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Best Base-Building games on Steam	Price	Genre	Modes
94 RimWorld	$30	Sandbox, Strategy, Survival	Singleplayer
92 Factorio	$20.00	Realtime Strategy (RTS)	-
92 Terraria	$9.99	2D platformer / Minecraft-like	-
-- Subnautica	$19.99	Survival, Open world, Exploration	-
-- Starbound	-	Survival	-

RimWorld

Top Pro

Varying starting conditions and biome types

Top Con

Unrealistic building limitations

You can't build bases with more than one floor. This, however, can be overcome by mods. See More

ConfidentTulloun's Experience

This is a truly amazing game you can very easily spend hours in and not realize it. There's always something to be done, to the point that when there isn't some project I should be working on, some raid to fend off or some hunting accident to be confused by it feels.. odd. That doesn't happen very often though. And while there's always something you could be doing, you don't necessarily need to. (Besides maybe the raid.) You can micromanage all you want, but the game would be perfectly content if you loaded up youtube and watched a video while your colonists were finishing construction, or going about their daily routine. You don't have to be ever vigilant that something bad is going to happen either, as the game has a "pause on urgent notification" option, and turning bed rest/doctoring priorities up to 1 should keep them from accidentally killing themselves. There's a lot of variability, a lot of stories to be told. I can especially recommend this to people prone to making up their own stories in their head. This game is fodder for that, to the point where the different AI that control the events are called "storytellers." They each have their own unique feel, their own difficulty curve. Except Randy, of course- he doesn't give a fuck. He might give you a pod drop with 30 wooden feet or a pack of manhunting Yorkies- they're both equally likely. 10/10, one of the best games I've ever played. See More

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Genre:Sandbox, Strategy, Survival

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Always gives you a distinct experience, providing endless replayability

Repetition exists, but due to colonists having different traits and the Storyteller creating challenges rather unpredictably, your experience can vary wildly from one playthrough to the other, providing you with absolutely endless replayability. See More

Top Con

Uninspired graphics

Not that people have to play for the graphics, but at this point in development, better graphics should be available. See More

ImmaculateBerstuk's Experience

You tend to identify and actually care about your colonists in this game, which I think tends to be the most mentionable standout feature of Rimworld; they aren't just generic units. Gameplay naturally makes you identify with them, share in their moments joy and grief, struggles and triumphs. See More

Top Pro

Doesn't need a powerful PC to play

Top Con

Nothing very interesting to work towards

Typically you work towards rebuilding your ship and leaving the planet, so as to have a point, but that isn't an interesting goal to everyone, especially since you can very easily get attached to your colonists and play the game as a city-builder, rather than the way it's primarily designed for. In that regard, the game itself doesn't help you much, and you have to use mods. See More

Leon Werneck's Experience

Good difficulty with a super complex social system. Graphics are very meh, but you're not playing for them anyway. Annoyed immensely by the inability to build bases with more than one level. See More

Top Pro

You can micromanage to your heart's content

From not at all to managing every detail of each colonist's personality and try to build the perfect colony. See More

LogicalJulunggul's Experience

Low on content See More

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Moddable

Extensively moddable. Nearly every aspect of the game can be modded, and there are over ten thousand published mods. See More

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Customization available

Factorio

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Endlessly playable

Top Con

You love and play it too much

CleverSuurToll's Experience

excellent See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Overwhelmingly Positive

Genre:Realtime Strategy (RTS)

Co-Op:16+ Player Online (100+ has been done)

Top Pro

Rich modding community

From simple game enhancements, like being able to reach anything on the screen, to changing the difficulty of enemies or adding an experience system, Factorio is made to be modded and there's a large community making mods. See More

Top Con

Can become rather repetitive

There's really little payoff for being able to build really long chains of automation, it usually results in being able to open a new tech tree which allows the player to continue the process of building automation chains ad infinitum, which, admittedly can become rather boring after a while. See More

Matthew Drapigney Fluffysky's Experience

Best game ever created! See More

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Endless solutions

With proper planning users can "code" together very precise ways to create all the things needed for the game, some in very inventive ways that can differ quite a bit. This allows for tons of replayability. See More

Top Con

Still in Early Access

The game is still in Early Access which means there will be bugs as well as missing features. See More

CrediblePriapus's Experience

Excellent game that tests people ability not only to plan the resources, but to contain threats.... See More

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Massive and infinite procedurally generated world

The playing world is as large as you want to explore, it automatically generates it as you explore more areas. See More

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Cooperative or PvP building

Factorio also supports multiplayer, allowing many players to cooperate and assist each other, or work against each other in PvP. By default, multiplayer games run the CO-OP freeplay scenario where all players work together to launch a rocket with a satellite into space. See More

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Under active development

The game is still in Alpha which means endless future possibilities. See More

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Good developer communication and feedback

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Charming old school graphics

