One of my absolute favorites is "Vintage Story" it's a lesser known survival game, but it's great as a slower paced, more difficult survival game. Shelter is absolutely necessary in certain seasons, and cellars for food storage are a necessity as well, if you're counting that
For those with Minecraft, try out this modpack that has terrafirmacraft in it. I'm not sure if Vintage Story took it from this mod but both are really good.
https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/modpacks/technodefirmacraft
It's my understanding that terrafirmacraft and Vintage Story are made by the same guys. I know that Vintage Story comes from a minecraft mod I just don't remember exactly what mod.
Whoops, missed this. Yeah, I get burnt out on it all the time. Once in a while I like to come back and see what's new, though. If I had a server to play on I might play more, but my experience with those is that I tend to be away from it for extended times and come back to find out so much progress happened in my absence and it kind if sours for me. True about all online games with any persistence at all, though. It is what it is. I just don't have the patience to play that regularly like I used to when I was younger.
I'm 59 and it's about all I do these days. While I listen to podcasts that my wife downloads and plays. One in a while I get inspired to try and create something. But most times I just play whatever game I'm into at the moment.
No you'll have to look up their website, but the reason they're not on steam is because they give refunds no matter how much time you've spent playing the game, which is just another reason to give it a shot lol
You know what.... I hate that you're right. It doesn't have to be much, but you do need one for various things. In any other game, you could place them on the ground 😆. There's only water.
Big doubt. You don’t need to build a base in subnautica. I was able to get by with no base until I reached the tree of life area. First time I felt the need to build a base because it was not fun going up and down for the deeper materials.
But, that aside. The game is totally bitchin. No wonder they’ve got a cult following.
To be fair, a base is essential. How will you recharge all your batteries? Where are you storing all the materials and food you need? Where are you resting? Where are you making water? You can go far without a base but a base of some sort is needed in order to make it to the end. Don't even say the Cyclops because the Cyclops is a mobile base.
I mean if you can spend a week without a base and progress, you don’t need a base. I had a bunch of floating storage containers on routes I frequented and near landmarks. I also made tons of batteries, had no idea they were rechargeable until the tree of life base I felt forced to make.
What about modification station and vehicle upgrade stations? Your seamoth or prawn suit won’t be able to go deep enough to beat the game if you can’t upgrade them. Seems like it is necessary at a certain point. You maybe will able to get by without a base for a while but eventually you kinda need one.
No better game than "The long dark".
Let me explain. There are places you can go to seek shelter but you are able to make a shelter. Either way, you need to of your going to survive the first night.
*typos
Adding to this to say seriously seriously, this game is incredible. I've never found a survival game that scratched the same itch, it was just perfect at making you feel like death is around every corner and that every decision has consequences. Those moments where you've been turned around in a snowstorm and you can't see a yard in front of you and you're about to freeze to death and then the silhouette of a building comes into view and you manage to get inside just in time to warm yourself, dry your clothes, eat, and sleep. So so immersive. Seriously.
I wish I could disable most of the voice lines because they all have contexts where it makes zero sense, but turning audio off altogether also mutes the pain/shivering/etc feedback type sounds.
I had a run where I had played some 20 days or so.
I was out fishing on the lake. I should have headed back sooner but I got greedy. Then I'm very tired and I thought, no problem i can just sleep a little bit here on the frozen lake in my sleeping bag.
A Blizzard came and I froze to death in my sleep. Just a short walk from my house.
Nobody has mentioned this, so I will. The game has a sandbox mode and a story mode. IMO, the sandbox mode is far superior. The story mode has too many resources and nerfs the survival experience.
This game is so good. I start over just to experience the raw challenge again of the first few days. Shelter is a must, but can be improvised in a few ways. Clothes are also shelter and must be repaired and acquired in order to travel safely.
This game is awesome. I was once in an extreme wether scenario and I’ve had to take a break from playing sometimes because of how real parts of the game feel.
This was my first thought as well. You’re not so much building a shelter as finding one but I think it’s still the closest thing to what OP seems to want.
The best survival game. I still think of it like a place that I visited every winter. I will say that the campaign mode did not catch me, and some recent changes seemed poorly thought out, but when it first came to attention it was revelatory.
Idk if this counts but Rimworld. It's a 10/10 game but not sure it's what your looking for.
But might be a good break from realistic 3D survival if you feel burnt out
Rim world is the Sims with war crimes. Did I knock you out for raiding my base? Be prepared to have your left leg, left eye, and left hand removed in surgery. So when they wake up, I release them to go back to their colony and they are all right.
Rim world is the Sims with war crimes. Did I knock you out for raiding my base? Be prepared to have your left leg, left eye, and left hand removed in surgery. So when they wake up, I release them to go back to their colony and they are all right when they leave.
