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- Here are some survival games that we don't think are talked about enough.
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0:00 Intro
0:22 SCUM
2:00 Chernobylite
3:51 Empyrion Galactic Survival
5:16 The Planet Crafter
6:36 Survivalist: Invisible Strain
8:02 Astroneer
9:40 Darkwood
10:56 V Rising
12:27 Card Survival
14:04 Vintage Story - เกม
Darkwood is definitely the "hidden gem" from this list. I didn't expect much going into it but ended up thoroughly enjoying it.
Also Darkwood developers put the pirate version themselves, so if someone want to try out he game, they would rather like if you download the pirate version then to pay for a key on a random site.
Of course if you like the game, please support it.
That opening is terrifying, only just got past it
Not hidden gem
Hardly a hidden gem but yeah, it's pretty good
The “Executive” that made Kingdoms of Amalur was Curt Schilling an MLB legend who used his career earnings to pursue his passion to make a video game. It’s a wild story
Wait bro what I used to look up to him when I was a kid I never knew this.
I like that. There’s a football (soccer) player Mithieu Flamini who was above average player but also the richest athlete in modern history.
When you have 5 league’s in each country there’s 113,000 professionals so that’s how you can be above average, play for a top 20 club world wide and not be a well known name.
Anyway, he is the richest athlete in modern history! He owns a bio chemicals/ bio energy company and is worth $15-30 billion.
@@fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617tf does this have to do with anything? Are you slow?
@@Ricky_Spanishhthink the homie just wanted to share with us a random fact about another athlete similarly spread into unconventional businesses in retirement?
He used 75million from the state of Rhode island then bailed when he couldn’t actually pay. I am from Rhode Island my dude.
SCUM is my jam. I love the single player and the multilayer. It's nice that you can customize the offline and online servers to have more or no zombies, more or no mechs etc etc. Really great hunting mechanic. My current offline single player server is set up as a hunting sim. No soldiers or zombies. Just lots of predator animals
i dont like pvp in survival game so is it good in singleplayer?
@blinkq_530 yes very. You can customize the files to make the game how you want offline. No online required.
@@blinkq_530 I've got 285 hours and I've only ever played single player, though I've been looking at some pve servers to see how the coop pve works. It's a great game if you like survival and scavenging, with some crafting and building. Better still, the devs are very active, though the DLC is really just more ways to support developement, rather than useful add-ons.
@@JHeckman12 thanks might have to check it out
@@Shumanator94 thanks
7 days to die is doomed to never appear in any lists but it really deserves to. IMO, best sandbox survival there is.
Agree! Hopefully it'll get more recognition once it goes gold
I was half expecting and half hoping to see it pop up here, but it is what it is, though the vanilla game is a bit meh, mods make it so much better.
@@faylinnmystiquerose2224 I love the vanilla game, but one of the great things is how they make it mod-able, and welcome modders to create various mods for the game. Gives it endless possibilities.
Cus 7dtd is not overlooked
@@silverwerewolf975 pffft
Finally someone mentioned Vintage Story! Such a great game, I cannot stop playing it.
I feel there's a bit more that could've been explained, like there's an in-game guide that explains things as you progress. You don't always need to open the wiki. I agree tho, really nice to have some one bigger notice it.
@@lordjarjar7405 The game needs a video of its own just to give an overview of all the mechanics, the small segment in this video doesn't do it justice
if it's not on steam.... where does one find it?
@@bluebehir best place is their website, vintagestory at
Astroneer is a overlooked gem that doesn't get much love. Glad to hear it mentioned
It's just a Lego worlds clone
@@uraveragewiteguythat seems simplistic in its comparison.
@@Wolfie1262 yea it is, sorry thought this was about my other comment
Awesome seeing Vintage story on this list!!! 👍🏻 And the built in game Handbook is hugely helpful!
SO glad to see you showcasing EGS - It's absolutely a competitor with NMS, and I'm surprised it hasn't gotten more love.
Love this list we need more of this hidden gems for all the consoles and game categories
i would've expected The Long Dark. maybe that's just me who doesn't see the game getting much attention, but i think it's definitely worth checking it out.
