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[WakeMeUp]

What are the most realistic survival games out there? I really like those, I currently play UnRealWorld, but I would like to see what is there besides that. Just no MMO, I beg you.

[gomez]

Wurm unlimited and cataclsym DDA are quite good survival games.

[Mephisto]

Wurm was mentioned so I'll throw Life is Feudal in as well. They're pretty similar if you look at them from a distance.

They're both technically intended to be multiplayer but there's nothing stopping you from playing by yourself.

[Flying Dice]

Seconding Cata:DDA, though keep in mind that it's only realistic in the sense of maintaining a fairly high degree of granularity in the simulation, as opposed to the setting.

If you're looking for a survival-shooter, the Exile mod for ArmA III is probably my favorite, and gives you the option of playing on servers that are PvE only (which basically only removes the possibility of griefing and getting ganked constantly, since ArmA AI can be set anywhere from "difficult" to "I just got headshot by a single bullet fired by a technical from 800m away". All in all it's much less gamey than most of its ilk, though it does suffer from the usual ArmA menu management simulator syndrome and construction is relatively limited (though functional enough within those limits).

Space Engineers in survival mode has a similar dynamic to the core survival mechanics of most such games, except that your key resources are oxygen for breathing, hydrogen for your jetpack, and refined uranium for ship/station systems. That, and once you manage to scrap your way out of the deep resource pit you start in, it's basically just a Newtonian-physics space building sim where you get to try to be a human Von Neumann machine.

[Ardent Debater]

If you don't mind the learning curve, or graphics, I'd recommend Unreal World. It's an Early Iron Age Survival game set in Northern Europe.

[Virtz]

Robinson's Requiem and Deus. Prepare to die of many diseases.

[Exerosp]

If you don't mind the learning curve, or graphics, I'd recommend Unreal World. It's an Early Iron Age Survival game set in Northern Europe.

He mentioned it in his first message!
But I guess I could recommend ARK Survival Evolved? People seem to like the singleplayer of it a lot

[Asgarus]

StarForge, Planet Explorers, Dwarf Fortress of course, 3069, 3079, 3089, 7 Days to Die, modded Minecraft (even if you don't like the vanilla game, there are sooo many great mods out there...), Don't Starve, ...

I suppose they are not quite what you are looking for. UnrealWorld is really focussed on the survival aspect, and most other games aren't as unforgiving But maybe one of the listed games will hook you for a while.

[Ardent Debater]

If you don't mind the learning curve, or graphics, I'd recommend Unreal World. It's an Early Iron Age Survival game set in Northern Europe.

He mentioned it in his first message!
But I guess I could recommend ARK Survival Evolved? People seem to like the singleplayer of it a lot

Oh. I really shouldn't post that late at night...

[Lucidvizion]

Stranded 2
Wayward  (can play the free version here:  http://www.unlok.ca/wayward/ )
Neo Scavenger


Unreal World and Cata: DDA really are the pinnacles of the genre though.  I wish there were more - though if there were I'd probably never play any other type of game.

[Drakale]

Oh man, Neo scavenger is both horrible and awesome.I hope they make a better version of it someday. As it is now, it's a bit weird and got some serious UI issues, but there are some really cool mechanics in there. I like the combat and the limited skillets you character can have in particular.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

Cataclysm: DDA is ridiculously tough.

[Cormack]

PTW

[MasterFancyPants]

Only 2 people have said Unreal World?!
http://www.unrealworld.fi/

It is a RL that is basically all about survival. I recommend you start without the tutorial. Your first game will feel like you really are trying to survive out in the wild, throwing rocks at rabbits, ect.

[cider]

Only 2 people have said Unreal World?!
http://www.unrealworld.fi/

It is a RL that is basically all about survival. I recommend you start without the tutorial. Your first game will feel like you really are trying to survive out in the wild, throwing rocks at rabbits, ect.

Only two people, one of which is the opening post...