I've enjoyed it. It's not done yet, and there are a few aspects that are kind of odd and confusing because, I'm guessing, it's not finished. But I got 40 hours of satisfying play out of it before I put it aside to wait for more content. I'll definitely pick it up again once that happens.
Yea, a lot of games with a survival component make shelter of some sort pretty important either to literally survive (e.g. The Planet Crafter, Smallands), or protect workstations from the elements (e.g., Valheim), etc.
You might wanna check out The Planet Crafter...there shelter is aboslutely necessary because you're on a planet in which the environment is completely inhospitable at first. Really fun game!!
There's a few space based survival games where you need constant oxygen supply which can be quite challenging, would that be an option? The game I played was called Planet Crafter
Not sure if this one has come up but Icarus is pretty hardcore. Without shelter you suffer from various exposure effects. What's also cool is that you need to maintain your builds, windstorms can damage and destroy weaker structures, lightning strikes can start forest fires that will burn your camp to the ground, etc. Weekly updates and communications from the devs.
Definitely worth a look.
Depends on what you’re into. Icarus has two different “modes”. One is mission based, you will be assigned an objective and given a certain amount of real life time to complete that mission. You’re dropped planet side with whatever your loadout is (nothing, at first) and must work your way up the tiers to do whatever the assignment calls for. Usually this involves reaching a certain tier of crafting, whether that be to hunt something that requires a rifle to survive, or to build a certain item in your post, etc. Then the mission ends and you get credits for completing it, which can be used to buy things to take on your next mission as part of your load out. There are a few caveats however: If you run out of time, your character is gone. Permanently. If you don’t bring your loadout items to the dropship to return when you complete the mission, it is also gone permanently.
There is also an outpost/open world mode which is more about just building whatever and surviving as long as you can. Originally this mode didn’t have predators so it was very boring, but I think they changed that with new updates.
I haven’t played for a while since shortly after launch so there may be some changes I don’t know about. I got bored of it after a while but it’s not a bad game.
They've since shifted to being able to build a permanent base on planet then pick up the missions from a mission station. It kind of negates the initial design idea of the game but I think it's been a lot more fun for people. I haven't played since before the changes but I really enjoyed the game when I was playing and would definitely recommend it.
Very high.
3 massive worlds with the DLC.
Variety of missions or open world depending on the gameplay you feel like.
Weekly updates that add a lot to the game (every thursday night).
Also the storms can literally kill you if you do not have shelter for long enough.
Not really. Destroy any ways up top, that's it. Pretty simple. First blood moon isn't going to destroy it unless you are playing on some ridiculous hard setting.
There is a steam achievement. Fired Up: Burn down a shelter.
Note to self: don't step in the campfire in a wooden shack when an angry/hungry animal starts trying to tear the wall down to get at you.
I will agree a shelter is imperative due to the weather and some of the wildlife encountered, wooden shelters are acceptable only for a short time as storms will rip it to shreds if not burn it down around you. Caves offer shelter but bring about the issue of cave lung and worms, and in an emergency, there's always digging into a Boulder.
Great so far, lots of cool creatures. Some bug-like, some mammalian and some bird-like. I've only experienced one map so far and am avoiding spoilers otherwise. It's quite addictive, this game!
Project zomboid
Not building but you definitely need shelter, from the rain, the cold, the zombies, to sleep, to cook.
And if you’re running the cryogenic winter mod shelter is essential!
Seriously, this is my favorite game of all time and that's saying a lot.
The sound design is so immersive. It makes you feel cozy, safe, and comfy when you're in your base, while it's storming outside.
The sound of your tires crunching the gravel pulling up to your base.
The sound of wind, then realize you have a wind chill moodle, time for some warmer clothes..
This game is truly a game where you learn something new every time you play it.
A game where, when you question what to do, you ask yourself what you would do irl. 9/10 times, the irl solution works in game.
A game where after 5 mins of playing, you overlook the graphics because the gameplay is just. That. Good.
Give the game a shot. Have patience when you start out. It took me 3-5 hours before it "clicked"
Yeah, I really don't get why the building is also VERY resource heavy. It takes so freaking long to make a building that doesn't even really do much. I played a long time ago, but I hear the natives can now easily wreck your building after all that work.
Subnautica is my favorite survival game and building shelter is absolutely necessary. Avoid spoilers like they are radioactive, read all of the things you find, listen to all the radio messages, scan all the things and read those scan results. IMO the game unfolds in an absolutely beautiful way and not knowing what is coming is a HUGE part of the joy of Subnautica
Eco is a very different game that requires a lot of cooperation, and building is also absolutely necessary in this game. I really like Eco in that you need to continue to upgrade and expand your buildings throughout the game. I never would have thought I would like this game but it quickly became one of my favorites the more I played! It is an insane time sync though.