While not the most technically advanced graphics the look of the game is much like a game from the 90s but seeing it in action when an assembly line starts moving there is an impressiveness to it that suits the game quite well. See More

Terraria

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Large community

Terraria has a very large community as it is a very popular game. Released on just about every platform including mobile, PC/Mac/Linux, consoles, it allows for anyone to play no matter their prefered device. This also means that with many players comes many servers to play on as well as tutorials and Let's Plays. So finding content or help or just basic information on the game will be quite easy. See More

Top Con

Gameplay can feel slow

While there is little to show progress in the game over gaining many items and having many structures built, progress overall can be slow due to having to collect every item needed to craft the necessary tool, equipment and materials. This can be time consuming and may turn some people off. See More

Specs

Genre:2D platformer / Minecraft-like

Co-Op:8 Player Online / 8 Player LAN

Controller Support:Android (MOGA / HID), Steam (Full)

Top Pro

Encourages creativity for all ages

Terraria is like a 2D Minecraft, so you can alter the world around you and craft things, which teaches creativity and critical thinking skills. This is great for children who enjoy building and discovering new ways to tackle ideas just as it is great for adults who enjoy the same things. It also makes for a great objectiveless game where you can do just about anything you want, which allows for less stress due to being able to play at any pace the player likes. See More

Top Con

Progress can feel slow

Quite often you'll have to collect tons of materials to craft the necessary tools, equipment, and boss summoning items to advance. This can take a really long time, especially if you're unlucky with the items dropped by mobs. See More

Top Pro

Fun combat

It starts out simple, with you whacking away at slow moving zombies and flying eyes, gradually shifting to more fierce and fearsome enemies such as flying demons, agile lizardmen, and many more. To survive you'll have to be always on the move, dodge enemy attacks, and be accurate when you retaliate. There are also plenty of weapons to choose from. Melee weapons such as swords, hammers, lances, and flails. Ranged weapons such as bows, crossbows, rifles, and miniguns. And various items that allow you to cast spells. Whatever you choose, it feels great to destroy hordes of enemies. See More

Top Con

No tutorial and un-intuitive menus

There is no tutorial to speak of and the menu system can be a bit cumbersome and confusing. See More

Top Pro

Lots of community servers, tutorials, and streams

Terraria has a large community of players on every platform including mobile, desktop, and console. Because of this, there are many servers to play on, as well as tutorials and Let's Plays. Finding content or help getting started is quite easy. See More

Top Pro

2D retro-platformer style

Instead of building a deliberate feeling of suspense, Terraria uses bright palettes and arcade action to provide a fun experience outside of the survival elements. When those elements gradually appear one by one, each is all the more shocking from the contrast. See More

Top Pro

Allows for freedom of expression for all ages, all at your own pace

Terraria has all kinds of tools and materials you can use to build whatever you can imagine. From housing, to furniture, to weapons, to types of structure, the possibilities are almost endless. This is great for children who enjoy building and problem solving, and for adults who enjoy the same. It also makes for a great objective-less game, where you can do just about anything you want at your own pace. See More

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Multiplayer also an option with up to 8 player online co-op

Up to 8 online players can be invited to join a shared Terraria world, including worlds that are also used in single-player mode. This allows for large co-op or PvP games to be played, for those that are interested, meaning you can choose how you play. Build something big together, or destroy the other guy's base. See More

Top Pro

Extensive crafting system

The vast majority of items in Terraria can be used to create other items, often requiring specific crafting stations (which themselves must be crafted). This is the core of character advancement, since gear defines nearly everything about your character. See More

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Playing with friends allows for endless scenarios

Up to 8 players can join any Terraria world. You can progress through the game normally, build a race course and compete in it, or split into factions and wage war against each other. The scenarios are endless, you just have to let loose your creativity. See More

16 Other Games Considered

Subnautica

Top Pro

Engaging gameplay

From the story and gameplay to the graphics and audio, this game truly sucks you in. Whether you're chasing food fish near the surface or you're 2 miles down and frantically swimming away from deep sea monsters so big that they would make a blue whale panic, every aspect of this game is so well thought out - despite being in early access - that this could truly become a game that lives for a much longer time than its price tag would suggest. See More

Top Con

Lacks co-op

This game was meant to be a survival game (and a bit of horror), most survival games are difficult, may get boring to play alone after time and this game has both. Having a second survivor in the story would mean to rewrite it again, but having a friend in an alien world would be better. See More

AssertiveQucumatz's Experience

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Specs

Steam Rating:Overwhelmingly Positive

Genre:Survival, Open world, Exploration

Controller Support:Full

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Great theme and looks

The game takes place underwater, and with that it looks quite good for an underwater game. Looking up at the sun through the ocean looks pleasant and real. Coral reefs have multiple colors and look real as well. Graphics wise this game looks great and pulls off its theme of an underwater survival quite well. See More

Top Con

No real story

A bit underdeveloped story. Only in notes and some short cgi animations. See More

