All articles tagged with #survival game
Valheim is headed to Nintendo Switch 2 and will launch on September 9, 2026 as part of its proper 1.0 release, bringing its Norse-inspired, up-to-10-player survival and building experience to Switch 2 along with a new trailer.
Star Trek Voyager: Across the Unknown is a what-if survival-strategy game that tasks you with guiding Voyager home from the Delta Quadrant by balancing resource management (deuterium, dilithium, duranium, tritanium, food), ship deck-building, and crew morale across procedurally generated sectors. Combat is tactical but punishing, success on away missions depends on fixed four-person lineups and skill checks, and exploration is anchored by cinematic cutscenes and voiced logs from Tim Russ and Robert Duncan McNeill. It’s a nostalgic love letter to Voyager for fans, offered at a modest price with demos on all platforms, though casual players may want a simpler mode to enjoy the ‘what-if’ premise.
A new open-world RPG called Westlanders, developed by The Breach Studios and co-published with Radical Theory, is seen as a potential spiritual successor to Red Dead Redemption 2, offering survival and economic building elements in a wild-west setting, with a planned early access release in 2026.
PlayerUnknown Productions has launched an open beta for Prologue: Go Wayback, a Rust-inspired survival game featuring procedural worlds, a dynamic weather system, and machine learning-enhanced graphics, with plans for further feature additions before its early access release on PC.
Brendan Greene, creator of PUBG, has announced a surprise free open beta for his new survival game Prologue, which emphasizes isolation and survival mechanics on an 8x8 km map, available now on Steam and Epic Games Store ahead of its Early Access release later this year.
Grounded 2's early access version shows significant improvements over the original, with enhanced RPG mechanics, new classes, mountable insect pets, and a more engaging story, despite technical issues and limited content. It promises to be a standout survival game as development continues.
Abiotic Factor, a co-op survival game inspired by Half-Life, has officially left early access, received a major update, and is now available on consoles and PC via Game Pass and PlayStation Plus, featuring crossplay and a unique setting that combines survival mechanics with a sci-fi horror theme.
Abiotic Factor, a narrative-driven survival co-op game with a 90s sci-fi art style, is now available for download on PS Plus Extra, allowing players to explore an underground research facility with up to six players, featuring character progression and crossplay support.
Despite initial reluctance due to survival game mechanics, the author became obsessed with Dune: Awakening, appreciating its streamlined survival elements, base-building, exploration, and unique desert challenges like sandworm encounters, making it an accessible and enjoyable entry into the genre.
The Alters is a challenging survival and management game that tests players' stress handling and decision-making skills as they try to escape an irradiated planet, with the gameplay being highly addictive despite its stressful nature.
The Alters, a new sci-fi survival game by 11 bit studios, is now available on Steam with a 'Very Positive' rating and a 10% launch discount. Players must create alternate versions of the protagonist Jan to survive on a hostile planet, with gameplay featuring base-building, resource management, and narrative choices. The game has received mixed reactions due to its timer-based mechanics but is praised for its emotional depth and originality.
The Alters, a survival game involving cloning and base management, has been added to Xbox Game Pass for console and PC, offering players a new adventure on an alien planet with positive reviews and high scores on Metacritic.
Obsidian Entertainment announced Grounded 2, a sequel to their popular survival game, set to release in early access on July 29, 2025, with significant improvements in size, content, and gameplay, and priced affordably at $29.99, including Xbox Game Pass availability.
Dune Awakening, an MMO-survival game by Funcom, has achieved remarkable early success with nearly 100,000 concurrent players before its official release, aided by strategic pricing and early access options, despite competition from the upcoming Switch 2.
Bandai Namco and FromSoftware released the launch trailer for Elden Ring Nightreign, a multiplayer cooperative survival RPG where players explore a dynamic map, fight bosses, and cooperate to survive the night, with the game launching on May 30 across multiple platforms.