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Embark on a cosmic journey in Astroneer, where you can shape worlds to your heart's content. Dig, build, and survive in a sandbox universe, creating bases and vehicles with friends. Uncover mysteries and enjoy a crafting odyssey across vibrant planets—your space adventure awaits!
Rust is a hardcore survival game. You are pitted against other players, the environment and wild animals as you struggle to survive. With items such as storage boxes and locks, safe zones and crafting options, you can build a base of operations to take on whatever Rust throws at you.
What we like:
Three distinct biomes with unique flora
Fauna and resources
Crafting options to make your character more suited for the environment
Storage boxes and locks to protect your most valuable items
Safe zones that don't allow any hostile actions
What could be improved:
Poor graphics
Hard crashes
Constant attempts on your life by other players or wild animals
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The Eternal Cylinder is a deep narrative-focused game that pushes the creativity of game design to its limits. You play as a species known as the Trebhum, which have an ability to rapidly evolve by consuming certain items. You must explore the strange foreign world and find a way to stop the Eternal Cylinder from destroying everything.
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Endling puts you in the role of the last fox on Earth. Driven from her forest home by a devastating fire (started by humans), our poor vulpine heroine is forced to find a makeshift den in which to deliver her pups, while simultaneously trying to track down her kidnapped baby. As each night falls, you'll need to venture forth from your makeshift den and forage or hunt for food, while also protecting your brood from trappers and other opportunistic humans.
What we like:
Heart-wrenching story
Stunning visuals
Powerful soundtrack
Adorable fox pups that grow and learn skills as they explore with you
Tough decisions between food or rescuing pup
What could be improved:
Can feel like stuck in a rut without making much progress
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Dive into 'Wizard with a Gun', an enchanting survival adventure where you craft bullets, battle beasts, and bend time! Team up with friends or brave it alone in a world where your magical firepower is your lifeline. Customize your wizard and tower, uncover secrets, and master the art of gunomancy in this bewitching, chaotic realm.
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'Don't Starve Together' is a standalone multiplayer spin-off of ' Don't Starve', a game that has had players hooked since its Early Access release. With the first expansion, 'Reign of Giants', incorporated into it, you and your friends can explore the wilds and craft items, while also fighting off shadow monsters. Experience all four seasons to get all of the content, with comprehensive world settings to customize your experience.
What we like:
Comprehensive world settings
Tonable down or remove giants
Shorten seasons to focus on progress over survival
Sustainable organic farm and spider mill for raw food year-round
Caves and beefalo taming added since original game's release
Revive players through multiple means with or without health penalty
What could be improved:
No Adventure Mode content from original game
Mouse and keyboard controls have sketchy hitboxes causing accidental deaths sometimes
Limited music depth & customization options for video setting
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No Man's Sky is a massive universe-sim sandbox experience that lets you explore an infinite number of planets with unique lifeforms and environments. Upgrade your ship and suit for survival and choose your own path - whether you want to be a trader, fighter, or explorer. The game offers great graphics and good VR support with the ability to play with friends and share your discoveries.
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Survive the uncharted Amazonian rainforest in Green Hell, a gripping psychological thriller. With realistic survival mechanics, you'll build shelters, craft weapons, and hunt for food. The immersive gameplay and beautiful visuals will keep you on your toes, as you unravel the truth in this unique and unforgettable experience.
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The Riftbreaker is a base building, survival game with action RPG elements that borrows from a lot of other games. Play as Ashley S. Nowak and enter the hostile planet Galatea 37 in your powerful Mecha-suit to build a base and defend yourself against thousands of creatures trying to eliminate you. The Riftbreaker offers high-quality graphics, great sound and music, flexible custom difficulty settings, varied biomes, and hours of gameplay that provides endless replayability.
What we like:
Good storyline and rewarding gaming experience
Customizable gameplay options
Hours of gameplay with almost endless replayability
Exciting and balanced base building, resource gathering, and combat
Pathologic is an incredibly interesting game that dares to do things and go places most games, and media in general, are afraid to even mention. You can take on the role of one of three souls; the Bachelor, the Haruspex, or the Changeling. As you explore the town-on-Gorkhon you will have to manage various meters such as health, hunger, exhaustion and immunity/infection levels. You will also have to make difficult decisions about who or what you should prioritize when time is limited.
What we like:
Unique storytelling mechanics with heavy philosophical concepts