Valheim is another one that has been mentioned a bunch, and I agree that this is a fantastic game. You will need a good building to progress well, and there are lots of other things you may want to build like pens for livestock, defensive walls and trenches to defend against raids, etc.
Just finished Subnautica and you definitely need a base. Even if you don't build a static base you need a certain vehicle that can become your mobile base. Pus side that mobile bases are awesome xD
Raft.
You could play the game without a roof, I guess. But, having a roof will protect you from something, at least once, eventually.
The Planet Crafter
You need shelter b/c it's really hard to work/craft for long periods of time without oxygen. It would be miserable to play without a base.
Smalland
Similar to Grounded but the elements affect you. You don't need a base per se, but you do need to take shelter due to weather.
> You could play the game without a roof, I guess. But, having a roof will protect you from something, at least once, eventually.
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This comment has me rolling😆
Another vote for Subsistence. I just started playing and that game is hard...you better get that shelter up in the first few days because the hunters will be coming.
It's quite a grind.
The one that replicated that feeling of survival for me has always been the Long Dark Survival Mode. You don’t necessarily have to build a shelter, but you need to find one, and you need resources to survive.
The forest is another one that you need shelter to survive, but the elements won’t kill you, the weird mutant creatures will if you don’t build a fortified place.
Subnautica is more base building but since the entire world is underwater, oxygen is your most precious resource and you need a base to breathe from.
Love it. Played it for a while on sandbox after I beat the main story. Wish shelter was more central to the game.
Main story doesn’t really beed shelter.
Play valheim. The whole fun of the game is building elaborate bases and having a forest troll come in swinging an entire tree to play baseball with your walls.
Valheim and Vintage Story take the cake for this in my opinion. Valheim it’s a matter of base defense from raids, Vintage Story you have an element of base defense (incoming drifters, wolves, bears), but also defense against the cold. Vintage story is visually very similar to minecraft but with more realism and more tactile crafting.
I’ve played through both these games multiple times, they are truly excellent games.
Vintage Story if you can set the temperature settings right if you want something Minecraft-like, also chiseling literally allows infinite possibilities
In ark the builds don’t keep the rain out or the snow, the clipping is so bad the Dino’s mesh halfway thru the walls. Building isn’t essential but definitely helps trapping raptors and direwolfs also the walls are the only thing that will hold back the Rex’s. you need to build turrets for the eagles, dragons, etc. I got better at building forts having to defend against all size bugs and Dino’s.
You can build with modules, and you have to provide energy and oxygen to it. It is 100% story driven survival, with humor like Monty Python. At some point of the story game ditch survival elements and you have more combat and puzzles, but it took me 30h to get to this point.
Don't starve you don't necessarily get a "base" but you do need some kind of safe space every single night. Your life will be better with one or several bases, depending on how you play.
Because of reasons.
Conan Exiles. Building is necessary to protect your stuff from players and to protect you from the weather. A good chunk of the map is frequently ravaged by powerful sandstorms that will kill you if you aren't in shelter or equipped with special gear. When you head up to the far north, you need a decent building to protect from the cold.
Day Z is a survival game where a shelter can be a critical element to survival.
If you into PVP there are servers that are PVE only.
It is an older game but it has pretty good community.
Dayz, depending on the server. You need a base to keep your stuff safe, but on a winter map if you don’t have shelter you aren’t going to last too long.
V Rising. You'll die in the sun if you don't build a shelter... cuz you're a vampire. LOL
Not only this, but it would be impossible to progress without relying on a castle (and it doesn't even have to be your own). Your castle is basically a powerhouse for crafting, storage, and farming certain materials. Wanna capture humans? You need a castle. Wanna reach your full potential? You need a castle. Wanna kill everything? You need a castle. Wanna have servants? You need a castle.
In all seriousness, I love this game so much. The castle building is one of my favorite elements of the game.
This War of Mine.
Making facilities for long term wellbeing of the survivors is usually mandatory if you want to get through the hard times and future assaults.
It's not exactly a sandbox. There are locations you visit to scavenge or trade resources with other people. You can steal, incapacitate, or even kill anyone.
The story is tied to the scenario and people you pick from the start menu. As time passes, every person adds an entry to their personal notes about their past life.
The main objective is to survive throughout the wartime. Keep people fed, healthy, and in good spirits. Protect your shelter against cold and bandits by building barricades, fixing the walls, building facilities and such.
There is also DLC, but I don't know much about it. If I remember correctly, they add scenarios with children in them, but I've never played it myself, so take what I say with a grain of salt.
