Subsistence

it's a hard game and yes, you need some time to adapt and manage.
The graphics are beautifull, it's a very good game, not hard complexity and when starting the game, understand it's a slow paced game.

Take your time, watch some youtube videos, and enjoy.

I love this game. It helps me to relax and the really think about what I want my character to do.

that's how survival game should be

Great game, lots of grind and repetitive action but it is true to its name and it holds subsistence and rng loot bags as its core gameplay loop. It is possible to thrive in this game, I swear it is... but it has taken me just over 300 hours to figure out how. I love this game. It feels like an extension of reality that might seem basic on the surface but requires real strategy, critical thinking, patience, and quick execution to succeed. It makes you feel the way you should feel in a true to life survival setting. Every bullet is like gold in the early game. Every morsel of meat is to be cherished should you live to see the sun rise again. You earn what you have and you work for what you need. You want for little if you aim to thrive. I could go on but I reccomend this for the person that dislikes Green Hell and similar games for the over complicated and ill explained inventory/crafting systems and yet also turns away from the minecraft, valheim, and even don't starve for their respective lack of depth in the very core element of subsistence (The very definition of subsistence, not the game.) This game is fair yet brutally difficult. It will punish any and every mis step. It is the dark souls of survival games. It may not seem like it at first, but the sheer prospect of a 100 day run with 0 deaths is genuinely unimagineable to me and I would be shocked if someone managed it on hardcore. Give it a go if you have patience and a love for the realistic approach. Again if you look past specific gameplay elements and instead focus on how the game makes you feel for a methodical and strategical approach to survival... you will realize why this game is a GOLDMINE among fields of coal D:. Happy Surviving.. erm.. Subsisting!!




PS. ColdGames please add large ore deposits for all the basic ores like: iron, copper, potassium, etc.. down in the caves. They should be hefty and take lots of durability to mine but reward large amounts of the ore in question. This would be a great way to round out the caves and make them worth the time and resources!! Cheers m8 great game 10/10.

The most challenging "I need a stick" game I've ever played.

Been in early access for nearly ten years and still has many problems, don't even know at this point if it'll release stable.
Game just seems to be more dumpster-ware.

This game offers the real survival concept. It's hard and grindy (not for everyone) but hey if you really want a survival game that has great gameplay this is it. Building a base, farming, foraging, fishing, hunting, exploring underwater caves, and what I like most is raiding enemy base and looting a plane's cargo. No zombies or wierd creepy enemies. It's you vs. the wilderness. I wish the dev make a new content.

Honestly it is a very hard game but once you get used to it and keep trying like 7 times or something like that your set for a good save. Good game, Great game.

definatly recommend hard but fun

Very nice game, if you don't mind the grind

Great game, when i can play it. Game crashes and shuts down on start-up, Crashes while playing. No warning, no nothing. I've un-installed and re-installed the game 3 times, re-installed windows once. every time i validate my files it says 1 file is missing and will be re-acquired. But it either doesn't reacquire the file or something keeps removing it because almost every time i check it says the same thing. Over it!

TOO much of a grind, even on easy...

Got 420 hours on the game over the years. There is no other survival game quite like this one. This one is gritty, immersive, and the world is beautiful. There aren't silly zombies everywhere or mutants or anything like that, the setting is more realistic with a deep wilderness and bushcraft vibe. Survival is risky and can be difficult, especially during the colder season. In the past there used to be a few nagging bugs that *did* take longer than they should have to be resolved...but they are resolved now. I find this game very enjoyable, and I always come back to it.

For how long the game has been in Alpha and the amount of progress made in terms of updates and features, I wouldn't recommend it.

Great game. A challenge to start the game, but worth going until you get established.

he needs to get of his ass and fix this game to many wolf and bears

Pretty promising game with a very neat premise. It can be difficult if you want it to and the idea of picking up loot bags/ chests that randomly spawn in the wild is neat. The game can be very grindy at certain points and the lava caves and deep caves needs more flushing out. I am givng it the thumbs down because after 135 hours in a play through I was far along in I lost my entire save and cannot recover it. The game is so grindy that it feels not worth starting another play through so after 137 hours I am effectively done with the game. It's promising for a game but it has its drawbacks too.