Top Pro

Interesting creature design

The creature design in Subnautica deserves some major praise. Spotting a new, never seen before creature is extremely rewarding and there's a large variety of alien creatures to look for. See More

Top Con

Laggy

Top Pro

Incredibly satisfying tool-building mechanics

The whole process of creating new tools is mostly done using a sophisticated 3D-printer available from the start of the game. You gather various resources and transform them to create tools that you will need for your survival. For example, organic matter gets printed into raw carbon, combine carbon with some zinc and you get a battery; combine that battery with some glass and you get a flashlight that helps you see in the dark. It's very straightforward but incredibly satisfying when you build your tools, especially since you are doing all of this while swimming in an ocean filled with predators. See More

Top Con

Early access

The game is still in early access, so that means there may be bugs and unfinished areas or features of the game. See More

Top Pro

Has a mode for people who just want to explore

Subnautica has four game modes: survival, freedom, hardcore, and creative. The first one pits the player against the elements and forces them to think about food and water through its thirst and hunger mechanics. The second game mode basically removes every mechanic that is related to surviving, such as the aforementioned hunger and thirst mechanics. It also leaves all the items in your inventory after you die. In other words, it's a game mode for people who want to explore without having to bother with surviving. Which is nice, since Subnautica has a lot of stuff to explore. The third one, as the name tells us, is more difficult. Not only do you have to worry about health, oxygen, water and hunger, you will have to worry about your life. Since this game mode gives you one chance to live, no respawning. If you die, you'll lose your progress and will have to start over again. The fourth one will let you build a base of your dreams without worrying about food, oxygen, or thirst. It is the best mode for people who want to build and don't want to gather resources. See More

Top Pro

The sound effects really set up the overall atmosphere

The sound design in Subnautica is amazing. Even though the soundtrack can be bland at times, the sound effects for the ocean noises are incredibly atmospheric and really help to get the player in the mood for exploring a vast, alien ocean. See More

Top Pro

Very interesting for both new and long-time players

But it goes faster when you learn the game. Because everything is done manually. See More

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No pointless multiplayer

Not every damn thing needs multiplayer, and multiplayer can often ruin an otherwise incredible experience. There's none to be found here, and that intensifies the lonely atmosphere. Also, the creators didn't waste resources on something that would fundamentally undermine the experience so they could focus on making the game the wonderful thing that it is. See More

Starbound

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Incredibly deep gameplay

The exploration, crafting and combat are all both very polished and deep in terms of what you can do, especially compared to other games in the genre. This makes the sandbox very fun to play in as you're never really stuck doing the same thing over and over. See More

Top Con

No reason to stick around on a planet

Thousands of worlds to visit, and none of them with any real depth. See More

InsightfulBalor's Experience

more story driven than terraria but at least if not even more fun on playing solo See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Co-Op:Online Co-Op/PvP

Top Pro

Informative and well paced tutorials

Starbound allows the player to go at their own pace while completing the tutorials. By the end of the tutorials the player will have the skills and equipment to succeed in the game and have fun doing it. See More

Top Con

First few hours are boring

Initially the player needs to amass enough coal to fuel their ship, which is a bit of a grind. It's been in Early Access for an entire year. See More

Top Pro

Story Quests

Makes it more Singleplayer friendly. See More

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Boss levels

For what is a procedurally generated game, Starbound offers boss levels that once beaten unlock new sectors of space to explore. See More

Stronghold Crusader HD

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Deep yet intuitive interface

Many options are available in the game along with good tutorials that introduce the player to these. While not all options are necessary the inclusion of them is welcome for those that would like to take advantage of them. See More

Top Con

Lacks polish in some areas

Things like buttons on the bottom of the screen that are not intuitively placed as well as notifications that can not be filtered to the more important. This can detract from the gameplay as it is immersion breaking to have to rifle through inconvenient button placement as well as notifications looking for what you need at the time. See More

Specs

Genre:Real-Time Strategy

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Great for RTS beginners

Easy to learn mechanics of economy, castle building and army production. Does not overwhelm players with choices. See More

Dwarf Fortress

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Massive randomly-generated worlds persist across multiple games

Estimating one meter per tile, the smallest possible Dwarf Fortress world is roughly 13 kilometers on each side, and about 400 layers deep. The largest world is about 197 kilometers (123 miles) on each side. Each world has its own randomly-generated history with thousands of notable figures, warring factions, and numerous settlements of various races. Any number of fortresses and/or adventurers can be played in a particular world, though only one at a time. See More

Top Con

Controls are complex and often counterintuitive

New players are advised to read the Quickstart Guide. Dwarf Fortress takes a lot of patience to learn. Even something as basic and early as world creation might take a guide to understand the first time around. It doesn't really matter how experienced of a gamer you are; if you try to play this game without a guide, you're going to have a hard time. See More

Specs

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Renowned for depth of simulation and emergent gameplay

