Skyhill
February 25, 2015
RPG, 2D, Crafting, Horror, Indie Games, Post-apocalypse, Roguelike, Side-scroll, Singleplayer, Survival.
A post-apocalyptic RPG with roguelike elements, created by Russian studio Mandragora. The game starts off shortly after the World War III wiped out almost the entire human race. You play as a survivor residing on the top, 100th floor of a luxury hotel. Your task is to fight your way downs through hordes of mutants. The game features several different characters to choose from. The inside of the hotel is generated randomly. The gameplay combines elements of survival with action sequences, in which you fight against mutants. As you play, you have to constantly keep an eye out for water and food, as well as upgrades for your ‘base’ – the aforementioned top floor apartment. In addition, the game features a crafting system, letting you construct new items and upgrade your gear.
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March of the Living
April 20, 2016
Strategy, 2D, Arcade Elements, Indie Games, Roguelike, RTS, Singleplayer, Survival, Zombie.
A two-dimensional retro game that combines elements of real-time strategy, roguelike action game and survival. The title was developed by an independent developer known as Machine 22 and the team at Creaky Corpse (authors of the browser MMO game Dead Frontier). March of the Living employs the popular zombie apocalypse theme. In the game, the player assumes the role of one of the survivors who, together with a few other people, are trying to reach a safe haven in which humanity can start rebuilding civilization. The gameplay mechanics of March of the Living are clearly inspired by FTL: Faster Than Light. While traveling through procedurally generated world, the player fights zombie hordes, meets allies and reacts to random events. The game offers a tactical battle system with active pause. In order to survive, one must obtain food, weapons and other needed items, manage his supplies and make hard decisions.
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The Final Station
August 30, 2016
Action, 2D, Indie Games, Trains, Post-apocalypse, Action Adventure, Singleplayer, Survival.
A post-apocalyptic adventure game featuring a classic 2D side-view and old-school pixel art visuals. The action of the game is set in a world in which the human kind is almost gone because of an outbreak of a virus that transforms people into strange and dangerous beasts. You assume the role of a survivor traveling from town to town to look for fuel and other important resources. Gameplay is divided into two separate aspects: the first one concerns keeping your train - the only means of transportation you have available - in good shape and taking care of its passengers. The other one involves exploration and fighting. Once in a while, you will stop at different places to thoroughly search them. Outside the train you can come across a variety of useful objects, or meet other survivors, but you will also stumble upon bloodthirsty creatures, which will need an immediate introduction to your broad arsenal of weapons.
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Radiation City
August 24, 2017
Action, RPG Elements, FPP, FPS, Post-apocalypse, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival.
Radiation City for mobile devices is a post-apocalyptic first-person action game, which allows the players to explore the vast open world comprising Pripyat and the area surrounding the town (including the territory of the nuclear plant in Chernobyl). Gameplay features survival mechanics, thus apart from fighting mutants and soldiers, the players have to gather resources and craft various items.
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Dead Age
November 4, 2016
RPG, Indie Games, Post-apocalypse, Singleplayer, Survival, Turn-based, Zombie.
A turn-based RPG set in a world taken over by zombies. Dead Age is developed by Silent Dreams, the developer responsible for e.g. The Dark Eye: Skilltree Saga and the Grotesque Tactics series. The player’s objective is make sure a group of survivors remains safe. Gameplay offers freedom, and your decisions lead to one of six alternative endings. At the beginning you arrive at the survivor’s camp, which you need to expand and provide with a substantial amount of resources, like food, medicines, weapons, and building materials. To do so, you have to step outside your shelter and face hordes of zombies and bandits. Combat in Dead Age is turn-based and to some extent resembles that in the Final Fantasy franchise. Relations between characters - friendships, romances, and quarrels - along with alliances with other groups of survivors have an enormous influence on the course of battles. Gameplay is complemented with random missions, NPCs you come across, and the fact that the death of characters is permanent.
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Thea 2: The Shattering
May 13, 2019
Strategy, 4X, RPG Elements, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Slavic Mythology, Multiplayer, Polish, Singleplayer, Survival, Turn-based.
