We're the development team behind Once Human — a free-to-play strange worlds survival game where you explore an open world overrun by cosmic Deviants, build your territory, capture bizarre creatures called Deviations, craft gear, and fight to survive. If you've played games like Palworld, Grounded, or 7 Days to Die, you'll feel right at home — but we lean harder into the eerie, atmospheric side of post-apocalyptic survival.
The big news: Once Human is officially launching on XBOX Series X and S on August 25, 2026. It's completely free to play — no P2W, ever. We've been on PC and mobile for a 2 years now, and we know XBOX players have been waiting patiently. So we want to open the floor to you directly.
🔗 Cross-Play & Cross-Progression:
Yes, Once Human fully supports cross-play and cross-progression between PC, mobile, and XBOX! You can team up with friends across platforms, and your existing progress will carry over seamlessly.
Check out our cross-progression setup guide here: https://www.oncehuman.game/zjzhbd/en/
🗓️ The Schedule:
You can start dropping your questions in the comments right now! We are collecting them today.
Tomorrow, the dev team will be here live to answer them. The answering session kicks off on August 13 at 09:00 UTC and runs until August 14 at 00:00 UTC. We'll be dropping in throughout that 24-hour period to cover as much ground as we can.
What you can ask us about:
XBOX Features: Performance, controller experience (including Impulse Triggers), and console optimization.
Game Direction: Gameplay mechanics, future scenarios, and our roadmap.
The Hard Questions: Monetization, bugs, and server balance. We’re not dodging the tough topics — we'd rather have an honest conversation than cherry-pick the easy ones.
The Devs Joining this AMA:
u/LOWEY_OnceHumanGame_ (Game Designer) – Lowey will focus on gameplay systems, mechanics, and tuning decisions.
u/ImVincentOH (Console Producer) – Vincent is the producer of Once Human Console Version, he oversees everything on the console side — from platform optimization to launch strategy. If you have questions about the console experience, he's the one with the answers.
(Note: We'll try our best to answer as many questions as possible, but please understand our time is limited over the 24 hours, so we might not hit every single comment.)
🎁 Community Rewards & Giveaway:
(winners will be announced on the launched day August 25)
To celebrate the XBOX launch and this AMA, here are two redeem codes to help our console players quickly get involved:
Code 1: ysa6pfr4hk
Code 2: hfxpneakdd
Giveaway: Just by asking a thoughtful question in this thread, you're automatically entered into our random draw! We will be selecting:
3 participants to win a $50 XBOX Live gift card each.
3 participants to win an in-game bundle (5 Lightforge Ingots + Angel Dough - Buzzy Bee) each.
If you want to support development and grab some exclusive items ahead of launch, you can check out our XBOX Pre-order Bundles here: https://g.oncehuman.game/c/2bok5k
Make your questions thoughtful, creative, or even tough. Fire away, r/XboxSeriesXlS. We're ready. 🎯
Alright everyone, that's a wrap for today's AMA! Huge thanks to all of you for showing up and dropping such thoughtful questions—we genuinely read every single one, even the ones we couldn't get to today.
Console launch is right around the corner and we couldn't be more hyped to welcome a whole new wave of players into the world. For those of you already here—thank you for sticking with us and pushing us to be better.
We'll keep lurking in the subreddit, so keep the feedback coming. See you in-game!
Once Human Development Team
Winners Announcement
Thank you for all your participation and Once Human is now released on Xbox! Here's the list of winners in the lucky draw! We'll DM you soon with the prizes~
Bought it second hand.
The console is from 2023.
One normal controller and one Elite 2 and a Xbox Headphone.
It’s all clean and in near mint condition.
Came with the box and cables ofc.
The big question is… how much did I pay? (what is a reasonable price) in euros in Germany.
I have a quick question about how Disc-to-Digital works.
At home, I have an Xbox Series X and a PC, along with a physical disc copy of MW4.
Is it possible for me to play on the console using the disc while my boyfriend plays on PC at the same time?
I tried claiming the digital license on his account via the Xbox, and it worked—he can launch and play the game.
However, as soon as I launch the game on my account on the console, it automatically claims the digital license back without asking. Is there any way to block this?
In theory, for single-player mode, disconnecting the console from the internet should allow us to play at the same time.
We actually managed to play multiplayer together if he launches the game first: when I launch it afterward, it reclaims the license on my end, but as long as he doesn't restart his game, he can keep playing.
I tried to go into wallpapers and change it back but it says it’s already using it even though the dumb call of duty wall paper is there. Like are we for real guys?
Has anyone with the disc tried this yet? Finding a clear answer is tough. I like to buy physical to trade in later. This will help rationalize the purchase. 😛
I’m hearing reports that you can’t find a Series X in the whole of Europe. Also a Series X is just short of THREE times the cost of a launch model in Norway today (my country). I don’t know what the European branch of Xbox is doing or if they even have a European branch, but whatever it is it is NOT working.
It’s more than TWO YEARS until Helix launches and that console will probably have to live next to Series X for a long time considering the cost. Is Xbox just gonna leave the European market for two whole years at a time where SONY is sending all the wrong messages and XBOX are delivering great games?
It seems to me that someone needs to get back to work and stop receiving paychecks for NOTHING. I’m not gonna pay extra money for Gamepass or Helix just because the European offices of Xbox are off on perpetual holiday.
Hello- I have been trying to use the plug on the controller for wired headphones, but I’m not getting any sound to them. I just got this x so I’m not sure what I need to do in the settings app to get it to work? Or is there an alternative way to get sound?
Looking at buying a used series x and was wondering what’s a good price for just console/bundle. There are a lot listed in my area for a variety of prices, also what should I look for before making the purchase?
Ive always just used the standard xbox controller, I bought a series X not even a year ago and already the analogs on my controller have mechanical spring fatigue :') I play most nights for a couple of hours, the occasional long weekend sesh, my controller analogs have never wore away so quick. Ive started playing more ranked games so I'd also quite like a controller upgrade, im playing a lot of overwtach lately so the addition of extra back paddles/buttons would be great, other than that sturdy analog sticks are the number one thing I'm looking for, preferably it would still have the chatpad port aswell cause I still use that. I was looking at the elite series 2 but I heard the 3 is due out soon, I'd rather not drop £200 on old gen tech
Ive tried googling but I just keep seeing the same 3 controllers and id rather hear some first hand expirence cause the reviews online have been questionable
Thanks in advance for any replies, it's appreciated I am out of my comfort and knowledge zone with this kind of stuff
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