The ultimate goal of Dwarf Fortress is no less than a total fantasy world simulator. Its simulated systems include geology, metallurgy, fluid pressure, temperature, combustion and phase transitions (melting, evaporation, etc.), shear and tensile strength, ballistics and gravity, anatomy and tissue damage, growth and maturation of animals and plants, emotional states, life goals, and alcohol dependence. See More

The Forest

Top Pro

Immersive survival experience

Top Con

It sucks

The constant destruction of armor with no repair option See More

PleasantMimas's Experience

Overall great game, kinda leave the story for you to find our by yourself. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Overwhelmingly Positive

Top Pro

Great graphics

The graphics really stand out in The Forest, from the realistic looking foliage to the terrifying creatures in the forest. Remarkably the graphics are on par with any AAA game, which is quite a feat for an indie game. See More

Top Con

No real tutorial

Doesn't really explain much. See More

OpinionatedNingishzida's Experience

Discontinued support. Feels greatly unfinished as a product. See More

Top Pro

Awesome AI

The AI is really cool and will hunt around for the player. Also if the player kills or injures one of the tribesmen many times they will try to drag the body away or even cry over it. See More

Top Con

Never left Alpha in all but name

GregariousHarmonia's Experience

This game is sick, especially at the very beginning. You have to defend See More

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Replay value

Hundreds of hours well spent. See More

Top Con

Still in development

Changes on a two-week interval. See More

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Multiplayer available

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Peaceful mode as well as difficulty settings

Oxygen Not Included

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Realistic game mechanics

For a light-hearted game, Oxygen Not Included takes laws of physics and biology very seriously. Characters, or Duplicants, require regular meals and fresh water. They can hold their breath, but only for a limited time. Extremely cold and hot temperatures hurt them. Given high enough stress level, they can even experience nervous breakdown that causes them to vomit excessively or start binge-eating colonie's food supplies. See More

Top Con

Maps are limited in size, causing you to eventually lose

Since the map size is limited, so is the supply of resources, meaning that sooner or later you invariably loose the game. DISPUTE: Through the use of space exploration and natural geysers, it is possible to make an infinitely sustainable base in ONI See More

RickZeeland's Experience

Now on offer for only 9,19€ See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Overwhelmingly Positive

Co-Op:Single Player

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Requires advanced planning

This game provides a real challenge when it comes to planning your base's inner layout. You need to take into account gas and fluid dynamics to ensure that your Duplicants have breathable air and aren't intoxicated by contaminated water. See More

CrediblePriapus's Experience

Great game ever changing... so many maps and challenges it is endless fun1 See More

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Loveable, cute characters

Every Duplicant has a name and unique appearance, as well as personal traits. They are very cute and funny, which makes you fully invested in their well-being. See More

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Replayability

Maps are generated from a random seed, with many world templates (Asteroid types), and plenty of mods to increase or decrease difficulty, or add content See More

7 Days to Die

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Robust crafting system

Create everything from a chainsaw to various guns to defenses for your fort - the crafting system lists what you can make with the materials you currently have in the player's inventory. See More

Top Con

Tedious grind just to not starve.

The game is less about players vs. zombies but players vs. starvation as food is super-scarce. Anything you find and try eat poisons you, (even if you cook it!) making you even more hungry and leaving you sick on top. See More

EnergeticGangrimDoryeong's Experience

Definetaly recommend after 300+ hours See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:Survival / Open World

Controller Support:No

Top Pro

Upgrade paths for nearly all building materials

When building your base you start with low quality materials, and you can upgrade them with new materials as you go instead of having to remove them to replace them with better ones. See More

Top Con

People who dislike Minecraft will dislike this game

If you like Minecraft, you might like this game, a lot actually. But if you HATE Minecraft, you'll quickly realize this game is basically Minecraft with better graphics. It just downright sucks. See More

CromulentClio's Experience

on console no update since game release real sick See More

Top Pro

Single, co-op, and multiplayer gameplay modes

Three different play modes including solo, with friends, or competitively over the internet. See More

Top Con

Out of touch Dev team

The developers constantly rework the game, breaking things that worked well while ignoring problems and community feedback. See More

Top Pro

Randomly generated open worlds

Recently added in the Alpha 9 release, randomly generated worlds allow the player a new play experience every time they open up the game. This means every server will have a different dynamic based on their layout of the world. See More

Top Con

Really laggy even on high end PCs

Can only get 20 fps on high settings, even on an PC with GTX 960 and Intel i5-4690k. See More

Top Pro

Unique combination of voxel & polygon models with fun physics

The game is a mix between a voxel world and full polygon models for buildings, making for a versatile survival based world that brings exploration and creation to the zombie survival genre. Structural integrity is a real thing in 7 Days To Die. That means there cannot be unsupported floating blocks. The player can set up traps to take out hordes of zombies with a falling building. Weapons will break and crumble but can also be forged to be awesome, and food will spoil so the player must cook and maintain supplies. See More

