My Kenshi like game but inspired by The Expanse and Firefly. About to publish on Steam soon.
Still on early development. Solo dev, with a some help from a few friends.
u/Sirramza — 3 days ago
r/SurvivalGaming
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Valheim vs Dragonwilds vs Enshrouded for Solo play?
Or a 4th option I havent thought about? Personally I'm thinking probably not Valheim because it just works a lot better with friends in my experience.
u/jacobljlj — 9 days ago
We've spent the last few years building a survival game where winter is your biggest enemy.
Hi everyone!
Our game, Permafrost, is an open-world survival game coming to Steam this October.
The game takes place after a catastrophic event leaves Earth locked in an endless winter. Civilization has collapsed, resources are scarce, and simply staying alive is a challenge.
In Permafrost you can play solo or in 4-player co-op, explore abandoned towns, scavenge supplies, craft equipment, build shelters, repair vehicles, and travel with a loyal dog companion that helps you survive.
From the beginning, our goal wasn't just to make another survival game. We wanted the environment itself to constantly shape your decisions. Every trip away from your base should feel like a calculated risk.
We're getting closer to launch every day, and we're excited to finally share the game with players.
What do you enjoy most in survival games - exploration, building, crafting, or something else?
u/EmpireCrafters — 10 days ago
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I'm working on a survival game where you loot the day and hold the night against the AI apocalypse: LootHold
Hey!
I'm working on a game that mixes survival and tower defense. You go out into the world solo or with up to 3 friends during the day to hunt for loot, from parts for new weapons, food, water, through to scrap you can use to build up your defences. During the night you have to hold your base against hordes on AI bots who are hunting the last remnants of humanity.
As you explore you'll get a better sense of where the AI data centres are on the map and the kind of defences they have to stop you. When you and your gang are ready, you can attempt to take them out to win the map. Pull it off and you'll start a new map with anything you can fit in your car.
I wanted this to be a fun way to have short sessions with friends with all the ups and downs of survival but that you can jump in and out of and get going quickly.
You can check it out on Steam here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4768980/LootHold/
u/PhoenixAds — 8 days ago
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Which survival game on PS5 should I buy?
I’m looking for a survival game that I can spend a lot of my free time playing and put hundreds of hours into. I’m also a really indecisive person, so I need some help choosing.
I’m mainly deciding between The Forest, Dune: Awakening, 7 Days to Die, Raft, and Valheim, but I’m open to any recommendations you guys have.
The things I like most in survival games are:
-Meaningful exploration
-A good sense of progression (being able to look back and see how much you’ve progressed since day one)
-A beautiful world to explore
-Lots of things to do so I don’t get bored after a few dozen hours
For reference, the survival games I’ve enjoyed the most are No Man’s Sky, Subnautica, and Minecraft.
What would you guys recommend?
u/Easy-Importance3907 — 9 days ago
After Smalland: Survive the Wilds, we're going even bigger (and smaller). Smalland 2: Lost Realms first trailer! Hope you'll like it!
Hey everyone! We've been working on Smalland 2: Lost Realms since last year, and in case you missed it, we recently revealed our first trailer!
It's a prequel set ages before the first game, back when the world was still free of Giants. You'll discover new lands and cultures, tame creatures and bond with them, build outposts, set up trade routes between the realms, and craft gear to survive. Co-op supports up to 10 players.
We'd love to hear what you think, and what you'd like to see in a tiny-scale survival game.
Feel free to add the game to your wishlist on Steam if you want to support the project! See you in the widl.
u/Smalland2LostRealms — 9 days ago
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Lost Rift is 4.79 and worth it! Its not bad at all and there is a PVE mode!
Why is everyone ignoring it? Or do you guys really think its bad? Well just in case, if not, you should give it a try. So far its really fun.
u/LaserGadgets — 8 days ago
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Looking for recommendations.
Hey all!