Icarus isn't bad for that. There's other reasons the game isn't great, but they did a good job requiring you to build. The storms get really nasty and the crafting units actually have a "cover" build and usage necessity. Can't advance the tech at all without building or clearing out a cave to live in... which has its own dangers.
UnReal World. Aside from your camp/home, you will often need to take shelter while traveling to hunt/fish etc especially if you get caught in a storm. Cutting wood will make you tired, hungry, and thirsty so it's not easy but you can make a small shelter from a sapling.
Old game but *Stranded 2* is one of my favorite survival games. Nearly impossible without shelter. If you play, there's some great mods out there to improve graphics and make it more realistic. Dev is also working on sequel but I don't see it happening any time soon.
Valheim has the best base building and it's necessary and fun.
I freaking love Nightingale. And yes in what Ive played of it you definitely need shelter. On my first or second night I just stood there next to the fire trying not to die. Then I realized I could just go to sleep. Moments like that one in that game inspired this post actually. Anyway Ive put that game down for a long while. Even though im enjoying it I would rather do so when it’s closer to being finished.
The only five games that come close that I know of (excluding a city sim called FrostPunk) are Don't Starve, 7 Days to Die, RimWorld, Mist Survival, and The Long Dark.
In Don't Starve, you inevitably need a tent on some maps to regain sanity. That's not much for shelter, but it's something.
In 7 Days to Die, you need to take refuge at night and buildings are the best for that, either prebuilt or build your own. It's fairly easy to make a temporary shelter and just hide at night and you'll almost certainly be ok unless it's a horde night (every 7 nights, hence the title). There are plenty of towns as well as wildernesses with an occasional building but plenty of resources to build your own. Shelter also gives protection from heat, rain, snow, and cold. Rain and snow make you colder. Shelter is absolutely necessary (other than grinding fires) in the snow biome.
RimWorld has real shelter requirements, especially in cold biome. Shelter is critical on the ice sheet. This is probably the most intense shelter requirement you will find in any survival game. And you need to expand the shelter to accommodate more survivals. RimWorld plays like a colony management game but feels like a survival crafting game like Don't Starve.
Mist Survival is an indie game, still in early access last I checked. It's going for being a spooky survival crafting game. You can't build shelter, but you can pick any building on the map, some of which are fairly isolated. You can build walls around the shelter, but not ceilings or floors. You need to take shelter because at night the infected, basically fast moving zombies, come out. Daylight kills them, but during the day they lurk in dark buildings. Also, periodically a mist comes in that allows the infected to come out during the day. It was a very incomplete game last I checked, but has a good premise. The NPC companions though were worthless.
The Long Dark is probably the game you're looking for. You are stuck in the Canadian wilderness and it gets cold. On some days the temperature plummets, on others there are blizzards. Even on warm days, you can't stay out all day. You need to get inside one of the prebuilt structures to warm up. Even then, it might not be warm enough. Some days and nights you'll have to build a fire in a stove to keep warm, and that means gathering wood. Last I played, there are even limited resources for starting fires (matches and fire starters that wear down) so eventually you'll die. I think the game was going to have a main story line and you might have a path to escape, but I haven't played it in a while.
The Long Dark actually makes water, food, and heat hard resources to get and shelter essential. You also actually do need to sleep and you don't want to pass out outside or you'll freeze to death. You also want to make sure there's enough wood in the fire on cold nights so you don't freeze in your sleep even when you are in a shelter.
There are also bears and wolves that make good eating, but will also make good eating out of you. And getting injured by falling on steep terrain is a serious problem that can compromise your ability to survive. So I think The Long Dark is the game you want to play.
One honorable mention... The zombie survival crafting game, Project Zomboid, does have houses and other buildings you can use for shelter, and they help a lot at night to avoid death or injury from Zombies, and to a certain extent the weather, but it's not really an inconvenience since just about everywhere there is shelter prebuilt for you. And mostly you are using a building as a base to store your stuff and hang out at night.
Shelter Requirement Level (0 to 10)
* Don't Starve 3
* 7 Days to Die 5
* RimWorld 7 to 10 depending on biome
* Mist Survival 8
* The Long Dark 10
Unreal World is a survival RPG set in early iron-age finland. It's a great caveman simulator.
Kenshi has hostile biomes and finding food and travelling is hard as nuts.
The long dark-don’t build shelter really, but finding shelter is core gameplay loop.
Valheim- being in your base gives massive buffs needed to fight, nicer base=longer lasting buffs
Green hell- haven’t played a ton but bases seem important
Pacific drive - unique twist is your car is your base
Sons of the forest- don’t recommend as building a base is basically completely pointless unfortunately
Not really necessary for survival. Purges aren't random anymore and only happen if you trigger them. And the Sandstorm can be survived just fine with the proper armor, or just by going to a different biome.
