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Everyone always talks about survival horror games but where is all the love for just good old fashioned survival games? Granted there wasn't much produced over the years and the games that are about wilderness survival tend to have another gimmick to mix up the gameplay. Because let's face it, if the game just put you on an island without much danger, finding water in coconuts can only be so fun. Most of these games have some kind of sci-fi or supernatural aspect to them to keep them from being food eating simulators. This thread is not for Survival Horror games, for that discussion please go here. •The Long Dark (PC) Released: Still in development The Long Dark is a first-person open world survival simulation video game in development by Canadian company Hinterland for multiple platforms. The player assumes the role of a crash-landed bush pilot who must survive the frigid Canadian wilderness after a global disaster. 5/5 Birdshit-Water Enemas •Don't Starve (PC) Released: 2013 Wikipedia posted:The game follows a scientist named Wilson who finds himself in a dark, dreary world and must survive as long as possible. Toward this end, the player must keep Wilson healthy, fed, and mentally stable as he avoids a variety of surreal and supernatural enemies that will try to kill and devour him. The game's "Adventure" mode adds depth to the sparse plot and pits Wilson against the game's antagonist, Maxwell. •UnRealWorld (PC) Released: 1992 Status: Still loving going 22 years later UnReal World is a Finnish Iron Age survival game. The game still gets regular updates as of 2014. Wikipedia posted:"The game is set in a very realistic gameworld, full of elements from Finnish mythology and folklore. Instead of standard AD&D character classes, you play as member of one of the ten Finnish cultures with authentic occupations, including a fisherman, a hermit, a trapper, or even a tradesman."[1] Goon thoughts: TresTristesTigres posted:Unreal World is like a mix between Harvest Moon and the adventure mode of Dwarf Fortress. It's challenging at first to make a character that can survive very long, but rewarding once you do. For me, the key is being able to drop a large elk/deer/bear within the first couple of weeks and living long enough to smoke the meat and bury it - if you can do that, you probably have enough food to survive the first winter and can focus on trading for clothes and armor in the coastal cultures that have shops. I recommend creating a hulking character (because equipment plus a full suit of iron armor is heavy) who is good with a bow. I also recommend keeping close track of where your dogs are in combat or you will accidentally hit them with an arrow and then feel bad in real life. Finally, keep a good stock of captured Njerpez weapons so you can arm the townsfolk you take with you to raid the enemy camps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDQ9SJHs7_4 5/5 Birdshit-Water Enemas •Robinson's Requiem & Deus (MS-DOS) Released: 1994 & 1996 resp Price: $6 Robinson's Requiem and Deus (to some extent)are sci-fi wilderness survival games. They have a complex interface complete with surgery system. Your hunger, thirst, and stamina all need to be closely monitored to survive the elements. One of my favorite parts of Requiem involves the damage system, eagles can pluck your eyes out, you can lose limbs, etc. Overall a very satisfying experience if you can get over the numerous bugs. You can get them from GOG here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RllFvqrMlcY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYL14fwp_kc •Day One: Garry's Incident (PC) Released: 2013 Status: "Finished" Price: Should be free I don't know what the gently caress, better to just watch the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27nqqn2jbhY •Haven & Hearth (PC) Released: 2008 Status: Alpha Price: Free https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v72vZb2FL5M •The Forest (PC) Released: 2014 Status: Alpha Price: $15 USD The Forest is basically The Descent: The Game, all the usual survival aspects are there with the only real danger being some cannibalistic natives. Has some definite potential 3/5 Birdshit-Water Enemas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qTtVMM3uqQ •Wayward (PC) Released: 2014? Status: Beta Price: Freeware https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDfbA-O2ydw •Wolf & Lion (PC) Released: 1994/1995 Goon thoughts: TresTristesTigres posted:Wolf was an amazing concept for a game but the fun wore off quickly. It's very educational, but since it is Trying To Make A Point you are constantly getting murked by wandering hunters or machinegunned from helicopters. I believe one of the developers was also a gay furry since their self-insert wolf