I am stuck in a bit of a rut lately. I absolutely love Conan Exiles. It is far and away my favorite survival builder game I've ever player. Unfortunately, my buddy I used to play with sold his Xbox so we didn't play for a while. When Enhanced came out, I got back into it full send. I love everything they've changed or added. My buddy, on the other hand, went nuclear seeing he'd have to rebuy all the dlc and bazaar items (fair) and swore the game off.
I do also love the Forest games and Palworld... for reference. The Forest 1 and 2 are simply amazing. I legit love every aspect. Palword is fun. The building is decent. The map is dope. The pals rock.
Enshrouded: Ok, but missing the thrall and massive, dynamic bases I feel like I can do in Conan. Never found my stride between exploring and building.
Valheim: hate the art style with a passion, dislike the proc gen maps because after 5 minutes in a new zone, everything looks the same. Building is meh. Have yet to find anything other than ships I like about it.
Soulmask: close, but tribesmen are better left at the base and automated, they feel useless when used to fight. Base building and tilesets are ok. The boats and airships are cool. It still feels soulless to me, though. This is the closest to Conan for me. But, it mainly makes me want to play Conan.
No Mans Sky: got into it about 3 or so times. I always get bored looking for worlds after about 10 as they all start feeling the same to me.
Nightingale: ok, friend lost interest fast.
Stranded deep: loved it! I'm a sucker for good boats! I did get tired of the lack of island enemies. Base building got boring kind of quick. So I did lose interest after a while in it.
Windrose: looks like a game I'd love. I've heard great things about it. I am currently holding out till the end of Early Access.
I cant think of any others. Mainly, I'm hoping someone brings up a game I haven't thought of.
u/minibearattack — 9 days ago
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Just a quick question
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Why does someone always reply "Abiotic Factor" when people ask about Valheim, Runescape or Enshrouded?
Nobody asked about it and it still gets mentioned in almost every thread.
Same with Subnautica. Tried both a few times and the gameplay felt static to me, no replayability. Just annoying how often they get dropped in.
u/RonBeyond — 9 days ago
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Survival, what is it to you?
I’m wondering what the masses think what the survival game genre is? From my point of view, its grinding materials for shelter from the elements, food and drink. Needs ….at the root. Surviving wildlife and other dangers. Could have a story or a goal, or just existing in the environment.
On the flip side, I see more comments on the side of survival horror, or as it applies to any game where the purpose is to survive or outlast the enemy and say no to grinding or the hassle of eating and drinking.
To me that skirts the edge of any old action or adventure game though.
Just me rambling……..
u/spkthndr — 8 days ago
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Hobo:Tough Life
I never see people talk about this game, it was a surprisingly fun game that I sunk almost 50 hours Into.
I get the Irony of sitting comfortably in my living room while playing a survival game of a homeless person, don't get me wrong 😅.
It is different from any other survival game I have played though. Still you build a base, break into homes, steal, pickpocket, beg, dumpster dive, fight etc, while managing hunger, thirst, warmth. Getting warm clothes before winter hits was a big one for survival.
There is some weird side quest type stuff with Occultists if you choose that route too.
Become king of the homeless is the main goal of this game, doing it by year one is ideal as the year is pretty long and going on a second year would be many hours and a bit boring tbh, so I do think it was intended to aim for the achievement year one.
Anyone else tried this game?
u/Sniper_Squirrel — 8 days ago
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help me remember the names of these two games based off my fuzzy memory?
Im finally getting a PS5 and there were two survival games I vaguely remember thinking I wanted to get. I'm not 100% sure they are both on PS5 (they could be PC only) but here's what I recall:
one was set in maybe the Yucatan or Caribbean and it might have had a historical 1700s setting? People said it was like The Long Dark but tropical? (and not Green Hell, this was something else)
the other was something like you're climbing up cliffs a lot. Lots of cliff and climbing and survival mechanics. It's title was something related to this like... cliff, rope, scaffold, etc. It was some sort of related term. I barely remember even this much but I recall it sounded interesting.
Can anyone help? Sorry I can't remember more!
u/Aeon_Return — 9 days ago