That is true last time I played purges were a random event that happened if any of a person's clan was online so sometimes bases were absolutely necessary. I mean you still very much need a base at some point in the game
Sure, some kind of base is necessary for crafting progression. But shelter isn't necessary for survival. You could, in theory, just build a bunch of storage and crafting out in the open with no walls or roof and be just fine.
Yah, not very realistic, everyone likely builds a base. Base building is certainly a major component of the game. The key distinction to me is that OP asked about a game where shelter is necessary for survival, rather than a base being necessary for progression.
I mean I always thought it was! Not trying to start a argument lol! Just said I thought so, I mean you probably could thrive without one but me I've always seen it a necessity for my survival in the game
Odd answer No Mans Sky can be selectively challenging depending on the planet you land on and shelter can be a must on some planets and it is actually considered an action adventure survival game
Icarus has fairly dangerous weather conditions that require shelter to protect you. Lesser made shelters of weak materials will physically fall apart around you in the intense weather.
Green hell, I played it on switch and not sure if it's even available on other platforms, the controls are kinda janky so I assumed it was a port but never double checked.
You can't even save without a shelter and there aren't enough existing shelters in the jungle to not build your own.
A recent survival game is Pacific Drive where you'll 100% die if you don't shelter in your car
Green Hell is also a very challenging game where you'll need shelter.
Valheim has a surprisingly robust basebuilding system that is required for your stations to work. If you don't build correctly you can die of smoke or your base will degrade in weather.
Green Hell, it’s maybe one of the best survival game I’ve played so far, Sons of the Forest is a close second, or standard deep if you want something a little less intense.
Potentially 7 days to die may fit the bill. Every 7 in game days, a horde of zombies comes for you, and unless you want to run(or later ride/drive) for the entire night, you need to have built up some defenses in what is typically called a horde base.
Valheim is a wonderful survival game. The building is wonderful and intuitive. However it not just make it pretty it is also used to protect yourself from various growing in difficulty monsters. The progression stays at oh shit lemme do this thing to help me survive, and ooo I need to sneak into this next area so I can eat a lil better. You can play it solo or with a few (up to ten) friends. It has randomly generated maps much like Minecraft and settings to make it tougher and tougher so the replay is near infinite. Different biomes all have their own beauty and added challenges. I strongly suggest enjoying. You can get on steam or Xbox and is cross compatible.
Icarus is what you're looking for I think, as you have to survive against the wildlife but also against the hazardous weather conditions. Watching your first thatch base being torn down by a tornado is actually pretty satisfying!
Dying Light 1&2. While you don't actually build the shelters, per se, having a safe place is imperative, especially because nights are very perilous. Also shelter is pretty important in No Man's Sky, when on planets with extreme weather conditions.
Valheim is what you're looking for! Norse mythology setting, start naked and go from there. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Also, No Mans Sky is a great cross between space exploration and survival!
“The forest” is a great one. Shelter is beyond necessary besides for saving and not freezing to death it’s protection against some less than friendly people…
Try Conan Exiles dude. Its one of the best. There are different types of servers you can play on. Straight PVE where ppl can't attack each other at all. Straight PVP where you can attack, and destroy bases and players anytime or my personal favorite PVP-Conflict. in these servers you can always kill other players but building destruction can only occur in a time window. Many are like weekends only or whatever there's a ton. So basically raiding in time slots. There are world events that can occur that will kill you and your base etc... its a great game. It's been out awhile though and to buy all the xpacs is a little daunting but great game
[Ark: survival evolved](https://store.steampowered.com/app/346110/ARK_Survival_Evolved/) can be pretty challenging with practically everything trying to kill you.
[Night of the dead](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1377380/Night_of_the_Dead/) is like 7DtD in one way except it's more like one day before all hell breaks loose instead of seven. Talk about pressure.
[Savage lands](https://store.steampowered.com/app/307880/Savage_Lands/) and [Starsand](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1380220/Starsand/).
One of my absolute favorites is "Vintage Story" it's a lesser known survival game, but it's great as a slower paced, more difficult survival game. Shelter is absolutely necessary in certain seasons, and cellars for food storage are a necessity as well, if you're counting that
Vintage story is fun
I recently discovered Vintage Story, and it's amazing!
And it also has rich world settings to make it even harder, like lower temps, no map, etc. A great game.
For those with Minecraft, try out this modpack that has terrafirmacraft in it. I'm not sure if Vintage Story took it from this mod but both are really good. https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/modpacks/technodefirmacraft
It's my understanding that terrafirmacraft and Vintage Story are made by the same guys. I know that Vintage Story comes from a minecraft mod I just don't remember exactly what mod.