character could mate with other dude wolfs and have puppies. The graphics were ok and the music was very good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EKY950LloY •Frontiers (PC) Released: Not yet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB5DvDOOvAY •Stranded 1 & 2 (PC) Released: 2003 & 2007 Status: Released Price: Freeware Wikipedia posted:The game has no campaign mode, but its "random island" mode is wrapped up in a story where the player is stranded on an abandoned island. Resource management is a vital component of gameplay, since the player character has a constant need for food and water, and has to sleep. The game features a day and night cycle. Sleeping in the open injures the player, unprocessed food is not very effective against hunger and aggressive animals threaten the player. So the player is forced to gather resources like branches, stones and vines to construct tools, buildings and weapons. Each building that is finished will unlock another, more sophisticated building, until the player is able to build a raft to escape from the island and reach his homeland. •NEO Scavenger (PC) Released: 2003 & 2007 Status: Released Price: Freeware Galaga Galaxian posted:You should consider adding NEO Scavenger to that list, its a Post-Apoc survival game that pretty much fits this style. Here is the SA thread for it. The dev (its a solo project) is a pretty cool guy and has an SA account and posts in the thread occasionally. •Wilderness: A Survival Adventure Wikipedia posted:The player must keep track of hunger, thirst, and fatigue temperature in addition to Health; given as a percentage. This require the accomplishment of "every day" tasks such as eating, drinking, and sleeping, as well as hunting, cooking, gathering, and finding a place to rest. •Echo of the Wilds Echo of the Wilds is a 2D pixel-art Survival game, the game even controls like an old 80's Sierra game, which sucks but the graphics are gorgeous. You can buy it for $5 here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct98Re4zhCY •Survival: The Ultimate Challenge I haven't had the pleasure of playing this just yet but from watching some video it is like if the Sims got lost on an island. The graphics are pretty charming looking and it'll definitely run on your laptop. This game was released in 2000 and is probably made by a Russian sweatshop. •Eidolon Developer: Ice Water Games Release: 2014, Steam StarkRavingMad posted:Eidolon probably fits on this list as well. Although it's kind of a soothing exploration game for the most part, you do have to forage for food and you can die of starvation, cold, sickness, etc. Not super-difficult by any means. Giant Bomb did a quick look just today, you can find it here. •Miasmata Developer: IonFX Release: 2013, Steam, GOG StarkRavingMad posted:Miasmata also belongs here. Exploration and survival, while fighting off and trying to find a cure for a mysterious sickness, and contenting with a large unknown monster out in the wilderness. Giant Bomb quick look here. IonFX posted:About the Game: Biosys Developer: Jumpstart Interactive Release: February 1999 Genre: Point & Click, FPP, Adventure Demiurge4 posted:Biosys was a pretty cool game. Let's talk about Survival games! Toadsniff fucked around with this message at 17:07 on Aug 10, 2016 |
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Survival games are the best, it's too bad that almost no one makes them I've had to make do with the same games for years. Stranded 1 & 2 are classic island survival games, and Stranded 2 now has a multiplayer mod although I haven't tested it. Stranded 3 is in the works with official multiplayer using Unity 3D but who knows how long that could take. There's also Salem by the same guys who made Haven & Hearth, but someone else has taken control of the project and is apparently fixing the issues left by the Haven devs. Given a bit it might actually be worth playing. Also that first picture for Haven is a mockup of Haven 2 or something that might never come out. Don't Starve and Wurmonline would fit pretty well on your list.
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# ? Aug 6, 2014 05:42 |
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Stranded 2 is certainly a thing. Old and lovely looking, but there isn't many of these types of games that aren't. Also the Warcraft 3 wilderness survival mods were the best poo poo.
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# ? Aug 6, 2014 05:53 |
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Would also mention the Lost in Blue series for NDS, had some fun with the first one when it came out and they made sequels after my NDS broke. To build a fire you tapped L and R fast to simulate spinning a stick and then blew in the microphone to get the ember to catch flame. Good times.
