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2024 PC

Stranded on a remote island, you craft, build and fight to survive while cannibals and mutants hunt you. Play solo or in co-op, delve into dark caves, and fortify a base, with AI companions helping along the way.

What defines Sons of the Forest:

  • Open world
  • Lavish presentation
  • Lots to discover
  • Dark, serious atmosphere

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The Forest

95 %

2018 PCPlayStation

  • Open world
  • Dark, serious atmosphere
  • Lots to discover

After a plane crash you build shelters and traps in a dense forest while tribes of cannibals stalk and attack you. Creepy mutant-filled caves and the mystery of your missing son drive the exploration, and it's best played with friends in co-op.

Dying Light: The Beast

Lavish presentation

Kyle Crane returns to hunt for revenge across an open, zombie-infested valley, mixing fluid parkour, brutal melee combat and terrifying nights. His beast powers let him periodically unleash a savage, monstrous fighting mode.

Dying Light

Lavish presentation

First-person parkour zombie survival where you free-run across Harran's rooftops by day, scavenging and crafting brutal weapons, then flee terrifying hunters at night. Fluid movement and gritty melee shine even more in co-op.

Green Hell

Lavish presentation

A punishing jungle survival sim set in the Amazon that tracks nutrition, infections, parasites and wounds alongside your character's fraying sanity. A dark story campaign and a co-op mode round it out.

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Open world

An open-world survival simulator that challenges familiar survival habits and can be played solo or in co-op. A key gadget is central to play, and you can follow the story or simply roam and explore.

Vein

Open world

A post-apocalyptic survival sandbox where you scavenge supplies, search abandoned buildings and defend your base, solo or with friends. Still in active development.

Generation Zero

Lavish presentation

An open-world shooter set in 1980s Sweden where you fight huge killer machines alone or with up to three friends. Ammo is scarce, so you mix sneaking, distraction and precise weak-point shots.

Pioner

Open world

Pioner is an open-world first-person survival shooter set on an abandoned, Soviet-flavored post-apocalyptic island. It favors realism over health bars and levels, mixing PvE and PvP encounters in a dangerous, mysterious world.

Days Gone

Lavish presentation

As biker Deacon St. John you roam a Freaker-infested Oregon, maintaining your motorcycle and surviving massive hordes that flood entire valleys. A gritty, emotional story about loss and loyalty set in a tense open world.

Dead Island

Open world

A tropical holiday resort turns into a zombie nightmare: you brutally melee your way across the open island of Banoi with crafted and modded weapons, level up your survivor, and ideally team up with up to three friends in co-op.

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