The atmosphere in TLD is untouchable. Love curling up with a hot coffee and playing it in the deepest winter.
I liked how each game got a moment of just pure gameplay, without talking over it or anything.
I loved Darkwood. It was properly spooky.
PROJECT ZOMBOID, although primary a Zombie game, has become pretty complex regarding the survival element.
It is worth a look.
Agreed. It should be branded as a crafting simulator with zombie survival elements.
Project Zomboid. With the arrival of NPCs, the game will see a surge of new players. But that's a few years further.
@@heymeRaji would say 2 years for the NPCs. At the most 3 years. Fact is they are nearing it with the animal NPCs. So who know maybe sooner. One thing i hate about the state of gaming is we are flooded with so much that having other players join is so hard. Even RL friends it's hard to get them in to something.
@@MildarValsik yeah I'm excited for the new build. Hopefully it'll be much easier to get people to join PZ community when NPCs arrive.
@@heymeRaj yep. I'm going to be after those NPCs and heading to that ultimate spot. I'm not doing that fishing or farming work. Otherwise it's canned food, cooked bugs, and rat burgers for me. I suspect feeding everyone will be a huge challenge. So peoples settings of low loot rates will change.
Thank you so much for covering Survivalist Invisible Strain! It's definitely one of the more challenging Zombie Survival. The randomly generated NPC attitudes and personalities give this game an insane amount of freedom.
I love it when you mention more obscure games like Scum
In fact I love it when you make lists of little known games in general
Don’t forget about Dysmantle. It’s currently free with PS Plus Extra game catalog and has two awesome DLCs. Such a gem of a survival game.
This is why I love this channel… they’re always bringing obscure games to light!
Thanks for doing this. Especially adding scum. It's one of my favorites
Great video! I hoped to see Project Zomboid in it, but overall the ranking is pretty solid!
Thanks
What? Do you know how many people play Project Zomboid is literally the opposite of always ignore?
Aw man, this list is dope. A good one for part 2 is Icarus. A rocky launch but a dedicated team putting out weekly updates for over 80 weeks has made it a solid experience.
icarus goes so fucking hard. mental they included shit like astroneer.
The Infected could be on the next list, too!
No dayz?😢 that game needs some love
the forever alpha state game? yeah no, don't think so. even years later it still hasn't advanced significantly and features promised years ago are still absent or just simply scrapped. not worth my time. but i'm happy for you if you enjoy it ;) @@jxanthos801
Played Icarus during the beta weekends. It definitely is a challenge - in a good way. I remember how absolutely accomplished I felt when I'd finally managed to build my little stone house.
Could you guys mention what platform each game is on in future videos? Other than that, great video, thanks for uploading!
I always enjoy exploring new survival games with my friends. It always brings the best gaming moments!
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Then play Project Zomboid. Better than any on this list. Especially with mods
Was looking for an open-world base crafting game last Steam Sale and I saw "Planet Crafter". Yep, it's well-worth the money and it has good lore as well! Only thing that irks me with this is that you really can't find really spacious grounds so you would need to settle for floating living quarters and buildings.
All in all, it's good.
Thanks. I think ill try it.
@@conm9891It's really good. My main complaint of it would be that there are some places where you can "clip" through, unlocking areas that you shouldn't be at early on in the game. But since this is an Early Access game and they have made some MASSIVE FIXES in the past few WEEKS I've owned it, I can say that they're going to fix these too.
I bought the game a few months ago and I must say that I am rather disappointed.
The concept is cool, and personally I prefer survival games that focus on environmental threats rather than enemies and combat, as is the case in this one.
But... we feel that it's a very small team with very few resources. It's not a bad game, but you get the hang of it pretty quickly, and there's not one aspect that I think is great.
I like to explore in games, for example, and well... Well, it's rather boring in this game, it's quite repetitive and there's nothing really surprising or original.
The base building is also not very advanced, the survival mechanics too simplistic, like terraforming, etc. It gives a bit the impression of being a draft or seeing a game in pre-alpha.