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# ? Aug 6, 2014 05:58 |
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You should consider adding NEO Scavenger to that list, its a Post-Apoc survival game that pretty much fits this style. Here is the SA thread for it. The dev (its a solo project) is a pretty cool guy and has an SA account and posts in the thread occasionally. Its an early access game, but he puts out content at a good pace. Steam Page
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Lion was one of my favorite games as a kid. I still have the disc for it and played it again a year or so ago; there isn't all that much to it, but I remember playing for hours when I was young. But it did have some neat scenario/quest things ("hunt a thing", "survive while recovering from injury", "escape from poachers", etc) which I don't think Wolf had. Wolf is the older of the two, and all I remember about that one is I got killed by helicopters a lot? And could never hunt anything but the occasional beaver so I never really had fun with it. I think there was a similar game from that same time frame that was made by the Discovery Channel or something.
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Thanks for all the suggestions, guess there are more out there than I thought. Also Neo Scavenger looks pretty neat, but I just spent too much money on The Forest and Planet Explorers so it'll have to wait a week. Will add all these games to the OP tomorrow.
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# ? Aug 6, 2014 07:13 |
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Delamore posted:Don't Starve and Wurmonline would fit pretty well on your list. Cataclysm is a notable recent one, and Dwarf Fortress could arguably classify since I'd say a survival game is defined by time pressures, resource scarcity, and exploration as major game elements. The recent generation of survival games tends to focus more on crafting and building that older stuff like Robinson's Requiem. It would be nice to see at least brief reviews for the posted titles when possible, because a lot of them are old/obscure and poo poo and it's almost impossible to find reliable reviews for those.
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The Insect Court posted:It would be nice to see at least brief reviews for the posted titles when possible, because a lot of them are old/obscure and poo poo and it's almost impossible to find reliable reviews for those. I didn't really want to post arbitrary reviews and only posted reviews for RR & Deus because I've played those games a bit, if some goons have any stories they'd like to share about any kind of survival games they might have played. I really just wanted to get this thread going because the genre is like a unicorn. Hopefully with some of my PTO this week I'll get some play time on some of these games and get some personal thoughts posted.
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# ? Aug 6, 2014 14:21 |
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I played two of these games. Unreal World is like a mix between Harvest Moon and the adventure mode of Dwarf Fortress. It's challenging at first to make a character that can survive very long, but rewarding once you do. For me, the key is being able to drop a large elk/deer/bear within the first couple of weeks and living long enough to smoke the meat and bury it - if you can do that, you probably have enough food to survive the first winter and can focus on trading for clothes and armor in the coastal cultures that have shops. I recommend creating a hulking character (because equipment plus a full suit of iron armor is heavy) who is good with a bow. I also recommend keeping close track of where your dogs are in combat or you will accidentally hit them with an arrow and then feel bad in real life. Finally, keep a good stock of captured Njerpez weapons so you can arm the townsfolk you take with you to raid the enemy camps. Wolf was an amazing concept for a game but the fun wore off quickly. It's very educational, but since it is Trying To Make A Point you are constantly getting murked by wandering hunters or machinegunned from helicopters. I believe one of the developers was also a gay furry since their self-insert wolf character could mate with other dude wolfs and have puppies. The graphics were ok and the music was very good.
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# ? Aug 6, 2014 23:43 |
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Eidolon probably fits on this list as well. Although it's kind of a soothing exploration game for the most part, you do have to forage for food and you can die of starvation, cold, sickness, etc. Not super-difficult by any means. Giant Bomb did a quick look just today, you can find it here. Miasmata also belongs here. Exploration and survival, while fighting off and trying to find a cure for a mysterious sickness, and contenting with a large unknown monster out in the wilderness. Giant Bomb quick look here. And maybe it's not worth putting on the list since everyone knows about it already, but Minecraft in survival mode is probably one of these. I love these type of games, I've played nearly every one that's been mentioned in the thread. Maybe it's because I do a lot of hiking and backpacking for real as well!
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# ? Aug 7, 2014 04:29 |
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Found an old obscure survival game eponymously called Wilderness: A Survival Adventure, haven't played it yet.Wikipedia posted:The player must keep track of hunger, thirst, and fatigue temperature in addition to Health; given as a percentage. This require the accomplishment of "every day" tasks such as eating, drinking, and sleeping, as well as hunting, cooking, gathering, and finding a place to rest.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 16:54 |
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Toadsniff posted:Found an old obscure survival game eponymously called Wilderness: A Survival Adventure, haven't played it yet. I played this game. It's super in depth and you can navigate by the stars! It's also old as poo poo and you will need the survival guide manual to do much of anything. Still my absolute go-to when the Survivorman marathons end. Be prepared for a frustrating interface and getting nothing done! I mean if you really put the time in it CAN be rewarding I guess, I just had hoped in 2014 we'd see something build on this depth and be a lot more accessible.