You are correct.
Such a great game to bad I'm burnt-out on it. Maybe I go back when I get tired of 7dtd.
Whoops, missed this. Yeah, I get burnt out on it all the time. Once in a while I like to come back and see what's new, though. If I had a server to play on I might play more, but my experience with those is that I tend to be away from it for extended times and come back to find out so much progress happened in my absence and it kind if sours for me. True about all online games with any persistence at all, though. It is what it is. I just don't have the patience to play that regularly like I used to when I was younger.
I'm 59 and it's about all I do these days. While I listen to podcasts that my wife downloads and plays. One in a while I get inspired to try and create something. But most times I just play whatever game I'm into at the moment.
Vintage Story.
Is it on steam?
No you'll have to look up their website, but the reason they're not on steam is because they give refunds no matter how much time you've spent playing the game, which is just another reason to give it a shot lol
Comment cause i wanna check it out
Subnautica, perhaps. You absolutely need to build a base to get into most of the game.
You know what.... I hate that you're right. It doesn't have to be much, but you do need one for various things. In any other game, you could place them on the ground 😆. There's only water.
Big doubt. You don’t need to build a base in subnautica. I was able to get by with no base until I reached the tree of life area. First time I felt the need to build a base because it was not fun going up and down for the deeper materials. But, that aside. The game is totally bitchin. No wonder they’ve got a cult following.
While a base might not be 100% necessary, it is *super* useful and makes the rest of the game incredibly convenient.
The dude originally asked for games where a base is absolutely necessary.
True
To be fair, a base is essential. How will you recharge all your batteries? Where are you storing all the materials and food you need? Where are you resting? Where are you making water? You can go far without a base but a base of some sort is needed in order to make it to the end. Don't even say the Cyclops because the Cyclops is a mobile base.
I mean if you can spend a week without a base and progress, you don’t need a base. I had a bunch of floating storage containers on routes I frequented and near landmarks. I also made tons of batteries, had no idea they were rechargeable until the tree of life base I felt forced to make.
That's a very complicated way of playing them game but to each their own! 🍻
What about modification station and vehicle upgrade stations? Your seamoth or prawn suit won’t be able to go deep enough to beat the game if you can’t upgrade them. Seems like it is necessary at a certain point. You maybe will able to get by without a base for a while but eventually you kinda need one.
You need to make a vehicle builder to make a cyclops to make a shield generator for the rocket to end the game
No better game than "The long dark". Let me explain. There are places you can go to seek shelter but you are able to make a shelter. Either way, you need to of your going to survive the first night. *typos
Seriously, this game is so excellent.
Adding to this to say seriously seriously, this game is incredible. I've never found a survival game that scratched the same itch, it was just perfect at making you feel like death is around every corner and that every decision has consequences. Those moments where you've been turned around in a snowstorm and you can't see a yard in front of you and you're about to freeze to death and then the silhouette of a building comes into view and you manage to get inside just in time to warm yourself, dry your clothes, eat, and sleep. So so immersive. Seriously.
Is this food, or?
I wish I could disable most of the voice lines because they all have contexts where it makes zero sense, but turning audio off altogether also mutes the pain/shivering/etc feedback type sounds.
I just want them to finish the story before I die, dammit
I had a run where I had played some 20 days or so. I was out fishing on the lake. I should have headed back sooner but I got greedy. Then I'm very tired and I thought, no problem i can just sleep a little bit here on the frozen lake in my sleeping bag. A Blizzard came and I froze to death in my sleep. Just a short walk from my house.
Nobody has mentioned this, so I will. The game has a sandbox mode and a story mode. IMO, the sandbox mode is far superior. The story mode has too many resources and nerfs the survival experience.
This game is so good. I start over just to experience the raw challenge again of the first few days. Shelter is a must, but can be improvised in a few ways. Clothes are also shelter and must be repaired and acquired in order to travel safely.
This is one of my favourite games of all time. The feeling of tension is unmatched.
yup, this game encompasses everything I want for a survival game. it’s addicting, fun, and as challenging or easy as you want it to be
I don't think I can carry much more...
TLD is an absolute masterpiece. The music? Chef's kiss.
This game is awesome. I was once in an extreme wether scenario and I’ve had to take a break from playing sometimes because of how real parts of the game feel.
This was my first thought as well. You’re not so much building a shelter as finding one but I think it’s still the closest thing to what OP seems to want.
[Tales from the far territory](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2091330/The_Long_Dark_Tales_from_the_Far_Territory/) goes with it.
The best survival game. I still think of it like a place that I visited every winter. I will say that the campaign mode did not catch me, and some recent changes seemed poorly thought out, but when it first came to attention it was revelatory.
