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Watch trailer on Steam ↗Gone Exploring
BCRC · Published by BCRC · Official site ↗
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Last updated 23 Sept 2026
One curious octopus. One underwater research centre. The long way home. A short 3D point-and-click adventure about a small escape - played with all eight hands.
Adventure, Free To Play · 2026 · More free games
About this game
The tank is boring. Everything outside the tank looks fascinating. The decision makes itself.
The Blue Current Research Centre turns out to be an interesting place. Full of corridors to squeeze through, rooms to investigate, and no shortage of objects with completely unclear purposes. Things that hum, blink, and spin. Things that probably shouldn't be touched.
She will touch them anyway.
A hands-on adventure - all eight of them - about one small escape and the long way home.
Features:
Explore an underwater research station as a curious octopus
Pick up, carry, and interact with objects using all 8 arms - independently
No inventory, no UI clutter - just hands (a lot of them)
Uncover why she's here, and find your way back to the ocean
Short, cozy, and self-contained
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i3 2GHz or AMD equivalent
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 / AMD Radeon RX 460 or integrated GPU with Vulkan support
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
"Gone Exploring" gibt’s jetzt auch auf Deutsch! 🐙
🐙 "Gone Exploring" gibt’s jetzt auch auf Deutsch!Wir freuen uns riesig, noch mehr Spieler im Forschungszentrum Blaue Strömung in ihrer Sprache begrüßen zu dürfen.Und an alle, die Gone Exploring schon gespielt haben, bevor die deutsche Lokalisierung verfügbar war - vielen, vielen Dank, dass ihr dem Spiel trotzdem eine Chance gegeben habt. 💙Wir hoffen, dass ihr euch beim Erkunden der Station jetzt ein bisschen mehr zu Hause fühlt.Danke fürs Spielen und herzlich willkommen auf der Station!"Read full article on Community Announcements (UchuNeko)AnnouncementsOfficial
🐙 Gone Exploring is now available in Chinese!
We’re really happy to welcome more players to the Blue Current Research Centre in their own language.And to everyone who already played Gone Exploring before the Chinese localisation was available - thank you so much for giving the game a chance anyway. 💙We hope exploring the station feels a little more at home now - even if you’re doing it with eight arms.Thank you for playing, and welcome to the station!Read full article on Community Announcements (UchuNeko)Patch NotesOfficial
A Small Quality-of-Life Update
We’ve made a few small improvements to Gone Exploring! Octo can now scurry The station is still meant to be explored slowly - but sometimes you already know exactly where you’re going. Double-click a destination to make Octo scurry there a little faster. Normal movement hasn’t gone anywhere, so you can still take your time poking around the station, carrying things you probably shouldn’t, and getting distracted along the way. A little visual polish We’ve also fixed and improved a few graphical details around the station. Nothing dramatic - just a small round of polish to make exploring a little nicer. Thanks to everyone who has played, left feedback, or told us what they liked 🐙💙 Gone Exploring is free to play, so if you haven’t visited the station yet, now is a good time to have a look around.Read full article on Community Announcements (UchuNeko)Community & EventsOfficial
Gone Exploring is Part of Ukrainian Games Festival 2026!
We’re so happy to be part of Ukrainian Games Festival 2026, running on Steam from August 17–24.It means a lot to have Gone Exploring included alongside so many great games created by Ukrainian developers and to be part of this community.A huge thank you to the organisers for putting the festival together, supporting Ukrainian devs, and giving our games a place to be discovered by more players.And, of course, thank you to everyone who has played Gone Exploring, shared it, left a review, sent feedback, or simply told someone else about the game. Your support has helped our little octopus travel much further than we expected. 💙💛You can explore the festival and discover many more Ukrainian games on Steam throughout the week.Read full article on Community Announcements (UchuNeko)AnnouncementsOfficial
The BCRC Gift Shop is now open! Yes, the real one!
Enjoyed your tour of the Blue Current Research Centre?You can now take a small souvenir back to the surface.The shop currently offers BCRC mugs, notebooks and T-shirts, along with Octo stickers and other designs inspired by the game.Looking for a specific item? Leave a comment and we’ll turn it into an Octo sticker!No shark hats, sorry.Visit the BCRC Gift ShopThank you for all your support and feedback since the release of Gone Exploring, it truly means a lot to us!Read full article on Community Announcements (UchuNeko)
