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2018PEGI 18PCPlayStationSteam Deck playable95 % positive16.79 €

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.

  • Building and crafting
  • Resources and survival
  • Dread and tension
  • Open world
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Darkout

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2013PC48 % positive

Brings what grabs you about The Forest: scarce resources and survival, building and crafting as well as dread and tension.

In this 2D sandbox survival game you crash-land on a planet shrouded in permanent darkness. You gather resources, craft weapons and technology, and use light as your key defense against shadow creatures.

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Resources and survival

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Lurkers

Building and crafting

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Niffelheim

Resources and survival

A 2D survival action game steeped in Norse mythology: you start dead and gather resources, build a base, craft gear and fight through monsters and dungeons, with co-op support.

Mists of Noyah

Playing together in co-op

A 2D survival platformer with co-op where you gather and hunt by day and fight off monsters and evolving factions by night. Randomly generated worlds and RPG elements keep runs varied.

Terraria

Lots to discover

A 2D sandbox adventure where you dig, build and craft while ever-tougher bosses unlock new gear tiers and biomes. Its huge item pool and hidden secrets make it a near-endless experience, especially with friends.

Sons of the Forest

Dread and tension

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.

Praey for the Gods

Dark, serious atmosphere

A lone hero crosses a frozen, dying island and must take down towering god-like colossi in the vein of Shadow of the Colossus. Cold, stamina and survival pressure turn every expedition into a harsh trial.

Starbound

Lots to discover

A colorful 2D sandbox adventure where you hop between procedurally generated planets to mine, build, farm, found colonies and fight, solo or with friends. There is a main quest, but the real draw is the near-endless freedom of roaming the galaxy.

Green Hell

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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