Top Con

Crafting system is constantly getting dumbed down

Even though 7D2D is supposed to be a hard survival game (and most of the time it is), the crafting system is getting constantly dumbed down with new releases. For example, previously you had sticks, planks, and logs. Sticks could not be used to build huge wood log walls or frames. While now there's no more different kinds of wood and you simply punch a bush to get some wood. See More

Top Pro

What you build is not only for creativity, but also for gameplay purposes

In 7DTD players don't build their homes only as bases or places to sleep in, or build cool looking things just for the fun of it and to test their skills. Every 7 days, a large horde of zombies will attack the player wherever he or she is, trying to destroy them and what stands in the way of the player and the horde. This is why the player needs to think about how to build traps that will help them kill a lot of zombies and how to make a strong enough house that will not be destroyed easily. See More

Top Con

Currently in Early Access

While the game is currently selling for $24.99, it isn't actually finished yet, so there will be bugs. Be sure to adjust your expectations accordingly before making the investment. See More

Top Pro

Great replayability

No matter how many times you start a new game (random gen) you will never get the same experience. The crafting is the same, enemies are the same, game mechanics are the same but the gameplay is not. If you add the mods available for this game then you will have a whole new experience with added/altered crafting, different enemies, more quests etc... See More

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Fully moddable

(WIP) The game should eventually be fully moddable. See More

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Constant sense of vulnerability, which keeps the player alert and on edge the whole time

As the player makes progress in the game by interacting with the environment, killing zombies or building things, they are rewarded with skill points that can be used to unlock new skills such as combat strength, higher stamina or new crafting options. But even though the skill system can seemingly make the game easier, the severity and size of the zombie hordes will keep increasing with the time spent in game and the progress made by the player, keeping them on the edge and making them feel a constant pressure that an attack may come at any time and that they should be prepared. See More

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Robust crafting system that allows the players imagination to run wild with possibilities

Create everything from a chainsaw to various guns to defenses for your fort - the crafting system lists what you can make with the materials you currently have in the player's inventory. See More

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Creative mode gives the player a section to just trial things out in, for fun

The game allows players to make custom maps without zombies attacking to set up scenarios or make player made game types. See More

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Randomly generated open worlds makes for a ton of replayability, as each playthrough is never the same

Recently added in the Alpha 9 release, randomly generated worlds allow the player a new play experience every time they open up the game. This means every server will have a different dynamic based on their layout of the world. See More

Top Pro

Unique combination of voxel and polygon models, which makes for pretty fun physics

The game is a mix between a voxel world and full polygon models for buildings, making for a versatile survival based world that brings exploration and creation to the zombie survival genre. Structural integrity is a real thing in 7 Days To Die. That means there cannot be unsupported floating blocks. The player can set up traps to take out hordes of zombies with a falling building. Weapons will break and crumble but can also be forged to be awesome, and food will spoil so the player must cook and maintain supplies. See More

Top Pro

Single, co-op, and multiplayer gameplay modes give plenty of choice as to how one would like to tackle the game

Three different play modes including solo, with friends, or competitively over the internet gives a lot of choice as to how someone would like to play the game. Be it with friends or solo, the options are there. See More

Top Pro

Creative mode

The game allows players to make custom maps without zombies attacking to set up scenarios or make player made game types. See More

Don't Starve Together

Top Con

Constant restarts can be drawn out and boring

The beginning of a playthrough starts out pretty slow, which is exacerbated by the fact that the player will need to restart many many times as the game is a rouguelike, so permanent death is something that will be encountered often. See More

Top Pro

Lots of replayability

With randomly generated (customizable) levels, different characters, ever-unfolding story elements, and permadeath, the game offers a lot of variety within the goal of constantly striving to survive longer. See More

Specs

Genre:Roguelike, Survival, Horror

Co-Op:2-4 Player Local

Top Con

Can get repetitive

You'll have to repeatedly collect a lot of basic materials like twigs, grass, and ore. This is because most of the starting recipes share the same required materials. Even later in the game you'll be doing many repetitive tasks. Gathering enough firewood for winter is especially bad because you have to chop down dozens of trees. All of this is made worse by the limited inventory space, causing you to make the same trip multiple times. See More

Top Pro

Easy to get started but has a lot of depth

The game starts out easy, with very little in terms of mechanics, and the single objective of not starving. Then, over time, new mechanics are introduced as you explore more of the game world. The game provides very little guidance, leaving players to figure out how things work for themselves. In addition to game mechanics, even goals and story elements are unveiled organically over time. See More

Top Con

Steep learning curve

The first few attempts will last only a couple of in-game days. This is because the game has various punishing mechanics, which you can only learn through trial and error. One such mechanic is the darkness, which will kill you in under a minute if you don't have a light source. Followed by packs of hounds that randomly spawn to kill you. In most cases preparation is key and you can't prepare without knowledge. See More

