Sunkenland
August 26, 2023, Early Access
Action, Crafting, FPP, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Under Water, Post-apocalypse, Action Adventure, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival.
A first-person game set in a submerged world. Sunkenland has us exploring oceanic depths and scarce islands, building bases and fighting off pirates.
RuneScape: Dragonwilds
April 15, 2025, Early Access
Action, Crafting, Fantasy, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.
A third person survival action game, featuring additional RPG elements and an open world. RuneScape: Dragonwilds allows to play alone or in coop. We travel through the Ashenfall land, gathering resources for crafting, as well completing quests and eliminating enemies (including dragons).
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This War of Mine
November 14, 2014
Strategy, 2.5D, Crafting, Games for Impact, Polish, PS Plus Extra, PS Plus Premium, Side-scroll, Singleplayer, Survival, Modern Conflicts.
An extraordinary war game with focus on survival. It was inspired by the real stories of people who at some point of their lives struggled to survive a war. The game was developed by Polish studio 11 bit, known for an original strategy game series Anomaly. The game gives you control over a group of civilians trying to survive in a ruined city, where the biggest enemies are such problems as starvation and shortage of medicines. Depending on the time of day you can improve your hideout, craft weapons, furniture, and tools, or explore city streets in search for food and useful items. Randomly generated missions provide players with varied challenges and dilemmas, which may require sacrificing one person for the good of the others. The gloomy atmosphere is emphasized by an original visual style based on light and shadow contrasts.
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Soulmask
May 31, 2024, Early Access
RPG, Crafting, Strategic Elements, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, LAN, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Online, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.
A TPP survival game with an open world, as well as mechanics typical of RPG and strategy titles. Soulmask allows us to take care of an entire tribe. We must expand our settlement, fight for survival and find titular masks granting various supernatural abilities.
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Last Train Home
November 28, 2023
Strategy, Historical, World War I, RTS, Singleplayer, Survival, Tactics.
A survival RTS set during the Russian civil war. Last Train Home tasks the player with leading the Czechoslovak region back to their homeland.
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Forest 3
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Action, Crafting, FPP, Horror, Indie Games, Sandbox, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Survival.
The third installment in the survival horror game series from Endnight Games. In Forest 3 we find ourselves on an alien planet overrun by hostile creatures and dangerous flora, with weapons at our disposal, including an energy pistol and a mechanical grapple gun.
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria
October 24, 2023
Action, Crafting, Fantasy, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Online, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP, The Lord of The Rings.
A third-person survival game set in the world of The Lord of the Rings. The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria has us playing as dwarves, summoned by Gimli Lockbearer to reclaim Moria and the treasures within.
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Raft
June 20, 2022
Simulation, FPP, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival.
A survival game, in which you're drifting at sea on the eponymous raft. Your task is mostly gathering resources and food, improving your raft, and crafting useful tools, which is often made more difficult by marine predators.
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Conan Exiles
May 8, 2018
Action, Crafting, Fantasy, FPP, Internet, Co-op, Books, Multiplayer, PS Plus Extra, PS Plus Premium, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.
Set in universe of Conan, a sandbox action game with survival features, developed by team at Norwegian Funcom, mostly known from its adventure cycle The Longest Journey and the Age of Conan MMORPG. We play as one of the many outcasts trying to survive in a brutal, hostile world. The gameplay of Conan Exiles doesn’t differ from what we have seen in other productions from this genre, focusing on fighting, gaining experience, gathering food and resources to craft many useful parts of equipment or build a shelter, providing us with protection against all kind of dangers, including attacks of wild animals and other players. As most f the game revolves around multiplayer, we are allowed to join forces with other players while completing tasks or building shelters. The developers have also included a full-scale single player mode.
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The Isle
December 2, 2015, Early Access
Action, Dinosaurs, Indie Games, Internet, MMO, Sandbox, Survival, TPP.
A survival sandbox, in which the player assumes the role of a dinosaur. The Isle Development Team enabled the player to control creatures like Austroraptor, Carnotaurus, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Gallimimus, Utahraptor, Acrocanthosaurus and Allosaurus. The main and only objective of the game is to survive on an island the size of more than a dozen of square kilometers. Depending on the selected creature, the player must hunt for smaller dinosaurs, hide in bushes from predators etc. In addition to getting food, one must also remember to drink water that might not be easy to find. During the game the player can join other users on the server, create herds and set up ambushes for other beasts. It is also possible to create nests and raise offspring – player’s friends can assume their role. The Isle features high quality three-dimensional graphics. The dinosaurs are well recreated and the island features varied areas.