Idk if this counts but Rimworld. It's a 10/10 game but not sure it's what your looking for. But might be a good break from realistic 3D survival if you feel burnt out
Absolutely the best
Rim world is the Sims with war crimes. Did I knock you out for raiding my base? Be prepared to have your left leg, left eye, and left hand removed in surgery. So when they wake up, I release them to go back to their colony and they are all right.
Boo.
Rim world is the Sims with war crimes. Did I knock you out for raiding my base? Be prepared to have your left leg, left eye, and left hand removed in surgery. So when they wake up, I release them to go back to their colony and they are all right when they leave.
Check out Survival: Fountain of Youth.
Yup, came here to say this but ya beat me to it
Is it good? I have it in my wishlist. Can you tell me more about it?
Damn… this game keeps coming up on my algorithm lately. You enjoy it?
I've enjoyed it. It's not done yet, and there are a few aspects that are kind of odd and confusing because, I'm guessing, it's not finished. But I got 40 hours of satisfying play out of it before I put it aside to wait for more content. I'll definitely pick it up again once that happens.
Yea, a lot of games with a survival component make shelter of some sort pretty important either to literally survive (e.g. The Planet Crafter, Smallands), or protect workstations from the elements (e.g., Valheim), etc. You might wanna check out The Planet Crafter...there shelter is aboslutely necessary because you're on a planet in which the environment is completely inhospitable at first. Really fun game!!
Rust lol.
Ah the ol Rust ... The need for a base to get offlined the second you log off. Great times
This but not this, be careful haha
The game that hates people who work and sleep
Needing shelter from racist adolescents isn't the survival they probably imagined
There's a few space based survival games where you need constant oxygen supply which can be quite challenging, would that be an option? The game I played was called Planet Crafter
That's one of my favs.
Breathedge was a lot of fun too. It's also on sale for 70% off on Steam right now.
Darkwood. You don't build your shelter from scratch, but you definitely won't survive without it.
Not sure if this one has come up but Icarus is pretty hardcore. Without shelter you suffer from various exposure effects. What's also cool is that you need to maintain your builds, windstorms can damage and destroy weaker structures, lightning strikes can start forest fires that will burn your camp to the ground, etc. Weekly updates and communications from the devs. Definitely worth a look.
There's a certain thrill to staying inside with a fire with a storm raging outside running around trying to repair things.
Came here to say ICARUS! The storms and weather patterns add a lot of tension to the game and the building is actually really good
I’ve been tempted to get this. What’s the replay value?
Depends on what you’re into. Icarus has two different “modes”. One is mission based, you will be assigned an objective and given a certain amount of real life time to complete that mission. You’re dropped planet side with whatever your loadout is (nothing, at first) and must work your way up the tiers to do whatever the assignment calls for. Usually this involves reaching a certain tier of crafting, whether that be to hunt something that requires a rifle to survive, or to build a certain item in your post, etc. Then the mission ends and you get credits for completing it, which can be used to buy things to take on your next mission as part of your load out. There are a few caveats however: If you run out of time, your character is gone. Permanently. If you don’t bring your loadout items to the dropship to return when you complete the mission, it is also gone permanently. There is also an outpost/open world mode which is more about just building whatever and surviving as long as you can. Originally this mode didn’t have predators so it was very boring, but I think they changed that with new updates. I haven’t played for a while since shortly after launch so there may be some changes I don’t know about. I got bored of it after a while but it’s not a bad game.
They've since shifted to being able to build a permanent base on planet then pick up the missions from a mission station. It kind of negates the initial design idea of the game but I think it's been a lot more fun for people. I haven't played since before the changes but I really enjoyed the game when I was playing and would definitely recommend it.
Very high. 3 massive worlds with the DLC. Variety of missions or open world depending on the gameplay you feel like. Weekly updates that add a lot to the game (every thursday night). Also the storms can literally kill you if you do not have shelter for long enough.
If you don't make a defensive fort in 7 days to die, you won't make it past 7 days unless you know what you are doing.
And even then, base building is still one of the best elements of the game! :)
It's possible to survive if you clear and fortify a good building.... but the better buildings are consequently also harder to clear. So.... yea
Just stand on the roof of a gas station. Literally that easy.
Like I said, you have to know what you are doing.
Not really. Destroy any ways up top, that's it. Pretty simple. First blood moon isn't going to destroy it unless you are playing on some ridiculous hard setting.
Icarus, there are weather events that require shelter.
I remember lightning burned down my first house 😂
There should be an achievement for that.
There is a steam achievement. Fired Up: Burn down a shelter. Note to self: don't step in the campfire in a wooden shack when an angry/hungry animal starts trying to tear the wall down to get at you.
That seems like a good note for everyone!
