Free budget alternative to Rust
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“if you're down on your luck, but want rust, this game is a perfect supplement.”
Steam review · 11 h played ↗
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Mixed · 64%Mixed · 64%Gradient Studios2021Open World Survival Craft · Shooter · Survival
Free to play
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 1 h ago
The verdict
A free, low-spec Rust-style survival sandbox with building, crafting and PvP. It has few players and servers, plus many bugs and vanishing bases, so skip it if you want a polished, active multiplayer game.
Great for
Players without money or a strong PC who want a free Rust-like sandbox to mess around in with friends
Main risk
Almost no players or servers, and bases that break or vanish, so you may be unable to really play
What players love
Free with active updates and potential
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The game continues to be free with free updates, no complaining since the devs seem to listen to player feedback consistently”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗
Fun with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“its fun to play with friends and trying to survive in the wild”
Steam review · 27.1 h played ↗
Low system requirements
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“isnt as high of a performance which is great for people that want to place rust but dont have the best of pcs”
Steam review · 3.3 h played ↗
Enjoyable building and crafting
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“completely lost myself with building a house for like 3 hours”
Steam review · 7.1 h played ↗
Pleasant low-poly look and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“has a easy light hearted visual style for a survival game”
Steam review · 13.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Few players, dead or missing servers
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“no singleplayer and only one server up”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗
Poor optimization, crashes and kicks
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“my RTX 2060 was at 100% on a polygon game”
Steam review · 0.9 h played ↗
Worse after updates, abandoned feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“How does this game get worse every update?”
Steam review · 24.5 h played ↗
No private servers; griefing and spawn-killing
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“needs private servers bc im tired of getting killed by random ass people when i just wanna play with my friends and only my friends”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Bases break, vanish or items disappear
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“my building lasted just under 5 mins then blew up and I lost everything”
Steam review · 7.8 h played ↗
Hackers and no anti-cheat
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“just to have a guy walk up and your base just falls apart from a hacker”
Steam review · 7.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable2 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 32-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i3 3210 | AMD A8 7600 APU
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 4000 or AMD Radeon R5 series | NVIDIA GeForce 400 Series or AMD Radeon
Storage2 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5 | AMD FX 6300
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia Geforce GTX 1050ti
Storage2 GB available space
OSWindows 7 32-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i3 3210 | AMD A8 7600 APU
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 4000 or AMD Radeon R5 series | NVIDIA GeForce 400 Series or AMD Radeon
Storage2 GB available space
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