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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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Sons of the Forest

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2024PC88 % positive28.99 €

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

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Project Zomboid

Resources and survival

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Building and crafting

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Stranded Deep

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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.

Vein

Resources and survival

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

DayZ

Dread and tension

Unforgiving multiplayer survival across a vast zombie-infested countryside where hunger, sickness and above all other players are the real threat. Every encounter can turn into an alliance or a betrayal, and death means starting over from nothing.

Ark: Survival Evolved

Building and crafting

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State of Decay 2

Dread and tension

An open-world zombie survival game where you build and manage a community of survivors, scavenge supplies and upgrade your base. Permanent death for characters gives every decision weight, and you can play solo or in co-op.

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