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# ? Aug 11, 2014 17:41 |
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•Echo of the Wilds Echo of the Wilds is a 2D pixel-art Survival game, the game even controls like an old 80's Sierra game, which sucks but the graphics are gorgeous. You can buy it for $5 here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct98Re4zhCY
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# ? Aug 15, 2014 07:50 |
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There is a new game being kickstarted called Kôna - A Survival Adventure Game, it bills itself as a murder mystery survival game set on Hoth. Check it out.
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# ? Aug 19, 2014 14:50 |
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Couldn't The Long Dark be considered a Survival Simulation game? It's a survival game based around surviving the northern wildness with a fancy art style that looks like something from XIII. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcdT1fQQuwY
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Extreme0 posted:Couldn't The Long Dark be considered a Survival Simulation game? It's a survival game based around surviving the northern wildness with a fancy art style that looks like something from XIII. Wow that art aesthetic looks really good. Looks like it is only a month away from release too.
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Extreme0 posted:Couldn't The Long Dark be considered a Survival Simulation game? It's a survival game based around surviving the northern wildness with a fancy art style that looks like something from XIII. Giant Bomb took a look at it here: http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/unfinished-the-long-dark-08-08-2014/2300-9316/ Definitely fits the survival game mold.
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# ? Aug 19, 2014 19:56 |
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Has anyone here had a good stab at The Forest? I have to say it looks excellent so far, but with no thread here (that I have found yet) I lack the input necessary to overcome my resistance to the idea of buying into yet another early-access game.
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The Snark posted:Has anyone here had a good stab at The Forest? I have to say it looks excellent so far, but with no thread here (that I have found yet) I lack the input necessary to overcome my resistance to the idea of buying into yet another early-access game. I've put a few good hours into it, it is pretty awesome if you like wilderness survival with a little mix of horror. There is a peaceful mode so you can craft and camp in safety but the real fun is trying to survive the cold nights while evading night patrols of crazed cannibals. The cannibals have some pretty decent AI when it comes to aggression and some enemies will act more timid/aggressive/coordinated than others. The game is still really early alpha and there are some major glitches and game-breaking bugs (traps can't be reset yet, constructions can't be deconstructed yet, etc). It is definitely worth the $15 if you want to be Les Stroud Cannibal Fighter. Check out this page on the wiki for more info on bugs/glitches Toadsniff fucked around with this message at 20:22 on Aug 21, 2014 |
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one young pup's ultimate struggle
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# ? Aug 22, 2014 07:01 |
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Thank you. I think I may have to wait for it to be fleshed out a bit more still... but will keep watching it carefully. Next time it goes on some grave sale I might crack.
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Found another gem that got lost in the bargain bin 14 years ago, wonder how many of you have played this one? •Survival: The Ultimate Challenge I haven't had the pleasure of playing this just yet but from watching some video it is like if the Sims got lost on an island. The graphics are pretty charming looking and it'll definitely run on your laptop. This game was released in 2000 and is probably made by a Russian sweatshop.
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# ? Aug 22, 2014 14:39 |
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I can't believe you left Don't Starve off the list.
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# ? Aug 22, 2014 15:39 |
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GreyjoyBastard posted:I can't believe you left Don't Starve off the list. You know I've been meaning to put it on there but get side tracked, I will put it up this afternoon I swear! As well as some others people have mentioned like Eidolon and Cataclysm (the latter of which I just recently played, it is not easy).
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The Snark posted:Has anyone here had a good stab at The Forest? I have to say it looks excellent so far, but with no thread here (that I have found yet) I lack the input necessary to overcome my resistance to the idea of buying into yet another early-access game. There's a thread here.
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# ? Aug 22, 2014 17:40 |
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Wow I had no idea there was a thread (partly because the forums were broken). Strange given how popular the game is people sure don't like talking about it much.