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Wizard with a Gun
October 16, 2023
Action, Fantasy, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Action Adventure, Roguelike, Singleplayer, Survival, Isometric View, PS Plus Extra, PS Plus Premium.
Isometric survival game with roguelike elements, allowing you to play solo or in the company of up to four players. In Wizard with a Gun we play as mages with guns, who travel the fantastic world and face many dangers.
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Sengoku Dynasty
November 7, 2024
RPG, Crafting, FPP, Internet, Japan, Co-op, Multiplayer, Polish, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, Life Sim, The Middle Ages, TPP.
Sengoku Dynasty is a life sim in the Japanese Middle Ages. The player's task is to take care of his family, develop the settlement and fight against the enemies that threaten it. The action takes place in an open world and the game focuses on a realistic representation of the local culture and history.
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Project Castaway
September 23, 2024, Early Access
Simulation, Crafting, FPP, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival.
A survival FPP game in which we end up on a deserted island on the Pacific Ocean. Project Castaway forces us to create useful tools and shelter, gather resources and hunt for animals. We also need to take care of our needs, monitor current health and avoid going insane.
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Farthest Frontier
October 23, 2025
Strategy, City Builder, Economic, Indie Games, RTS, Singleplayer, Survival, The Middle Ages.
An expansive RTS developed by Crate Entertainment- the creators of bestselling Grim Dawn. Farthest Frontier tasks us with developing a settlement from a small wooden village to a thriving city.
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Settlement Survival
October 24, 2022
Strategy, City Builder, Economic, Indie Games, RTS, Singleplayer, Survival, The Middle Ages.
Strategy game inspired by the popular Banished. In Settlement Survival we become the leader of a group of people and our task is to build a prosperous settlement from scratch, as well as to take care of its development and ensure the safety of its inhabitants.
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Banished
February 18, 2014
Strategy, City Builder, Economic, Indie Games, RTS, Singleplayer, Survival.
Banished is a real-time economical strategy game, the first one developed by Luke Hodorowicz, the founder of the independent studio Shining Rock Software LLC. The player controls a small group of people exiled from their home country, who are trying to settle down in a new place and create the foundations of a powerful kingdom. The task calls, first and foremost, for ensuring the survival of a small society, and then managing its development. The gameplay focuses heavily on reasonable use of resources and methodical care for the player's subjects, constantly threatened by such dangers as hunger, diseases or unfavorable weather conditions (drought, harsh winters, etc.). Along the course of the game, the village grows in size and the gameplay difficulty increases.
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Project Zomboid
November 8, 2013, Early Access
Action, Crafting, RPG Elements, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, For 2 Players, Splitscreen, Post-apocalypse, Sandbox, Online, Singleplayer, Survival, Isometric View, Zombie.
Developed by the independent studio The Indie Stone survival game. Project Zomboid presents a grim vision of the world struggling with the zombie epidemic.
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Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days
April 10, 2025, Early Access
Action, 2.5D, Crafting, Indie Games, Post-apocalypse, Action Adventure, Side-scroll, Singleplayer, Survival, Zombie.
An action adventure game with survival elements, which is a spin-off of the Into the Dead series. In Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days, we play the role of an ordinary man who, along with others like him, fights for survival in a world overrun by the living dead.
Infection Free Zone
April 11, 2024, Early Access
Strategy, City Builder, Crowdfunding, Polish, Post-apocalypse, RTS, Singleplayer, Survival, Zombie.
Infection Free Zone is a city builder set in a postapocalyptic world, in which a mysterious virus turned the infected into violent monsters. The game lets us play in any real city in the world, downloading detailed data from the OpenStreetMap service.
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Dead Rising 3
November 22, 2013
Action, Crafting, Internet, Kinect, Co-op, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, Survival Horror, TPP, TPS, Zombie.
The third installment in a series of original action games focusing on spectacular encounters with hordes of murderous zombies. The game was created by the fathers of the franchise - Capcom, though the player assumes the role of a completely new character here - Nick Ramos. As usual, Dead Rising 3 is set in an open environment, in which the protagonist completes a series of different tasks, eliminating entire crowds of zombies along the way. Sophisticated weapons made of various objects found and created on the fly are the hallmark of the series. Both exploration and elimination of enemies are also facilitated by use of different vehicles. In terms of visuals, the third installment presents a more serious art style, though the screen is still dominated by hordes of enemies and gallons of blood. What's important is that the maximum number of enemies that can be displayed on the screen at the same time is now three times larger than before. The graphics fully employ the potential of modern PC hardware and 8th-gen consoles.