This game is Hard, and not in a good way.

If this game had come out in 2016 ... then I would say it was a good game but IT IS STILL IN ALPHA TESTING AND NOT RELEASED!! but it's 2025 and a 10 year old with a potato for a PC can make this game in a week with Blender and free Unreal assets.

It is a well balanced survival game. Beautiful graphics, good UI, a game world that is alive and mostly bug free. No unnecessary hand holding, no dynamic difficulty level or similar bs, you are just dropped to the game world and need to survive, search and collect resources, craft tools, clothes, weapons, have pets, hunt, farm, explore and build and develop your base and/or bases.

Best survival game I have played and I have played many. Not every game is for everyone but this one is objectively a fine peace of art/craft and if you enjoy the survival genre I strongly recommend to give it a try.

I enjoy a slow grind game. Its nice to have something to spend time on and not be rushed to finish a base.

Unfortunately I have to say no. The dev puts out ~2 updates per year. I could go on about the game but just think about that, 2 updates per year on a game that has been in alpha and asking for your money and support for a decade. Buy a game with a dev that cares about you and your money.

When it worked, I liked playing Subsistence. It was basic but still good enough overall to enjoy.

The other hunter NPCs that build bases was a cool touch in a survival game I hadn't seen before.

I didn't like how the wildlife levels up each time it kills you, especially when a wolf wanders into your base and won't f*** off. It was basically spawn camping.

Now, the game has stopped working. Crashes on launch. Unplayable.

For a small survival game, I think that that this game meets some of my expections. I am usually picky, but this is a good game to play with friends and family. You can build, hunt, and survive the weather, animals, and hunters. I see others think it is not hard enough, for me I think it was enough to keep playing. Now, if they ever had a second game with a story, I would definitely look forward to it.

The best survival game ever and devs give update every 3 month what else do you want??!!

Go to be the best survival game i have ever played!!! It runs great looks stunning and the building mechanics are just awesome. I highly recommend this game it's also just amazing playing co op. I have played a lot of survival games and none come anywhere near the quality of this. Even the weather effects and season changes make this game visually stunning. The price is way to low i would happily pay double for this gem of a game. It is quite tough at 1st however there is a guy on YouTube who does a day 1 and 2 tutorial/ tips. He is called Get Started and really explains things clearly. Highly recommend watching his vids. So basically this really is a brilliant and stunning survival game that has hours of gameplay. Added bonus it has controller support which i only tweaked slightly. Basically changed the in menu right stick to work as a mouse......Perfick 😁👍🏻

I really like the game and the survival aspect of it. The problems that I have with it is on how long it takes for updates or new content and on how inconsistent is to load, sometimes the game loads with no issue and other times I can't even open the game without having to re-intall it. Is a problem that at least happens to me often but not too big of a problem to stop me from playing it.

This must be some eating simulator. Even on low difficulty settings game is unplayable.

The character is not fed with 2 chicken fillets, killed a bear - I mean you know - A FKING BEAR, my character still is not fed.

If someone is interested in eating simulator, you can grab this game, other than that - it feels very unbalanced and dont waste time on it.

They keep saying it will get better, but it doesn't. outrageously stupid amounts of items needed to make survival gear etc. They never did explain the 'Mass' needed to build things, and how it is created out of thin air. The generators and solar panels? They produce so little power, are they really worth making? The point is that under normal play, it is nearly impossible to survive the game. I used the cheat codes for health, stamina etc... I still died six times!