Thea 2: The Shattering is a sequel to the 4X strategy with RPG and card game elements developed by MuHa Games. Thea 2 takes us to the same fantasy land as the previous game, where we will find many inspirations from the Slavic mythology. We play as one of the gods who, with the help of his or her chosen heroes, tries to survive in the land of Thea. In terms of gameplay, Thea 2 is an evolution of the mechanics from the first game in the series. We can play in the style of a nomad, focusing only on expeditions and adventures, or have a more strategic approach and build many villages and join the conquered territories to our kingdom. Gathering resources is crucial in Thea 2: The Shattering. We use them in the game's complex crafting system. The lists of ingredients required for crafting items are, like the game's world, generated procedurally.
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Grimm: Dark Legacy
November 2, 2016
RPG, Crafting, Internet, MMO, Multiplayer, Action RPG, TV Series, Online, Singleplayer, Survival, Isometric View, Free-to-play.
A survival RPG with advanced online features released in free-to-play distribution model. Grimm: Dark Legacy is based on the popular NBC television series and it was created by Artplant, the creators of Battlestar Galactica Online. Gameplay mechanics and style of the title are similar to the highly praised survival game Don’t Starve. In Grimm: Dark Legacy, the player assumes the role of a beginner Grimm, hunter of fairy creatures known as Wesen who live among humans. At first the protagonist has only shabby equipment and not much experience, but after some time his abilities improve. The game world is divided into regions which are explored in search of resources and items useful for surviving. The player has to complete various tasks which gradually prepare him for harder challenges, including tracking of various types of Wesen. The combat system resembles hack-and-slash games, except that dying means losing the entire already obtained equipment. One can play Grimm: Dark Legacy alone, but later in the game it is better to join forces with other players.
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The Survivalists
October 9, 2020
Simulation, 2D, Crafting, Strategic Elements, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Action Adventure, Singleplayer, Survival, Top-down.
Two-dimensional action adventure game, in which we can also find strategic and survival elements. The player takes on the role of a survivor who tries to live on a desert island. The well-known studio Team17 is responsible for the development of this production.
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Gatewalkers
January 12, 2023
RPG, Fantasy, Hack'and'slash, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Polish, Action RPG, Singleplayer, Survival, Isometric View.
Mix of cooperative action and team RPG created by Polish independent studio A2 Softworks. Gatewalkers takes place in a procedurally generated fantasy world.
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Wild Side
cancelled
Simulation, Crafting, FPP, Indie Games, Polish, Action Adventure, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.
Wild Side is a realistic survival from the debuting Polish VeCube studio. Game throws the hero right into the middle of the Bieszczady Mountains, forcing him to fight for survival in the forests of Podkarpacie. Unlike many survivors, Wild Side offers a storyline layer.
Volcanoids
January 29, 2019, Early Access
Action, Crafting, FPP, Indie Games, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Steampunk, Survival.
Survival action game in which we find ourselves on a volcanic island controlled by robots. At Volcanoids, our command centre is the Drillship, a huge machine that is a mobile base, as well as a self-propelled mine and factory.
Desolate
January 17, 2019
Action, Crafting, FPP, Horror, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Post-apocalypse, Singleplayer, Survival.
A first-person perspective survival-horror game developed by Nearga. In Desolate the players assume the role of Volunteers who are sent to island Granichny to examine the paranormal activities and gather information required for removing the repercussions of a disaster that occurred there two years ago. The title can be played alone, although it becomes more interesting in four player cooperation mode.
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Outbreak Island
October 28, 2025, Early Access
Action, Crafting, RPG Elements, FPP, Post-apocalypse, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival.
Outbreak Island is a survival game set on a mysteriously contaminated island. Our objective is to survive and learn the cause of the catastrophe.
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A Highland Song
December 5, 2023
Adventure, 2D, Indie Games, Platformers, Rhythm, Side-scroll, Singleplayer, Survival.
A Highland Song is a rhythm adventure platformer with survival elements. The player must reach a lighthouse within three days, making their way through the Scottish hilltops full of secrets and history.
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Floodland
November 15, 2022
Strategy, City Builder, Polish, Post-apocalypse, Singleplayer, Survival.
A strategy game with survival elements from Polish studio Vile Monarch. In Floodland we find ourselves in a world destroyed by a climate catastrophe and take control of a group of survivors who build their settlement from scratch and face various challenges.