I have the impression that it sold rather well (for a game of its kind and given the means of the devs), and that's good, because even if I'm not a fan of the current game I like the concept and I find that there is an interesting potential, if it can make the devs want to make a Planet Crafter 2 with more solid bases and more advanced in each area, I will be very interested.
One of the most amazing things about Planet Crafter is it only has 2 developers. They keep putting out updates to continue/complete the story line. The progression is well paced. Amazing game!
Wait, only two? That's actually impressive!
And yeah, the lore and storyline is quite great. It's a bit lacking right now, but I am confident that they'll get to it sooner or later.
Darkwood belongs on every list of the greatest survival horror games. One of the most relentlessly unnerving and terrifyingly hypnotic games Ive ever played. Theres something about it that makes you want to keep pushing despite all of the odds stacked against you. (Btw, don't stop after the "ending.")
If you haven’t played V Rising since the massive new Gloomrot Edition then please do! I can’t recommend it enough! The developers not only listened to their player base, but rebalanced the game entirely making it easier to solo. It is possible to build multi tier castles up to six levels if you want, add gems to spells to give them an added boost, and made weapons all the more stronger to give you that much of an edge in a fight. There are tons more bosses that add a fun new touch to the gameplay. 😊
Thanks for the news. I stopped playing exactly because of solo experience.
That’s exactly why I stopped playing! V Bosses are notoriously difficult and they’re meant to be, but it was really hard to heal in combat against them. Now if you get them down to half health they drop health orbs so you can heal in combat quicker.
Super curious as to why I've never heard you talk about 7 days to die, which I think would fit perfectly into this list!
My favourite underrated survival game is Don't Starve together, I know the game is quite old but it's gets constant update & I always having fun playing this this game either solo or with randoms
Thank you so much for this video. I had indeed not heard from most of them, and bought Card Survival after your video. I'm amazed by the depth is has and so far it's a blast! It also put Vintage Story on my radar, to buy once it gets out of EA (there's enough content and systems already, it's just that i tend to have really long playthroughs in these sort of games and I don't like it when things I have gotten used to are suddenly changed around me). I concur with some of the other comments that Icarus is also definitely worth a mention!
Grounded is an awesome one too, just the right balance of stress and intrigue. Had a ton of fun playing that one through.
Grounded has honestly got to be one of my favourite games of all time. Especially when playing with friends. Such a well made and accessible survival game.
I remember when Darkwood was in early access. The devs seeded it out to torrent sites themselves, and said, please buy it if you like it, or when you can afford it... which has always been my purpose in such sites anyway, since we've long passed the demo disc.
So they gave it away for free and then asked folks to buy it....and it's still a hidden gem, kinda sad
@@thedevilsrockstxr2309 I mean, it was for sale when they seeded it. It was more a recognition of reality and hoping for good will. As for being a hidden gem, for certain, but it just hit Game Pass, so here's hoping.
@@thedevilsrockstxr2309 IT'S NOT A LOST SALE!...oh wait.
Planet Crafter is awesome and super satisfying. You put in the work and the grind, and you actually see your results. The game and story also progress perfectly, you have enough time to resource gather or build or explore, all while your existing resources do their thing (like the grass spreaders, drills, and heaters.)
I cannot wait for Subnautica 3 to come out! It's probably still at least a couple of years before we see a release but I'd love to see a trailer or some kind of update about it soon.
hell yeah dude
YAY! I'm so glad Card Survival made this list. I wasn't sure if it was on your radar. It's been a favorite of mine for a long while since it was in early alpha.
Honorable mention to Outward. Not a lot to look at but it has charm and a good survival system. Camping is perilous if you don’t put some thought into it. Whether will make you sick if you aren’t dressed properly, need to eat and drink or you die and has an interesting story full of mysterious gods and monsters.
By far the most interesting aspect is the magic system. You have to journey and fight your way to the center of a mountain to unlock mana and in order to have mana you need to sacrifice points from your health and stamina so a good balance is key. Magic itself is a ritual. Single spells normally do nothing but combine them with crystals and other spells to unlock crazy and wild effects.