I purchased this game quite a few years ago. I played on Easy and No hunters. Even that way the game is extremely challenging to make a go of it on solo. Trying to keep your distance from wolves and bears is an ongoing issue. The drop crates are a necessity to gather. They contain materials you must have to build. Be ready to probably RAGE QUIT a few times.
After you get yourself a small building started you will begin to start feeling a sense of accomplishment and want to continue.
I am still playing the game I started way back. At least now we have more chance to make better equipment and to travel the map (ATV). Building it can be a long and grinding task. This game is NOT an easy game to play. But I have found it to be quite rewarding once I have myself fairly well established. You will find that the quantity of wildlife will be helpful since you need them for a food source of meat and fats. Fats are cooked down to make bio fuel which is heavily needed in game.
There is more to game but not going to ruin it by telling. I LOVE playing this game now. 8.5/10

This game needs a LOT of work, but you are on a pretty good track so far from what I played. Ai pathing needs some serious attention, as does the hit boxes of some of the creatures. Noticed the deer is the only one who really suffers from headshot damage modifiers aswell. Aside from that, the game is honestly really fun and enjoyable to get in. It can be challenging, but that is the fun part of it.

This is a review from a solo player perspective. It has a steep learning curve, at least for me. Or maybe i'm just old. I do play a fair amount survival games (most of them still in EA). But this one I almost gave up on. Beautiful setting. Even though I started disliking playing at some point it still drawed me back in. After dying so many times I finally got the hang of it, kinda. No real POI. So at times it can feel quite empty. I wish the map was a bit bigger. I build a base and around me NPC's build their base and they keep shooting at my base. If you like this kind of struggle I recommend this game.

I have played a lot of early access games openworld survival games (Rust, Sunkenland, Seven Days to Die, etc), but even though this is almost ten years old, it still feels very rough. It does not properly support ultrawide resolutions, everything is stretched and there's no POV setting.

The basic controls and mechanics also seems a bit chunky, and not what I would expect from a game this old.

The screenshots looks great, and are what drew my attention. I dont think that I would have the patience to play through it enough to build anything like this though, so I'm refunding it.

I don't recommend buying or playing it for now, I think there's a long to way to go to make this actually enjoyable.

This is a grind by yourself but I guess that's how it should be. Fun game

game is amazing. dont let the negative reviews discourage you. it is definitely a grind but its fun. ive been playing on easy and even then this game is hard. if youre into survival games then this is one you have to play.

This game is impossible, two player mode on easy feels like the most difficult game ever. It in no way feels like an easy mode. Why in the world would you not have a way to spawn in your base. I have to died over 50 times with animals at every tree on the map and your loot bag despawns in 20 mins which feels like 5 mins. It takes the fun out of this game. Needs a lot serious tweaks before i ever play this game again.

This game is the epitome of SURVIVAL. Even on easy mode it's HARD...but it's also addictive. My nemesis is the bear. The axe has relatively no effect on it...or the wolves and they will follow you into a body of water. Is this game for everyone?...hell no, but for someone who is a serious survival gamer...HELL YEAH!

good game. harsh, but fair

Hard game but that makes it good. Need a challenge when playing these types of games

So, this game has been in "early access" for so long that it's kind of silly at this point. It's one dev, I get that, but could just launch and add new dlc content to continue to make money. As it is, I'm willing to support by buying skins. (Please more skins.)

I'd like to see more character models. If nothing else, make the NPC antagonists look different.

All the same, I've almost logged 1,200 hours. The children yearn for the mines. Want a game where you grind for resources and build your palatial estate? Look no further. Has a learning curve, but once you know, you know. Invite me to your server. Lol.

Genuinely impressed with this game, frequently updated and one of the better cheap survival games

I love this game, only thing I would like more is a reason to finish the game - an end goal where you discover something or find out the reason things happen during the game e.g. where the other people and planes come from etc.

I like the close to reality survival games.
But there are still things to fix and work to get better.