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Synergy
April 16, 2025
Strategy, City Builder, Economic, Indie Games, RTS, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Survival.
A city builder strategy game in which we build cities on an inhospitable planet. In Synergy, we acquire resources, construct buildings and lay roads, and organize expeditions that provide valuable information about the game world.
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Green Hell VR
April 7, 2022
Simulation, Crafting, FPP, Internet, Co-op, Meta Quest / Oculus, Multiplayer, PlayStation VR, Polish, Singleplayer, SteamVR, Survival, VR.
A special version of the FPP survival game Green Hell, designed for virtual reality headsets. In Green Hell VR we find ourselves in the Amazon jungle, and in order to survive we have to search for food and acquire resources necessary for crafting.
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Stacklands
April 8, 2022
Strategy, 2D, City Builder, Indie Games, Card Games, Roguelike, Singleplayer, Survival.
Stacklands is a survival and card game in which we expand our own village. All actions - from collecting resources, through building and producing items, to fighting monsters - are performed by playing cards.
Night is Coming
April 14, 2025, Early Access
Strategy, Fantasy, Indie Games, Slavic Mythology, RTS, Singleplayer, Survival.
A strategy game with survival elements, inspired by Slavic mythology. In Night is Coming our task is to build a prosperous settlement, whose inhabitants will be able to defend themselves against attacks of hordes of monsters.
Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper
May 27, 2021
RPG, Crafting, Fantasy, Hack'and'slash, Indie Games, Action RPG, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, Isometric View.
A hybrid of an action RPG and a survival game, enriched with strategic elements, which focuses on an extensive crafting system. In Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper we find ourselves in a fantastic land where we fight for survival, trying to restore its former balance.
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Solarpunk
June 8, 2026
Adventure, Crafting, Crowdfunding, FPP, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Survival.
A sandbox survival FPP game. Solarpunk offers a technologically advanced world filled with levitating islands. We can craft various items & objects, farm our lands, breed animals and explore the world in an airship. The game offers both singleplayer & online coop.
Project L33T
July 25, 2024, Early Access
Action, FPP, FPS, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Science Fiction, Online, Shooters, Survival, Tactics.
An FPP tactical extraction shooter, created for online PvPvE gameplay. Project L33T is about venturing to dangerous zones filled with anomalies and valuable artifacts which we must collect and bring back. The game is realistic when it comes to weapons and potential injuries.
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Into the Fire
2026, Early Access
Adventure, Exploration Games, RPG Elements, Polish, Action Adventure, Roguelike, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.
A third-person action-adventure game from Starward Industries, creators of The Invincible. Their second project combines elements of RPG, survival, and roguelike. It also lacks traditional combat. The protagonist is trying to survive for 30 days and save others after a mysterious volcanic eruption.
Vikings Dynasty
2026, Early Access
RPG, Crafting, Indie Games, Polish, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, Life Sim, The Middle Ages, The Vikings.
An RPG with life simulator and survival elements. Vikings Dynasty allows us to play as a viking in medieval Norway. Our character ends up washed ashore in a new land and we can start building a settlement, constructing ships, attracting other settlers and exploring the Scandinavian archipelago.
Gord: The Alliance
February 28, 2024
Strategy, City Builder, Adventure Elements, Fantasy, Indie Games, Slavic Mythology, Polish, RTS, Singleplayer, Survival.
The first expansion for Gord, a strategy survival game set in a dark Slavic mythology world. Gord: The Alliance continues the main story from the base game, introducing 5 new large missions, 2 biomes and 3 new types of Horrors, as well as a brand new mechanic of taming monsters.
Darkest Days
April 24, 2025, Early Access
Action, Crafting, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Shooters, Survival, TPP, TPS, Free-to-play, Zombie.
A free-to-play TPP action game, with additional RPG and survival mechanics. Darkest Days takes us to a world overrun by zombies. We can play alone or try to survive with other players. The game features an open world and we can complete quests, use various vehicles, kill hordes of monsters and expand our camp.
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Autonomica
2026
RPG, Crafting, Crowdfunding, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Time Travel, Farm, Sandbox, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.