Awesome list. Vintage story are soooo in deepth. Played it and was surprised off how detailed it is.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for putting the names in the description with the time stamps on this video gameranx
V Rising is one of the best co op games, a must play. I'd add Icarus to this list. It was really good fun, great graphics and the developers added permanent maps and are working on adding their unique mission system to those permanent maps.
Man this game blew us away. We immediately rented a dedicated server. For weeks we played pve together almost daily. Building is so rich and fun with friends.
Combat feels smooth and refined, 'precise' with m/k. If it had a story arch to lead you from 'boss' to boss it would have been a done-game, for me.
This was all last year, havent played it since juli '22. But I highly recommend this if you kinda like Valheim but be a life-sucking dark-wanderer.
IDK if its super ignored but for me i gotta say state of decay 2. It just scratches the survival/action/intensity itch. Also the americana vibe is unique.
Leaving out Long Dark is criminal
Great To see Card Survival Is Here!
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Icarus is another survival sleeper. Great base building, the story for the new world is very compelling, and it looks incredible as well
I love Icarus, so many different ways to play to, Missions, Open World, my personal fave is Outposts so I can have respawning resources and just build amazing looking structures.
7 days to die should have been included on this list! Think about making a part 2 and including it.
Subnautica 1 easily in my top 3 survival games. 🙂
V Rising is by far the toppest of top notch early access games. Very fun and challenging gameplay, both as a single player experience or multiplayer on servers. If you play on servers, take note of politics, some players just have little power trips and can get a little toxic... But they get teamed up on, usually when the rest of the server teams up to wreck them. That said, the pvp in the game is also very crisp and polished. It's personal player skill based, gear doesn't really play a real factor in terms of advantages for one player or the other. (aside from health pools and weapon variety)
I highly recommend literally everyone to give the game a try. If you don't love it, that's okay, everyone is allowed to have an incorrect opinion.
Darkwood is one of the best games I've ever played
Nearly everything about it is perfect. The horror aspect actually had me stressed for a large majority of my first playthrough
Great list! Always enjoy your videos. I stay away from PVP most of the times. I'm looking for games that provide a good PVE experience. Idea for a new list?
I'd include Stranded Deep in this list, by no means the deepest or most ingenious survival game but its very good in its simplicity. Good entry point to the genre too, has a clear goal, systems aren't insanely complex but there's enough there and looks pretty decent too
Stranded deep isn’t ignored, it’s quite popular in the genre
Isn't it horrible though? doesnt it run really poorly, especially in multiplayer
I think I passed on half of these games primarily because of the online/co-op component. Any game that "must have" or "better played" with a partner/co-op automatically goes into the (meh.... pass) bin for me. As for the rest, I completely forgot about Astroneer until this vid so I def gotta go back and check that one out
Good short summing up of Empyrion: Galactic Survival but just a couple of points; I have over 3000 hours in the game and have never really played multi-player. There are many great servers if that's your preference but it's a great single player game; particularly using the excellent Reforged Eden scenario (mod). The Steam Workshop is amazing too for those who aren't the best builders. There's also a whole galaxy to explore, not just a solar system.
Absolutely ELATED to see Vintage Story getting some love here, its been my comfort game the past 2 years and im so glad its name is getting out there!!!!!
I've played a few of these games and enjoyed them all. Just recently found Vintage Survival and it is pretty much monopolizing my game time right now.
Only recently discovered Darkwood and it’s absolutely fantastic!…scary as hell though 😱
Darkwood is one of my favorite games of all time! Glad to see it make the cut!
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Josh from Let's Game It Out already covered Planet Crafter and specially Hydroneer, and he nailed it...
One of my favorites is seven days to die. On console it can be janky but it's a decent Survival horror game with crafting. When I just want a chill, relaxing sandbox game it's my go to game.
Next week it'll be 10 Years in Alpha, but it's been in constant development the whole time. It's fun to go back and rewatch the early videos sometimes and appreciate how far they've come. The Fun Pimps really deserve the labor of love award.