Top Pro

Very active modding community with numerous mods available

Using the Steam Workshop, Don't Starve has a very active modding community. With nearly 800 mods currently available, there are unlimited ways you can change your Don't Starve experience. See More

Top Con

Game's advertised part is its worst part

Survival by planning is fun but survival by being quick is not. See More

Top Pro

Pleasantly twisted sense of humor

Random quips from characters, infotext and the world itself (such as the existence of werepigs) show glimpses of a dark sense of humor throughout. See More

Top Con

Much grinding

The game requires quite a lot of grinding in order to gather materials that can be used to craft needed items. It is a slow process that may get repetitive as it will have to be repeated any time the player dies. See More

Top Pro

Great story generator

Goals and story elements are unveiled organically over time and they are different in each playthrough. See More

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Fun crafting system

You need to learn how to craft a variety of things, from farms to ensure a steady supply of food to items like weapons and armor so you can survive the various evils you encounter while exploring. The crafting system has a lot of depth to it and there are hundreds and hundreds of things to make. See More

Top Pro

Rewarding roguelike gameplay

The basic gameplay revolves around gathering resources for crafting in a wilderness where the flora and fauna are constantly trying to kill you. Levels are procedurally generated. See More

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Uniquely atmospheric art style

Don't Starve has a very unique art style, using two dimensional or 2d characters and items in a 3d world gives a very interesting artsy feel to the game. The hand drawn look and feel to the graphics are a nice change of pace from ultra realistic games, but it doesn't take away from the suspense. See More

Top Pro

Easily customized to adjust difficulty

The game gives you a lot of world customization options. You can change the length of day, weather patterns, how much of each monster or resource spawns, etc. This effectively allows you to adjust how difficult you wish the game to be. See More

Top Pro

There's never a dull moment

As the game progresses, it offers more and more mechanics that require constant attention to function properly. It becomes a constant re-evaluation of risk and reward. See More

Minecraft

Top Pro

Randomly generated worlds and distinct locations keep the gameplay fresh

Each new world is randomly generated, making for a different experience every time. There can be plains, rivers, beaches, ravines, giant mountains, hidden villages, and a lot more. There are also 38 biomes, which includes snow, desert, forest, swamp among others. Each one has its own set of unique blocks, plant life, and creatures. You won't get tired of exploring above ground or underground because every location will seem new and exciting. See More

Top Con

Lack of meaningful story mode

There is no story mode in Minecraft: there is only a create mode or a survival mode. Neither, however, supply any kind of story or background as regard what is going on in the game. See More

Specs

Genre:Indie / Survival / Sandbox

Co-Op:8 Player Online / 4 Player Couch / 8 Player LAN/ Infinite Player Servers

Controller Support:Yes

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Local multiplayer option for when there is no internet

Minecraft can be played by 4 players locally via splitscreen. This makes it a great way spend time with your friends and family when you don't have access to the internet. See More

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Amazing extended community

The community surrounding this game is huge due to its popularity. There are lots of servers and projects revolving around it that allow for so many different choices in how one wants to play and who they want to play with. From crafting guides/videos, themed servers and YouTube play sessions, there is enough out there to help one find what they are looking for. See More

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Great creativity tool

If you prefer building, creative mode is the way to go. It immediately gives you unlimited blocks, the ability to fly, and immortality. This allows you to easily build anything you want without worrying about height or enemies. Things like giant castles, villages, roller coasters, and even unique builds such as the Enterprise from Star Trek. You can really let your creativity loose. See More

Don't Starve

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Easily customized thanks to being able to adjust difficulty on the fly

The game gives you a lot of world customization options. You can change the length of day, weather patterns, how much of each monster or resource spawns, etc. This effectively allows you to adjust how difficult you wish the game to be. See More

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Constant restarts can be drawn out and boring

The beginning of a playthrough starts out pretty slow, which is exacerbated by the fact that the player will need to restart many many times as the game is a rouguelike, so permanent death is something that will be encountered often. See More

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

Genre:Survival / Open World / Sandbox / Indie

Controller Support:Full

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Very active modding community with numerous mods available allows for a lot of replayability and customization

Using the Steam Workshop, Don't Starve has a very active modding community. With nearly 800 mods currently available, there are unlimited ways you can change your Don't Starve experience. See More

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Uniquely atmospheric art style that gives a polished look that is difficult to match

Don't Starve has a very unique art style, using two dimensional or 2D characters and items in a 3D world gives a very interesting artsy feel to the game. The hand drawn look and feel to the graphics are a nice change of pace from ultra realistic games, but it doesnt take away from the suspense. See More

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There's never a dull moment

As the game progresses, it offers more and more mechanics that require constant attention to function properly. It becomes a constant re-evaluation of risk and reward. See More