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ARK: Survival Ascended
October 26, 2023, Early Access
Action, Crafting, Dinosaurs, RPG Elements, FPP, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, MMO, Multiplayer, Remaster/remake, Sandbox, Online, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP, Xbox Game Pass Premium, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, PC Game Pass.
A remastered version of ARK: Survival Evolved, based on Unreal Engine 5 technology, ARK: Survival Ascended will feature all the content of the basic version of the game, ARK: Survival of the Fittest mode and a number of "non-canonical" maps.
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HumanitZ
September 18, 2023, Early Access
Action, Crafting, RPG Elements, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Post-apocalypse, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, Isometric View, Zombie.
HumanitZ is a sandbox game with RPG and survival elements, developed by Yodubzz. The game is set in a world overrun by zombies, supporting solo play and online co-op for up to four players.
Misery
October 23, 2025
Action, FPP, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, LAN, Multiplayer, Post-apocalypse, Singleplayer, Survival.
A first-person action game with survival elements, set in a post-apocalyptic version of Russia. In Misery we can visit a territory destroyed by an atomic explosion. We travel the wasteland searching for the antenna parts. Our goal is to send the SOS distress call from the bunker serving as our headquarters.
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Stranded Deep
April 21, 2020
Simulation, Crafting, FPP, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, For 2 Players, Splitscreen, PS Plus Extra, PS Plus Premium, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival.
A realistic survival game created by a debuting Australian studio Beam Team Games. The player assumes the role of a plane crash survivor who struggles to remain alive on one of the uninhabited islands of the Pacific. Unlike most games of this genre, this production is focused not only on the exploration of the island itself, but it also encompasses the ocean floor around it. Both areas are randomly generated before each game. The life of our hero can be endangered by various threats: hunger, thirst, heat during the day, or a sudden drop in temperature at night. An encounter with a shark or sailing into the open sea during a storm may also prove deadly. Additionally, the game features an intuitive crafting system, which allows the player to create simple tools as well as more advanced structures such as a raft or a makeshift hut. High quality graphic design, featuring dynamic weather and a night-and-day cycle, stands out in comparison to other games of this popular genre.
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7 Days to Die
July 25, 2024
Action, Crafting, FPP, Horror, Internet, Multiplayer, Post-apocalypse, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, Zombie.
A post-apocalyptic sandbox FPS developed by a debuting indie studio The Fun Pimps. The game takes you to a near future, when a nuclear war allowed a dangerous virus to spread across the entire world. The virus kills its victims in 7 days, as the title suggests, and turns them into bloodthirsty zombies. You play as one of the few not infected people, fighting for survival in Navezgane County, Arizona. 7 Days to Die allows you to freely explore its open world, adjusting the story to your actions. To help you survive in this hostile environment, the game introduces a well-developed crafting system that lets you gather food and resources to make useful tools and fix or upgrade your hideouts. The authors prepared a campaign for solo players, as well as a score of online modes, both competitive and cooperative.
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Nightingale
February 20, 2024, Early Access
Action, Crafting, RPG Elements, Fantasy, FPP, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Online, Singleplayer, Steampunk, Survival, TPP.
Nightingale is a survival game set in an open, fairy-tale world with quasi-steampunk atmosphere of the Victorian era. Among beautiful landscapes players have to face fantastic monsters. Game was developed by Inflexion Games studio, founded by Aaryn Flynn.
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Prologue: Go Wayback!
November 20, 2025, Early Access
Simulation, Crafting, Experimental/artistic, Exploration Games, FPP, Sandbox, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Survival.
The work of Brendan Green, known as PlayerUnknown, whose portfolio includes the best-selling PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds. The prologue game was announced at The Game Awards 2019.
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I Am Future
November 13, 2024
Simulation, Crafting, Indie Games, Post-apocalypse, Cozy Game, Farm, Singleplayer, Survival, Life Sim, Isometric View.
A survival game, in which rather than struggle for survival, we live a quiet, relatively peaceful life in a postapocalyptic world. In I Am Future we play as a survivor of a global cataclysm, who has to sustain himself in an empty world and find out what caused the apocalypse.
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Kenshi
December 6, 2018
RPG, Crafting, Strategic Elements, Indie Games, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.