Saw some games I played, and discovered some new games. Good list.
True story.. I once purchased a game called Stranded Deep. I tried for an hour but what a Dumpster Fire that was 😅.
Vintage Story! #1 spot! Yes! Thank you for not only including it on the list, but placing it at the top!
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thanks so much for giving light to scum, that game and the ammount of content it received over patches is amazing, and the depth of the survival elements is just on point
Great to see 'Survivalist: Invisible Strain' on the list, one of the best in my opion and gettting better all the time
Nice video bro. Keep it up❤️
Thanks 🔥
Hey Gameranx!
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@@gameranxTVYour welcome!
Thanks for the list Falcon! I played the original Survivalist, which was a lot of fun, and is only $2. Definitely worth it. V Rising too, is such a stellar game, despite the grind! :D
I got over 70 hours in V Rising. I recommend it!
Everything that Falcon said and then the RPG system with the blood that you drain from enemies that gives you different bonuses and all the regions in the game are excellent. Enemy design is really out there as well.
Thanks for mentioning Vintage Story. I've been playing it for years, single player and on a server with others. It's a wonderful game that doesn't get mentioned enough. I've heard it called minecraft for adults. And it's only about $20 last time I checked.
Hey mate great list. If it weren't for you I would miss some really great gem of games
Great list. Haven’t heard of most of these games
Hells yeah, give Vintage Story some love!
Been playing SCUM since 2018 (over 1000hrs) and have never been on a server single player only. With the 0.9 update that released last week it's starting to get fleshed out for quests to be added in. Would highly recommend this game to anyone.
I haven't been playing it nearly that long but, I do have over 3k hours in Scum. I got bored with single player and have been playing on PVE servers. I'm on a really good one now. IMO it's so much better.
@@flash1259 I agree! PVE is like Single player but can interact with other players.
@@safetsabani7919 Even if I don't interact much with other players i still like it better.
thought u would talk about The Long Dark Survival. Love it.
great list of games!!!! now i wanna play all of these games...
Scum is an absolutely amazing game. Severely underrated and lacking in exposure, this game deserves more attention.
You guys are the best at exposing underground gems
I've been playing Scum since it's initial launch into early access. And it's still one of my all time favorites
its a good day when gameranx uploads. also beamng drive has been in early access on steam for nearly 10 years
my fave twitch streamer has been playing SCUM a bit recently since the update, he's loving it and so is his chat, really good but haaaard fun!!
The takedown in chernobilite sounded like the guy crapped his pants when you choked him out 😂
Surprised The Long Dark isn’t on this list. As far as survival games go, I feel it’s always under appreciated.
strange considering the non steam game of vintage story is num 1.
Thank you for mentioning vintage story! I have about 200 hours in it and unfortunately ended up quitting due to player base on server dying off.
I can't believe you didn't put long dark on the list. I'll never forgive you.
I love the genre, and almost always enjoy the games I have played. I am more of a console gamer though, and would love to see a list like this for consoles.
Thanks for the video.
I now understand why these games are ignored. 😂
I actually bought Vintage Story Ages and completely forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder!
Scum is actually a very good game constantly being updated I quite enjoy it
Ive played Scum for years and always enjoyed it. They didn’t exactly use interesting footage for it unfortunately.
Finally someone who has done their homework and knows about Survivalist Invisible Strain!
Holy shit a shout out to vintage story.. only found out about this game a few months so crazy to see it here
Ah i was just about to commenting where is Green Hell while first looking at the list from the chapter point, but then you said it on the first list... Thank you! Now I want to try every games in this list...
I just gotta say these top 10 videos are a good break from the negative things all over the internet, i try and limit my time somewhat but it seems like most of the shit i watch is always bad news and you guys always come through with just regular content that doesnt stress me out
My first survival game was Conan Exiles, and once I understood the nature of game, I was hooked. After that I played Ark, and that sealed the deal - now, it's one of my favorite genres!
Not a survival game, but card survival reminded me of Stacklands, and that game definetly needs more of a spotlight
Vintage story is actually a mod for minecraft that become its own game, terrafirmacraft, ofc they dont look so much alike now, but when it was new, they were very similar.