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Randomly generated worlds

Don't Starve generates a completely new game world for every new game, and since you only get one life per game, you will be seeing a lot of different worlds. All of the lands and items will be totally new on every try. See More

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Pleasantly twisted sense of humor

Random quips from characters, info, text and the world itself (such as the existence of werepigs) show glimpses of a dark sense of humor throughout. See More

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Challenging arcade style game play, with permadeath

Don't Starve is a classic example of "Easy to play, tough to master". The game play is very easy to learn, in fact Don't Starve doesn't really tell you how to play, you just point and click. Some items will be clickable, exploration leads to discoveries, and discoveries lead to longer survival, but death and a new game are always right around the corner. See More

Rust

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Base building allows for less punishing gameplay

Because you can build your base that you respawn back to when killed, losing only what you had on you at the time of death, it allows getting back to where you left off quickly. See More

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Not yet finished (buggy)

Since it's a Steam Early Access game it still has lots of glitches, placeholder text and unreliable infrastructure. But for all its unfinished nature, it's surprisingly playable. See More

TolerantEos's Experience

Amazing Game...... It's a bit rough if you aren't good at pvp. But I still play. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Very Positive

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Non-PvP servers are available

If worrying that another player might kill you and loot your corpse is not your thing, or if you don't want to deal with someone constantly harassing your base, there are servers available that take away the risk of other player's malicious behavior. See More

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Building system is simple, efficient and intuitive

Hold a key while holding a hammer, and with your cursor, select the piece you want to build. Upgrading a piece of building is done in the same fashion. See More

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Game's multiplayer nature creates psychological tension

While there's obviously potential for working together with other players towards achieving certain goals, the more likely scenario is someone trying to kill you to get your stuff. Or even worse, deceiving you in working together to achieve a particularly difficult goal only to stab you in the back when you're not needed anymore. It's easier to take stuff from someone else than gather it yourself. And since your base is a the perfect bullseye to other players, there is constant threat of griefing. See More

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Lots of variety in ways to die

Fauna, including bears and wolves, is trying to kill you, radiation, that's ever-present, is trying to kill you, zombies, in a multitude of colors, are trying to kill you, other players on the server, equipped with guns, are most definitely trying to kill you, and you, yourself, if you don't find food, will die. See More

Satisfactory

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Good graphics & mecanics

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It can become a grind if you take too long to learn the building

If you don't get the way of how and what to build eventually you will find yourself in a huge grind. See More

DashingNibhaz's Experience

I found it easy to start with Satisfactory. The graphics are inviting and building is quite simple. It gets more difficult when you get further but, I'd argue, not overly so. Especially given the fact that you can take as long as you like and build to the scale you want. The "tiers" can be played through quickly or you can choose to stay at tier x for as long as you want. Easily the best building game out there right now! See More

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Easy to Learn

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Fun with friends

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Multiplayer available

ARK: Survival Evolved

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The game can become a grind

At the higher levels, it begins to take a very, very long time to level up (unless you're playing on a custom server). This can make the game tedious to play for some people. See More

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Excellent breeding/taming sytems

AgreeableTonacatecuhtli's Experience

Amazing game. Spent a whole christmas's worth of money on it. U will need a beefy computer tho. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Mostly Positive

Genre:Action-Adventure, Survival

Top Con

Bad building mechanics

Issues with the snapping points of walls, foundations, pillars and ceilings... See More

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Increased customization thanks to player-created servers

Ark has hundreds, if not thousands, of great custom servers. You can control things such as PvP, experience, gathering, and taming rates, set things up so there's no griefing (constantly bullying a player or group of players), and the difficulty of the creatures. See More

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Lag issues

ARK suffers from lag issues which get worse the more people log on. See More

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The game makes you want to explore, craft, and fight to make the most of its progressive crafting system

Ark is unlike many survival games in that you attain levels as you progress. As you level higher and higher, you gain access to more craftable items. Some are just more powerful versions of lower-tier items (such as leather armor vs. cloth armor), but most are brand new (such as firearms, scuba gear, and saddles for more powerful dinosaurs). This really drives you to explore more areas to find rarer resources and fight stronger dinosaurs. See More

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Hard for some PCs to run

Ark is kind of a resource hog - it's not very well optimized and that can cause many players to experience slow graphics. See More

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Tribal aspects

Users can form a tribe with other online users to for a community. This community can now band together in order to build and grow as well as team up against other tribes. This makes for a fun experience with friends and other players as it requires teamwork in order to be successful. See More

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Open world survival

It is too easy to die and lose all progress. See More

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You can tame and mount nearly every creature in the game

From the small, quick raptor to the massive, vicious giganotosaurus, you can mount nearly any dinosaur in the game. There's huge, flying dinosaurs, aquatic dinosaurs, some that are like walking fortresses, and others that can take those down. See More

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Buggy

Ark has been fully released on August 2017, but bugs are still easily found and many areas of the game lack polish. See More