A third-person sandbox game. Autonomica combines elements of agricultural simulators, life simulations and survival games. It's also enriched with the options to compete online and rely on production automation. The gameplay is presented in the solarpunk style and takes us to an island where we can build a settlement, breed animals and fight mech battles.
Beyond the Map
August 25, 2025, Early Access
RPG, Crafting, Fantasy, Hack'and'slash, Indie Games, Action RPG, Singleplayer, Survival, Isometric View.
An action RPG with survival elements, set in a procedurally generated fantasy world. Beyond the Map forces us to create our own base and equipment. We explore diverse biomes and fight various enemies. The game doesn't have fixed classes and instead we have a lot of freedom in terms of character development.
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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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WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition
July 22, 2025
Simulation, Co-op, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP, Animals.
A third-person simulation-survival game, allowing us to play as a wolf living in the Yellowstone National Park. The gameplay in WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition is about exploring the area, fighting for our territory, hunting other animals, establishing a wolf pack and raising offspring.
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Ars Notoria
November 27, 2025, Early Access
Action, Crafting, RPG Elements, Fantasy, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.
A third-person survival game with RPG elements and an open world, developed by XRON Software studio. In Ars Notoria, we explore a fantasy land, fight enemies, as well as gather resources for crafting and building a settlement. Routine jobs can be automated to focus on adventures.
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Frostpunk 2: Fractured Utopias
December 8, 2025
Strategy, City Builder, Economic, Polish, Post-apocalypse, RTS, Singleplayer, Steampunk, Survival.
The first expansion for the Polish strategy survival game from 2024. Frostpunk 2: Fractured Utopias DLC expands the sandbox mode called the Utopia Builder. It can now offer individual utopias for each of the game's eight factions. There's also a new map, new hubs, stories, and narrative events.
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Light of Motiram
2027
Action, Crafting, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Post-apocalypse, Sandbox, Science Fiction, Online, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP, Free-to-play.
A Chinese free-to-play TPP survival game with an open world, heavily inspired by the Horizon series. Light of Motiram offers a post-apocalyptic world with remains of humanity and mechanical animals. We have to fight for survival and build shelters, playing alone or in cooperation.
Grimshire
July 22, 2025, Early Access
RPG, 2D, Fantasy, Indie Games, Farm, Singleplayer, Survival.
An agricultural RPG game with life simulation elements. Grimshire is set in a cozy convention, allowing us to make friends with people from the village and be a part of their lives. Residents of the titular village don't live in absolute peace, as they must make preparations for the arrival of the deadly plague.
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Dreadzone
July 17, 2025, Early Access
Action, Crafting, FPP, FPS, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Singleplayer, Shooters, Survival, Zombie.
A first-person survival game with shooter elements. The gameplay in Dreadzone is about surviving inside a quarantine zone for the infected people who turn into zombies. The game forces us to explore the zone, gather resources, build & craft, as well as to eliminate enemies. We can play alone or in online coop.
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Welcome to ParadiZe
February 29, 2024
Action, Crafting, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, For 2 Players, Splitscreen, Post-apocalypse, Action Adventure, Singleplayer, Survival, Isometric View, Zombie.
An action adventure game with survival elements. Welcome to ParadiZe has us playing as a survivor able to mind control zombies. The player must traverse the world, face danger and expand their base.
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30 Days on Ship
2027
Simulation, Adventure Elements, FPP, Singleplayer, Ships, Survival.
An FPP survival game, in which we are trying to stay alive on board of a wrecked ship on the Pacific. 30 Days on Ship has us play as the lone survivor trying to last a month - we must gather resources, find shelter and defend ourselves against hostile fauna.
Outward 2
August 2026
RPG, Fantasy, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, For 2 Players, Splitscreen, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.
A sequel to a third-person perspective RPG from 2021. Outward 2 offers an open fantasy world, as well as survival elements. The game features a high difficulty level. It can be played in singleplayer mode or with other players using split screen or online coop.
BlackFrost: The Long Dark 2
2026, Early Access
Adventure, Crafting, Exploration Games, FPP, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Post-apocalypse, Action Adventure, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival.
A sequel to a well-received FPP survival game from 2017. In BlackFrost: The Long Dark 2 our goal is to survive in the unforgiving icy land. There are some new features in the sequel, including psychological aspects and stats related to survival, as well as an online coop mode in addition to singleplayer.
