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2022PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified69 % positive16.79 €

A survival game set in a mysterious desert world where you hunt, gather, craft and build while exploring dangerous dunes.

  • Resources and survival
  • Open world
  • Building and crafting
  • Lots to discover

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Green Hell

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2019USK 18PCPlayStationXboxNintendo SwitchSteam Deck verified84 % positive20.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Starsand: scarce resources and survival, an open world as well as lots to discover.

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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Stranded Deep

Resources and survival

After a plane crash you're stranded in the Pacific, scavenging scattered islands for food, water and shelter while building rafts and fending off sharks. Its UI-light, physics-based crafting and beautiful yet dangerous ocean setting define the experience.

Conan Exiles

Resources and survival

A survival sandbox set in the brutal world of Conan the Barbarian: you build bases and whole cities, endure hunger, cold and enemies, and rise from a lowly exile to a mighty warrior. Playable solo, in co-op, or on persistent online servers with siege warfare.

Don't Starve

Resources and survival

A merciless survival game with a gothic, Tim Burton-esque hand-drawn style, where you scavenge, craft and fend off hunger, insanity and monsters in a procedurally generated wilderness. Death is permanent, but every run teaches you something new.

Raft

Resources and survival

You begin on a tiny raft in the middle of the ocean, collecting debris, expanding your floating home and exploring islands while sharks circle. Solo or in co-op, survival turns into a laid-back crafting and discovery voyage with a mysterious story.

Radiation Island

Lots to discover

A survival game set on a mysterious island in a parallel reality after the Philadelphia Experiment: you gather resources, craft gear, fend off threats and look for a way back to the real world.

Sons of the Forest

Resources and survival

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.

Minecraft: Java Edition

Building and crafting

The definitive sandbox: mine, craft, survive the nights and build anything you can imagine in an endless procedurally generated block world, solo or with friends on servers. The Java Edition adds a massive modding community on top.

No Man's Sky

Lots to discover

A near-infinite procedurally generated universe where you hop freely between vivid alien planets, gather resources, build bases and upgrade your ships. Years of free updates have turned it into a relaxed sci-fi sandbox with optional co-op.

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