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You can share materials, dinosaurs, and structures by forming (or joining!) a tribe with your friends

Users can form a tribe with other online users to for a community. This community can now band together in order to build and grow as well as team up against other tribes. This makes for a fun experience with friends and other players as it requires teamwork in order to be successful. See More

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Anti-cheat issues

ARK has started using an anti-cheat tool called Battleye, this has so far broken Linux and Mac support for using official servers. Battleye has also had some issues with banning legit users and does not have a very good reputation. These issues add up to many angry players who paid for the game but now can not play it. See More

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Good character creation

When starting a new game the player is allowed to choose between a man or woman, from there is a plethora of option for making a character with a personalized or individualistic look. See More

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Stunningly beautiful

The landscape, creatures, structures, even other players are all gorgeous. The textures are seamless, and the character/dinosaur models are just great. The environment ranges from lush green forests, to snowcapped mountains, to incredible coastal views. When you combine all of these things, it adds up to being simply breathtaking. See More

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An absolutely fantastic community

The community for Ark is simply great. Whether you're talking about custom servers, the modding community, or just the playerbase in general, there's always people around to help out with any questions you might have. See More

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Steam Rating:Very Positive

Metal Gear Survive

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Combat is bland and boring

Whether you're fighting with a spear or a bow and arrow, combat is incredibly bland, with the same repeating animations over and over. Battles with spears are the worst offenders, since your character will do the same 1-2-3 motion over and over again. Combat lacks weight and realism and will probably get on your nerves after a while from how uninspired it feels. See More

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Base-building is great for those who like to micromanage small details

As you collect resources like metals and wood from around the open world, you'll return to your base where you can improve the structures to better protect you from the zombie invasion. Building more walls and tougher enclosures will be your main focus to help make sure you have a place to escape from the harsh environments filled with zombies everywhere else. If you're diligent about collecting materials, you can build some sturdy additions to your home base to help you have a safe place to return to. It's a solid feature that makes resource collecting feel worthwhile with a payoff, especially if you like keeping track of small details. See More

InquisitiveHomados's Experience

Don't. See More

Specs

Steam Rating:Mostly Positive

Genre:Action-Adventure, Survival

Top Con

Extra save slots locked behind real money purchases

It's frustrating that you can only have one save file for free. If you want to make a new save slot for another playthrough, you'll have to fork over $9.99 USD first. Gating such an integral game mechanic behind a microtransaction is unnecessary. See More

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Smooth graphics

The Fox Engine used for Metal Gear Survive looks great, with human faces and models that look believable, and great textures for environments. Characters are fine to look at during cutscenes, almost true-to-life in how realistic they seem at times. Even though the open world itself is pretty empty, it's realistic enough with smooth surfaces for the ground and bodies of water. For the most part, everything is pleasing to the eye and you might not notice anything all that jarring or out of place. See More

GenuinePuhaorangi's Experience

Basically MGSV but you get a spear and you fight puppet soldiers. See More

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Bare-bones, tacked-on multiplayer

The multiplayer is basically the same horde mode against countless zombies, except you get to play with other people. Nothing feels new or exciting here, other than how easy it is to obtain resources here compared to the tedium of single-player mode. Other than that, it's the same gameplay with the added frustrations from the terrible matchmaking system and long load times, forcing you to wait for minutes at a time to play a single match. See More

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Only costs $39.99 USD at launch

The game is a bargain right away, costing less than most retail non-indie games at launch. If you don't want to pay the usual price to purchase other new games, then this is an option for you. See More

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Phoned-in story presentation

Cutscenes are really boring, lacking the inventiveness that the Metal Gear series is known for. There isn't much flavor to the cutscenes or voice acting to keep you invested in the story. Important segments will show slides of dialog with the character's picture while their voice actors drone on as they oversupply you with information about operations. Everything has a staleness about it that feels dated and passionless. See More

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Fights against zombies are easily exploitable

At first, you'll notice that zombies do quite a lot of damage to you, but there are a few simple ways to deal with them that cheapens the entire game. Hitting enemies while you're on higher ground from them keeps you from taking any damage whatsoever, making these battles trivial. You'll be free to whack away at them with your spear while they just run into the cliff or bridge or whatever you find yourself standing on. You can also build a gated fence when you don't have any higher ground to stand on, and the zombies will, for the most part, keep running into the gate while you hit them through the wall. These are such boring workarounds, but they're sadly the best ways to deal with enemies and avoid damage altogether. See More

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Hunger, thirst, and stamina reminders are a pain

As you run around the world, you'll have to manage your hunger, thirst, and stamina, with constant reminders from the game when you need to watch out for these three things. Your AI companion is in charge of telling you when you need to eat food, drink water, or slow down to conserve your stamina. Her robotic voice is monotone and uninteresting, growing annoying after listening to it over and over again. It'll more than likely drag on you after a while, possibly killing your enjoyment with the game. See More

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