EVE Frontier
December 10, 2024, Early Access
Action, Internet, Co-op, Space, MMO, Sandbox, Science Fiction, Online, Space Ships, Survival, Space Sim.
A survival MMO set in the world of EVE Online. In EVE Frontier we fight to survive after ending up in a dangerous part of the universe. The game allows the players to create their content, relying on blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies for transactions.
Astroneer: Glitchwalkers
November 13, 2024
Adventure, Crafting, Exploration Games, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Space, Multiplayer, Action Adventure, Sandbox, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.
The first big expansion for the popular space sandbox. Astroneer: Glitchwalkers takes us to an enormous planet called Aeoluz, full of diverse biomes. Our character's main task is to stop a rebellious astronaut and we can rely on new technologies to make that happen.
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TerraStorm
August 2026
Strategy, City Builder, Crowdfunding, Economic, Indie Games, Polish, Post-apocalypse, Singleplayer, Survival.
A city builder strategy with survival elements, inspired by the Frostpunk series. TerraStorm takes us to a post-apocalyptyic world and it's our job to manage and expand enormous towers. They are the last beacons of the humanity after it ended up nearly extinct.
God Save Birmingham
2026, Early Access
Action, Crafting, Indie Games, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, The Middle Ages, TPP, Zombie.
A TPP survival game with an open world, set in 14th century England. In God Save Birmingham we try to survive against the plague of the undead. We must gather resources and crafting materials, as well as arm our character with weapons to fight the undead.
Angst: A Tale of Survival
December 5, 2025
Adventure, Crafting, Indie Games, Internet, Multiplayer, Polish, Action Adventure, Roguelike, Singleplayer, Survival, Isometric View.
A survival game with roguelike elements and a top-down view. Angst: A Tale of Survival takes us to the snow-covered region of The Hopeward Hollow. The only way to survive in this hostile environment is to explore and use the objects we've managed to find.
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OddFauna: Secret of the Terrabeast
May 13, 2026, Early Access
Adventure, Crafting, Crowdfunding, Indie Games, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP.
A simulation survival game with an open and living world developed by Cliff Mitchell and Emma SanCartie. Our task in OddFauna: Secret of the Terrabeast is to take care of the titular terrabeast, on the back of which we find many ecosystems and strange animals.
Salt 2: Shores of Gold
November 12, 2025
Action, Crafting, Crowdfunding, RPG Elements, FPP, Indie Games, Pirates, Action Adventure, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Ships, Survival.
The second part of the series of FPP action adventure games with RPG elements and sailor's life simulation. In Salt 2: Shores of Gold we find ourselves on a vast procedurally generated archipelago, which we explore by ourselves, choosing the direction of the journey and the activities we undertake.
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Sir, You Are Being Hunted: Reinvented Edition
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Action, FPP, Humorous, Indie Games, Co-op, Multiplayer, Splitscreen, Remaster/remake, Singleplayer, Stealth, Survival.
Remake of Sir, You Are Being Hunted, Reinvented Edition is a work of Dutch team Den of Thieves. The developers recreated the game from scratch, modernizing the graphics and gameplay and adding elements absent in the original.
Creativerse
May 8, 2017
Adventure, Crafting, RPG Elements, FPP, Indie Games, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Sandbox, Science Fiction, Singleplayer, Survival, TPP, Free-to-play.
A sandbox survival game produced by the independent Playful studio, based on the popular Minecraft. Creativerse is an online free-to-play production in which we explore worlds built of cubic blocks.
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Siege Survival: Gloria Victis
May 18, 2021
Strategy, RPG Elements, Fantasy, Indie Games, Polish, Singleplayer, Survival, The Middle Ages.
Survival strategy game in which we take control of civilians locked in a besieged fortress. In Siege Survival: Gloria Victis we send out looters, gather supplies and manage them while making difficult decisions.
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Don't Starve: Newhome
cancelled
Action, 2D, Crafting, Fantasy, Internet, Co-op, Multiplayer, Roguelike, Sandbox, Singleplayer, Survival.
Don't Starve: Newhome is the mobile continuation of the 2014 hit roguelike. The game introduces a number of gameplay improvements and offers a co-op mode. Klei Entertainment is responsible for its development.