Game Reviews7.3/10
The Sims 2: Castaway Review — A Spin-Off That Knew What It Was
The Sims 2: Castaway review: a 2007 console spin-off where a shipwrecked crew survives three islands, builds a tribe, and picks a way home.
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Tag: survival games
Game Reviews7.9/10
Klei’s survival hit turned 13 with its cruelty intact
Don't Starve review: Klei's 2013 survival game still works because nightfall, permadeath and character flaws make every run a story you lose.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Nine Years On, The Long Dark Remains the Survival Genre’s Most Disciplined Entry
The Long Dark review: Hinterland's survival game, from Wintermute's nine-year run to 12 regions and Blackfrost. A disciplined 8.2 out of 10.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Subnautica Review: Still the Cleanest Survival Design of Its Generation
Subnautica review: the ocean survival classic still holds up years after early access, with Hardcore mode and depth as its real design spine.
Game Reviews6.3/10
We Happy Few’s survival mechanics keep getting in the way of its dystopia
We Happy Few review: Compulsion Games' dystopia of Joy, white masks and Wellington Wells is buried under survival mechanics that fight the story.
Game Reviews7.1/10
Conan Exiles Review: A Great Survival Sandbox Carried by Its Building System
Conan Exiles review: Funcom's survival sandbox from crucifixion to god avatars, scored 7.1/10 — great building, uneven combat, long support tail.
Game Reviews7.7/10
River Keeps Rising and the Dog Keeps Dying in This Survival Game
The Flame in the Flood review: Scout, her dog, and a rising river. A survival roguelike with a great premise, scored 7.7 out of 10.
Game Reviews7.4/10
No Man’s Sky at Ten: 18 Quintillion Planets, Less Than 1% Visited, and a 7.4/10 That Feels Right
Ten years on, No Man's Sky is a 7.4/10 survival galaxy of 18 quintillion planets, kept alive by free updates, VR and co-op.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Grounded turns a suburban backyard into a survival map, and the trick works
Grounded shrinks you to ant size in a hostile backyard. Obsidian's survival hit, its story, co-op, spider slider, and why scale makes it work.