A mix of various genres. The game combines features of strategy and role-playing games. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic world mixed with oriental themes. The player can control a single character or up to fifty characters simultaneously. The game doesn’t limit the player in any way. He or she can complete quests, conduct trading or even build cities.
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Subnautica: Below Zero
May 14, 2021
Adventure, Crafting, Exploration Games, RPG Elements, FPP, Indie Games, Under Water, Action Adventure, Sandbox, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Survival.
An expansion for Subnautica, in which we explore the ice-bound areas of the planet 4546B. As we play, we explore the game world and reveal its secrets.
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Dysmantle
November 16, 2021
RPG, Crafting, RPG Elements, Indie Games, Co-op, Multiplayer, For 2 Players, Splitscreen, Post-apocalypse, Action Adventure, Action RPG, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, Isometric View.
Action RPG with an open world, in which we find ourselves on an island captured by bloodthirsty beasts. A characteristic feature of Dysmantle is the ability to destroy almost any object found in the game world. In this way, we gain valuable resources to produce a variety of improvements and equipment elements.
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Dawn of Man
March 1, 2019
Strategy, City Builder, Crafting, Indie Games, Prehistory, RTS, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Ancient History, Survival.
Dawn of Man is a combination of survival and city builder. The player's task is to lead a settlement settled in prehistory, from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. Madruga Works studio is responsible for the production of the game.
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Journey Express
January 2, 2026, Early Access
Adventure, 2D, Crafting, Exploration Games, FPP, Side-scroll, Singleplayer, Survival.
A game about traveling that combines 2D and 3D graphics in an original way. In Journey Express traveling between locations is presented from the side, while exploration and gathering supplies for the future journeys (hunting, fishing, looting) are shown from first person perspective.
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Tribes of Midgard
July 27, 2021
Action, Crafting, RPG Elements, Fantasy, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Norse Mythology, Multiplayer, Singleplayer, Survival, Isometric View, The Vikings.
Tribes of Midgard is a co-op action adventure game in which we play the role of a viking defending his village during the end of the world. The game was developed by Norsfell Games studio.
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Aloft
January 15, 2025, Early Access
Action, Crafting, Fantasy, FPP, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.
An open world survival game set in a land of floating islands. Aloft supports singleplayer and co-op for up to eight people.
Survival: Fountain of Youth
May 21, 2024
Simulation, Crafting, RPG Elements, FPP, Indie Games, Action Adventure, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, 16th Century.
Survival: Fountain of Youth is an action adventure game with survival elements, its story revolving around the titular Fountain of Youth. The game is set in the 16-th century. We play as a stowaway, trying to survive on fifteen different islands.
Dome Keeper
September 27, 2022
Action, 2D, Crafting, Simulation Elements, Indie Games, Roguelike, Science Fiction, Side-scroll, Singleplayer, Survival, PC Game Pass, Xbox Game Pass Premium, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.
Indie roguelike called "mine action game" by the developers. In Dome Keeper our task is to defend the base from alien attacks, as well as to dig tunnels under the surface of the planet in order to obtain resources needed, among other things, to upgrade the hero's equipment.
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VEIN
October 24, 2025, Early Access
Action, Crafting, RPG Elements, FPP, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Post-apocalypse, Sandbox, Online, Singleplayer, Survival, Zombie.
A first-person online survival game with an open world, featuring a post-apocalyptic version of New York. The gameplay in VEIN is about exploring our surroundings, gathering resources, fighting zombies and bandits, expanding our base, as well as competing or working together with other players.
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The Flame in the Flood
February 24, 2016
Action, Crafting, Indie Games, Post-apocalypse, Singleplayer, Survival, Isometric View.
A post-apocalyptic survival action game created by The Molasses Flood, an indie developer studio that hires several industry veterans who previously worked on such titles as BioShock, Halo, or Guitar Hero. The game’s protagonist is a woman named Scout, who, together with her dog, follows a long river in search of a rescue awaiting at the river’s far end. The game’s world is inspired by typical American landscapes, such as national parks, the Mississippi Delta, or Bayou. In order to survive, you have to acquire food and look out for the protagonist’s health. If she suffers injuries, you have to treat her with bandages and herbs; spending some time in a shelter, where the character can rest and regain strength, would also be a good idea. Gameplay is supplemented with a crafting system, allowing you to combine the items you find into useful tools. The game features atmospheric, cartoonish graphics, and soundtrack composed by highly regarded alternative musician Chuck Regan.