Conan Exiles is always ignored. It's never talked about. SCUM, Astroneer and V Rising are all pretty popular and considered games among people who play survival games. Conan is often ignored entirely because of it's horrible launch. It suffers the same issues every one of these other games do with exploits/hackers and bugs. Not a single survival game exists without them. These issues aside, it has the best and most developed building system.
Conan is a very good survival game, I'd suggest most to play it Single Player with few recommended mods by community.
DYSMANTLE is another one that is a decent lite survival game.
Needs the DLCs though.
@@BlingBoyOto I have a private server + play on official. It's fine until hackers come around.
Gameranx my home❤
Eymperium is fantastic! Especially after you play vanilla for bit then get into reforged eden. The workshop is perfect if you don't have the time or patience to build your own stuff, plus there is some amazing stuff on there!
I'm playing V Rising right now and I LOVE it
Excellent list. Would have liked to see Subsistence included.
I was wondering how long until Vintage Story showed up in one of these videos.
Thanks for some new games. Here's some more...Raft, Stranded Alien Dawn, 7 Days to Die, Stranded Deep, Subsistence, Long Dark, Hobo Tough life, Mist Survival...
I've been a dedicated SCUM player since 2019, and it is definitely the most advanced survival game. The issue comes from the Dev Team trying to balance community requests with their original vision. Every time an update gets released, which is roughly every 4-7 months, it breaks another central mechanic of the game. There used to be a myriad of vehicles in the game, for example, but at the time of this comment there are only 2 cars, a small motorboat, a dirt bike, and a bicycle. At the same time, we now have a fully functional metabolism and medical system now, whereas it used to be a boiled-down version.
Nevertheless, I always recommend SCUM over DayZ, Ark, and Conan. The graphics and gun play are great, if you can muster up the patience required to be a SCUM fan.
lol good one man
Scum: In development, most similar game Dayz people stuck with due to familiarity and didn't see as worth switching a like-for-like while it was still in early development but I don't doubt over time if they make it good that will change.
Chernobylite: About as much survival as looking after the camp in RDR2, more mild management ig a bit like tomb raider but trying to feed others, not yourself.
Empyrion: Sort of lost the 'space race' to Space Engineers in terms of graphics, features and player count but is actually a better survival game, if you like the 'look' of Empyrion but also don't like the looks i.e. graphics, hud etc and you want to mine resources, refine them, build bases, space stations and spaceships then fly into procedural endless space take a look at Space Engineers but the survival is again tomb raidery, Oxygen, fuel and enemies are the survival, not food/water.
Planet crafter: didn't get much of a look in for the same reason as SCUM, was in very early development and I believe still in development. Mostly ignored due to better alternatives (such as subnautica) with more features, better looking and more complete at the time.
Survivalist Invisible Strain: No comment, looks fun.
Astroneer: Not sure it belongs on this list, got plenty of attention from the audience it wanted and was covered hugely by media and reviewers at the time, I think it got fair attention at the time and maybe not so much anymore because newer better ones are available or the others from it's time were better received long term and stick around today (again Subnautica). A fun terrain mining game but I wouldn't personally say a 'real' survival game or that it was ignored.
Darkwood: Feels like the Rimworld of Project Zomboid, difficult, using all your loot and nearly dying isn't a reason to load a save, it means you lived.
V rising: Pretty cool, Divinity/Baldurs Gate with base building and real time combat. Largely ignored by the survival genre fans because... well, it's not really survival. I think most looking for 'Survival games' want games like Stranded deep and Raft and Green hell, not Mad Max (which is a great game) driving around fighting people Batman style and occasionally stopping to drink water or eating maggots.
Card Survival: Looks like it has the systems of survival games we all want but they never have the depth of. Would love to see this level of depth for a game like RDR2 and just have the everything matrix all in one game that looks and plays great (DayZ and Scum are probably the closest to making that a reality we have for now).
Vintage Story: Looks like Sevtech Ages but in a dedicated standalone, will have to give this one a go!