Hardcore, rewarding survival challenge
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“This is a slow-paced hardcore survival game. If that sounds fun to you, then this game is a must-have!”
Steam review · 63.2 h played ↗
Subsistence
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 72%Mostly Positive · 72%ColdGames2016Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Base Building
$13.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 2 h ago
The verdict
A brutal, grindy solo-dev survival sandbox with lovely scenery and co-op, now tunable with mods. Skip it if you hate RNG loot-box scavenging and constant dying.
Great for
Patient players who like hardcore, grindy survival, solo or co-op, and enjoy tweaking things with mods
Main risk
The early game: RNG loot-box hunting, predators everywhere and far-off respawns mean constant deaths.
What changed in the last 30 days
64 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews mostly come from new buyers hitting the loot-box grind, predator density and far respawns, and complain about 10 years of early access. Mod support softens this, but the cause of the dip is not certain.
64 recent reviews
What players love
Mod support lets you tune the grind
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“With mods, I can finally tune that friction down without removing the actual survival loop.”
Steam review · 108.8 h played ↗
Beautiful graphics and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Incredibly beautiful environment, you want to lick every second texture, even on my potato PC.”
Steam review · translated · 61.6 h played ↗
Passionate solo dev with steady updates
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“I got to watch this man actually listen to his community, add in things we actually WANTED like more armor, tools, farming, and craftables.”
Steam review · 150.1 h played ↗
Fun co-op and base building
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“One of my favourite things is still spending a couple of hours building on a server with other people”
Steam review · 138.8 h played ↗
Great value and highly replayable
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“Great game to play many times. Other survival games have an end then done.”
Steam review · 147.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Too many aggressive predators, brutal early game
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“There seemed to be a pack of wolves, bears, or other predators every few feet in the forest, so we spent more time running and dying than actually building anything.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Excessive grind and costly crafting
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“1 Wood = 1 plank, tell me how that works? 11 fiber to make 1 cordage, good luck grinding.”
Steam review · 48.1 h played ↗
RNG loot-box scavenging is the core loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“There is no "do X to get X material" in the early game, you just wander around aimlessly hoping to get a lucky box/bag spawn and hope it has what you need.”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗
10 years in early access, little change
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Early access for over TEN YEARS?!? If you could look at the game 10 years ago and it today, you would hard pressed to be able to see a difference.”
Steam review · 27.9 h played ↗
Death punishment and far-away respawns
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“I've played for 11 hours and 9 of those were spent travelling back to my body.”
Steam review · 11.6 h played ↗
Jank: broken AI, hitboxes and physics
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“10 years of development and wolves run under water, not swim, run under water to come kill you.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support1500 MB
Minimum
OSWindows 7+
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo E4600 2.4ghz or Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core 5200
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsGeforce GT 460 or Radeon HD 3800
Storage1500 MB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7+
ProcessorQuad Core
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GTX 760+ or Radeon HD 6950
Storage1500 MB available space
OSWindows 7+
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo E4600 2.4ghz or Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core 5200
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsGeforce GT 460 or Radeon HD 3800
Storage1500 MB available space
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