Featured Survival Reviews

Is 7 Days to Die Worth Playing in 2026?
I have played and enjoyed 7 Days to Die for over a decade, but I must admit, some of the developers recent choices have left me feeling concerned.

Is ARK: Survival Evolved Worth Playing in 2026?
ARK: Survival Evolved had its day, and while Its day may be over, very few survival…

Is Soulmask Worth Playing?
When I originally reviewed Soulmask during Early Access, I felt it was one of the most…
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Is 7 Days to Die Worth Playing in 2026?
I have played and enjoyed 7 Days to Die for over a decade, but I must admit, some of the developers recent…

Is ARK: Survival Evolved Worth Playing in 2026?
ARK: Survival Evolved had its day, and while Its day may be over, very few survival games have ever had a day…

Is Soulmask Worth Playing?
When I originally reviewed Soulmask during Early Access, I felt it was one of the most interesting new survival games I had…

Is ARK: Survival Evolved Worth Playing?
While official support for ARK: Survival Evolved is at its end, Wildcard's first foray into the survival genre still has plenty to…

Is ARK: Survival Ascended Worth Playing?
It has taken a few years, but ARK: Survival Ascended is finally on the verge of becoming a better game than ARK:…

Is DayZ Worth Playing?
Despite being declared dead multiple times during its prolonged stay in early access, DayZ has proved its critics wrong by becoming the…

Is The Alters Worth Playing?
Despite being a new IP, The Alters feels like a high-quality remake of a 1990s PC adventure game in all the right,…

Is LEGO Fortnite: Odyssey Worth Playing?
While LEGO Fortnite Odyssey is not as popular as it once was, ultimately, it is still one of the most popular survival…

Is Soulmask Worth Playing?
While Soulmask goes a long way towards revitalising the sandbox survival genre, it's still early days, and some of the developer's design…

Is Enshrouded Worth Playing?
Enshrouded is a lot of fun, but it's hardly what I would call a traditional survival game.

Is Conan Exiles Worth Playing?
Conan Exiles manages to balance mature content with engaging gameplay in a way that most "adult-focused" titles have been unable to replicate.

Is 7 Days to Die Worth Playing?
7 Days to Die feels like a game that will remain in alpha development forever, and honestly, after playing it for the…

Is Rust Worth Playing?
Rust is one of the most influential titles in the history of PC gaming and Early Access, and while its hardcore gameplay…

Is Myth of Empires Worth Playing?
Myth of Empires, at the time of its early access launch, was the most exciting new survival game in several years; however,…

Is Scum Worth Playing?
After a promising start, a disastrous few years, and a return to glory, the world's most realistic survival game is about to…

Is Survive the Nights Worth Playing?
Survive the Nights is a decent zombie survival game in a market full of bigger, and ultimately better, titles.

Is Deadside Worth Playing?
Despite four years of early access and multiple post-launch updates, Deadside is still little more than a worse version of better games.

Is Night of the Dead Worth Playing?
Night of the Dead is an excellent attempt at making a "better survival game" that unfortunately falls just short of doing so.

Is Winter Survival Worth Playing?
While Winter Survival is a decent game and improves the winter survival formula in a few important ways, it still comes up…

Is Sunkenland Worth Playing?
Sunkenland is a decent game with plenty of potential; however, the developers' insistence on doing things "their way" will be its downfall…

Is Hurtworld Worth Playing?
While Hurtworld is not entirely dead, the vast majority of its small community has moved on, and with just 1 barely active…

Is Deadside Worth Playing?
Deadside is a fun but ultimately unrewarding survival game that lacks the legs to compete with more popular titles in the genre,…

Is Miscreated Worth Playing?
There is no reason to play Miscreated when so many better games exist in the same genre.

Is Atlas Worth Playing?
Atlas could still become something special, but floundering on the rocks for almost four years has done little to assure the survival…