Adding:

- A backpack (lighter, knife, shovel, etc.)
- Using knife to carve/butcher big animals
- getting inside water should wash off hands, also if you are too long inside water with animals in backpack they should die
- drawing should infect you
- maybe create different Mine sites to excavate minerals e.g. (The Infected)
- Free snap point for structures (more structures)
- Fire should dmg player
- poring water on fire should extinguish it (fireplaces, mollys, airplane, etc.)
- An NPC's with missions to get resources

Fix Bug:
- If you fall from a high place and in middle of the falling use the hang glider the game is bugged and char moving like admin on the ground unless you find a wall and use climbing axes.

bad

Bought and played with friends, and while I had a blast hearing my friends pop a vein in frustration, all the fun I had was thanks to them and not the game. It's a grindy mess with no real balance in economy. if you want to build a crappy shed it's gonna take you a lot of looking for RNG boxes and after an hour you'll have a wall and a floor.

The fact this is 9 years old and still in alpha is all you need to know.

overall i am loving this game! i would love to see more end game updates. i would also love to see a player skill system added, as well as the ability to craft and or level up tools for more yield and faster action timers ect. i would also love to see an upgrade added to weapons that increases durability (they wear too fast) as well as adding more attachments such as scopes,lasers ect. and lastly a hunting knife for skinning animals with potential better yield. oh and one more. please add gloves to the clothing!

If you like challenging but rewarding survival games- GET THIS GAME!

This has become one of my new fave games. No real story to it from what I have seen but that was not a hindrance to this game but actually a strength! Lack of story was not even noticeable with there being so much to do-pure survival focus. Manage thirst and hunger. Your hunger drains a little quick with being cold speeding process but thankfully only protein and veggie bars to maintain. Hunt any and everything, forage, loot and build to survive. straight forward and easy to understand crafting tho its a grind for the resources especially higher end crafting. Dynamic weather and seasons with a day/night cycle with a proper night! ( you can barely see a foot in front of you) its a grind to gather and supply yourself to be able to handle each season with the appropriate gear. Looking for zombies, monsters, crazies and freakers??? Well you WON'T find them here. Being someone who usually plays survival games with those enemies it was very refreshing to have only animals as well as humans to worry about ending your struggling life- oh if you don't count the weather. Animals are aggressive tho you are able to skate your way around them with each predator giving you a couple warnings that you will learn. Human superior and more deadly than animals right?- WRONG! its a grind to survive as every attacking animal will wreck your day. "but I have a gun with ammo!" you say? Yeah let me know how that went after the lvl 1 wolf or bear is pooping you out! Has a similar mechanic to Shadow of Mordor's " nemesis" mechanic- animal kill you=animal go up in lvl= equals animal more superior to human now. dying multiple times trying to recover your loot while each attempt lvls up sed creature to master of the woods is possible and not that hard to happen. Ai hunter humans attack you and your base as well as building their own. These bases can be attacked and looted but you'll want to grind out some more advanced gear and weapons to take them on as well as break into their shelters. Theres no harm in falling back to live and fight another day but you just took on hunters.... good chance they will want vengeance and be easily able to track down your shelters location.
THIS GAME IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HURT BUT THOSE WHO LIVE FOR A CHALLENGE.
Having a hard time surviving your first few days?.....got a friends who's got your back? then get them in there! Cause I forgot to mention it has multiplayer co-op. Reason I haven't mentioned it is I have no multiplayer experience to talk about.

PVE-CO-OP PVE only which makes this game a survival gem

8/10 - Did i mention this game has alot of GRINDING! its a grinders dream and I am all here for it. I would have given this game a higher rating if the map was a bit bigger ( mind you it is quite big as it is) as well as a few more animals added.

GET THIS GAME

Man this game is wild. Even the easiest setting is hard. I love survival games and this is for sure a survival game. Not a bunch of help or tips, after the initial getting started list it just disappears and you are on your own.

dont buy this game, it's complete rubbish,i barely survived 2 minutes. the animals will kill you the minute you spawn in, it never used to be like that, constant crashing, after recent updates.

The game is good, punishes you when you take a risk and fail. needs some polish and QOL fixes, Hope the devs add some content and keep the game alive it has so much potential. I'm going to keep playing, haven't even got into the MP yet.