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# ? Aug 22, 2014 19:27 |
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Added Don't Starve, Miasmata and Eidolon to the list.
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# ? Aug 22, 2014 19:48 |
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You've got the wolf blurb under the unreal world bit, please don't slander my iron age finnish bros. Enormous Elk, who develop URW are pretty drat badass, and the game is highly educational. It also features excellent combat mechanics that should be stolen by any and every RPG imo.
buckets of buckets fucked around with this message at 20:31 on Aug 22, 2014 |
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Bitter Mushroom posted:You've got the wolf blurb under the unreal world bit, please don't slander my iron age finnish bros. Enormous Elk, who develop URW are pretty drat badass, and the game is highly educational. It also features excellent combat mechanics that should be stolen my any and every RPG imo. Thanks for the heads up! I wanted to give URW a go but it looks rather cumbersome, but then again I can play Dwarf Fortress without key references so it probably wouldn't be that difficult to learn. I'll probably give it a shot this weekend. e: also the pictures of dudes larping in ancient Finland is awesome
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# ? Aug 22, 2014 20:02 |
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Toadsniff posted:e: also the pictures of dudes larping in ancient Finland is awesome now in HD!
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# ? Aug 22, 2014 20:32 |
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Thanks for the Forest thread link. Must have been well lost deep in the forum- or I just kept missing it repeatedly.
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Bitter Mushroom posted:You've got the wolf blurb under the unreal world bit, please don't slander my iron age finnish bros. Enormous Elk, who develop URW are pretty drat badass, and the game is highly educational. It also features excellent combat mechanics that should be stolen by any and every RPG imo. Last time I played it I found combat really...missy. As in everyone missed constantly. Deadly, but kinda slow because it took so long for a real hit to happen.
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# ? Aug 23, 2014 15:51 |
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Which is why you always go for the legs first. Knock your opponent down, then bash his head in.
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Toadsniff posted:•Survival: The Ultimate Challenge It was a bit like the Sims. It was okay at first but you always ended up doing the same things every scenario. Like the Sims, I enjoyed it most when turning into it a murder simulator. It was terrible and I loved it.
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# ? Aug 24, 2014 00:43 |
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I don't have any screenshots off hand, but the Survival Kids/Lost in Blue series fits in here. Mostly on handhelds, and done by Konami. Survival Kids is on the Gameboy Color, Lost in Blue 1-3 on the DS, and Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked on the Wii. They're each about a kid(s), or teenager/young adult(s), getting shipwrecked on an island, and having to gather food and supplies to survive, while also working to find a way off. Sometimes you turn out to not be alone on the island, but in at least one case the other people are more detrimental to your survival than helpful. Gameplay generally has you walking around gather the necessary supplies, while keeping an eye on your hunger, rest, and thirst meters, and those of any companions. You can combine items to make tools and the like, such as a bow or cooking supplies. You end up having to work hard at keeping yourself alive in the beginning, until you start getting the ability to find or make more filling foods, build shelter, and all that sort of stuff. I've not played LiB 3, or Shipwrecked, but the first three games are pretty good at scratching the survival game itch.
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# ? Aug 24, 2014 02:27 |
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AngryRobotsInc posted:I don't have any screenshots off hand, but the Survival Kids/Lost in Blue series fits in here. Mostly on handhelds, and done by Konami. Survival Kids is on the Gameboy Color, Lost in Blue 1-3 on the DS, and Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked on the Wii. I loved survival kids. I'm phone posting so I can't provide much on it, but I highly recommend it. So much goodness in such tiny space!
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# ? Aug 24, 2014 03:46 |
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A neat simple one from back in the day is Schiffbruch
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# ? Aug 24, 2014 03:50 |
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I am going to chime in and say Unreal World is amazing. It looks simple but it is really complex. And I'm not biased or anything...
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So I've stumbled upon a game currently sitting in Steam Greenlight called Forsaken Isle, it is basically Minecraft but more focus on the survival and no real digging but a lot of crafting. It is pretty minimal right now and there is no music and the SFX are directly ripped from Minecraft but hey, check it out, it only cost me $5 here. I recorded a short video for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8h_nGkuRIY Toadsniff fucked around with this message at 00:59 on Aug 26, 2014 |
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