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I Am Alive
March 7, 2012
Action, Post-apocalypse, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP, TPS.
Third-person action game with survival elements, developed by Ubisoft. I Am Alive was set in the modern city after huge earthquake. We play as a man who among the ruins of the house is trying to find his missing wife and daughter. In the face of tragedy, the city is ruled by the law of the stronger. The hero, armed only with a bow and a gun with limited ammunition, tries to survive among the ruthless hoodlums. Due to the modest weaponry, the key to survival is cunning and perceptiveness.
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Frostrain 2
January 9, 2026
Strategy, 2D, Indie Games, Card Games, Post-apocalypse, Roguelike, Singleplayer, Survival, Trains.
A strategy survival game with roguelike elements. Frostrain 2 puts us in the shoes of a conductor, supervising a train traversing a frozen world undergoing contamination. We must ensure passenger satisfaction and we choose the route and the next train car from a randomly drawn set of cards.
The Front
October 30, 2025
Action, Crafting, FPP, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Post-apocalypse, Sandbox, Online, Survival.
A multiplayer open-world first-person survival game. The Front has us playing as a resistance fighter, who must destroy a villainous faction before they expand into a mighty empire.
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Dread Hunger
January 1, 2024, End of Life
Action, FPP, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Online, Social Deduction Game, Survival, 19th Century.
Multiplayer survival FPP game with solutions taken from the popular Among Us. In Dread Hunger we go to the Arctic, where we fight for survival as members of the crew of the nineteenth-century ship.
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Occupy Mars: The Game
January 1, 2024, Early Access
Simulation, FPP, Polish, Sandbox, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.
Occupy Mars: The Game is a survival game in which the player takes on the role of an astronaut building a colony on Mars. His duties include not only finding the right place to build the base and expand the infrastructure, but also taking care of the necessary raw materials and supplies of oxygen, food and water, and if necessary - repairing the damaged elements before his life hangs on the Italian.
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Stoneshard
January 1, 2024, Early Access
RPG, 2D, Crowdfunding, Strategic Elements, Fantasy, Indie Games, Roguelike, Singleplayer, Survival, Top-down, Turn-based.
Stoneshard is a turn-based roguelike with a procedurally generated world from the Ink Stains Game. The game takes us to the troubled land of Aldor. We take on the role of a mercenary who one day gets an irresistible offer.
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Muck
January 1, 2024, End of Life
Action, Crafting, FPP, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Roguelike, Sandbox, Online, Singleplayer, Survival, Free-to-play.
FPP survival game, developed by youtuber known as Dani. In Muck we find ourselves on a procedurally generated island and while during the day we explore this piece of land in search of resources and supplies, at night we fight for survival, repelling attacks of enemies.
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Pioner
January 1, 2024, Early Access
Action, RPG Elements, FPP, FPS, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, MMO, MMOFPS, Multiplayer, Post-apocalypse, PvE, PvP, Role-playing Shooter, Online, Singleplayer, Shooters, Survival.
The debut shooter of the independent Russian studio GFA Games, inspired by the series S.T.A.L.K.E.R. In Pioner we play as a former special forces soldier trying to survive on the island filled with mutants and anomalies.
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Light No Fire
January 1, 2024, End of Life
Action, Crafting, RPG Elements, Fantasy, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Action Adventure, Sandbox, Online, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.
A third-person action adventure game by the creators of No Man's Sky. Light No Fire is set on a procedurally generated planet, which players can explore in various ways, including atop flying beasts. The game supports singleplayer and multiplayer.
Tunguska: The Visitation
January 1, 2024, End of Life
Action, Indie Games, Post-apocalypse, Singleplayer, Survival, Isometric View.
Survival action game in isometric view inspired by the S.T.A.L.L.K.E.R. series. The title takes us to an alternative reality, where around the place where the Tunguska meteorite hit a zon hiding both numerous riches in the form of artefacts, as well as beings mutated as a result of radiation. The player takes on the role of one of the daredevils looking for the possibility of quick enrichment in this zone, who quickly find themselves in the middle of the war waged by divided factions.
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Age of Darkness: Final Stand
January 1, 2024, End of Life
Strategy, Fantasy, Indie Games, RTS, Singleplayer, Survival.
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a real-time strategy (RTS) game that brings to mind such titles as Age of Empires and They Are Billions. The player's task is to save the remnants of humanity from chaos.