces. Keep an eye on your oxygen and return to the research base in time. On Normal difficulty, dangerous creatures can attack, and a failed dive will cost you everything you discovered during that expedition.

Your wristwatch displays your oxygen, depth, water pressure, and remaining collectibles. A holographic map and an unlockable Finder help you navigate your surroundings.

Photograph and research 48 species

Photograph prehistoric animals with your underwater camera. Capture each creature from four different angles to unlock a rotatable 3D specimen in your archive. Your photographs are permanently stored in a personal gallery.

Use the DNA scanner to collect additional research samples. Once a species has been fully documented through photography and its genome has been completely decoded, you can release it into your walk-in aquarium.

Expand your expeditions

Collect fossil and map fragments, coins, and rare Moon Rocks. Recovered items and completed research unlock new diving areas, while coins allow you to improve your swimming performance, oxygen capacity, and equipment.

Create your own loadout using the camera, DNA scanner, headlamp, Finder, and oxygen bottle. Finding Moon Rocks also unlocks a Night Mode for each area.

Features

• Natural VR swimming using arm movements

• Five handcrafted diving areas from different geological eras

• 48 species to discover and document

• Underwater camera with a persistent photo gallery

• Research through multiple photo angles and DNA samples

• Creature archive with information and rotatable 3D specimens

• Walk-in aquarium for fully researched species

• Collecting, equipment, and upgrade systems

• Wrist-mounted holographic map and Finder

• Unlockable Night Mode for every area

• Two difficulty settings and three save slots

VR Only – OpenXR

Paleo Dive was developed exclusively for virtual reality. A compatible PC VR headset and motion controllers are required. The game supports OpenXR.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

AI was used to help resolve bugs and optimize ticks and similar processes. Selected 3D models and icons were generated using AI.