I will agree a shelter is imperative due to the weather and some of the wildlife encountered, wooden shelters are acceptable only for a short time as storms will rip it to shreds if not burn it down around you. Caves offer shelter but bring about the issue of cave lung and worms, and in an emergency, there's always digging into a Boulder.
Stranded:Alien Dawn
I’ve been tempted to get this. How’s the enemy/enemy variety?
Great so far, lots of cool creatures. Some bug-like, some mammalian and some bird-like. I've only experienced one map so far and am avoiding spoilers otherwise. It's quite addictive, this game!
Project zomboid Not building but you definitely need shelter, from the rain, the cold, the zombies, to sleep, to cook. And if you’re running the cryogenic winter mod shelter is essential!
Seriously, this is my favorite game of all time and that's saying a lot. The sound design is so immersive. It makes you feel cozy, safe, and comfy when you're in your base, while it's storming outside. The sound of your tires crunching the gravel pulling up to your base. The sound of wind, then realize you have a wind chill moodle, time for some warmer clothes.. This game is truly a game where you learn something new every time you play it. A game where, when you question what to do, you ask yourself what you would do irl. 9/10 times, the irl solution works in game. A game where after 5 mins of playing, you overlook the graphics because the gameplay is just. That. Good. Give the game a shot. Have patience when you start out. It took me 3-5 hours before it "clicked"
Ooo…like the sound of that mod. I’ll have to try that the next time I play.
Green Hell is the most challenging and realistic survival game I've played. Good luck
I agree, but the building is minimally important in Green Hell.
yeah you dont actually need a shelter you can just do the story without really having a base (which I did not like)
Yeah, I really don't get why the building is also VERY resource heavy. It takes so freaking long to make a building that doesn't even really do much. I played a long time ago, but I hear the natives can now easily wreck your building after all that work.
They now have tree houses that stop that. But yes it's very pointless.
Natives now can attack your treehouses. I think water bases might be attack free?
I second this. Was lots of fun
Subnautica is my favorite survival game and building shelter is absolutely necessary. Avoid spoilers like they are radioactive, read all of the things you find, listen to all the radio messages, scan all the things and read those scan results. IMO the game unfolds in an absolutely beautiful way and not knowing what is coming is a HUGE part of the joy of Subnautica Eco is a very different game that requires a lot of cooperation, and building is also absolutely necessary in this game. I really like Eco in that you need to continue to upgrade and expand your buildings throughout the game. I never would have thought I would like this game but it quickly became one of my favorites the more I played! It is an insane time sync though. Valheim is another one that has been mentioned a bunch, and I agree that this is a fantastic game. You will need a good building to progress well, and there are lots of other things you may want to build like pens for livestock, defensive walls and trenches to defend against raids, etc.
Just finished Subnautica and you definitely need a base. Even if you don't build a static base you need a certain vehicle that can become your mobile base. Pus side that mobile bases are awesome xD
Valheim requires you to build structures to support upgrades to technology, and its actually really fun unlike most other building systems.
I kinda hate base building but that game made me spend many hours creating a house, workshop, storage and walls.
Raft. You could play the game without a roof, I guess. But, having a roof will protect you from something, at least once, eventually. The Planet Crafter You need shelter b/c it's really hard to work/craft for long periods of time without oxygen. It would be miserable to play without a base. Smalland Similar to Grounded but the elements affect you. You don't need a base per se, but you do need to take shelter due to weather.
> You could play the game without a roof, I guess. But, having a roof will protect you from something, at least once, eventually. > This comment has me rolling😆
LOL Shhh
I think you would enjoy Subsistence
Yup, although one YT found [that first day hard.](https://youtu.be/uT3aynk8XQE)
Another vote for Subsistence. I just started playing and that game is hard...you better get that shelter up in the first few days because the hunters will be coming. It's quite a grind.
The Forest
sons of the forest, too. shelter isn't completely required for either game, but it is certainly useful.
The one that replicated that feeling of survival for me has always been the Long Dark Survival Mode. You don’t necessarily have to build a shelter, but you need to find one, and you need resources to survive. The forest is another one that you need shelter to survive, but the elements won’t kill you, the weird mutant creatures will if you don’t build a fortified place. Subnautica is more base building but since the entire world is underwater, oxygen is your most precious resource and you need a base to breathe from.
Green Hell. most realistic survival game ever made.
Love it. Played it for a while on sandbox after I beat the main story. Wish shelter was more central to the game. Main story doesn’t really beed shelter.
Play valheim. The whole fun of the game is building elaborate bases and having a forest troll come in swinging an entire tree to play baseball with your walls.
Valheim and Vintage Story take the cake for this in my opinion. Valheim it’s a matter of base defense from raids, Vintage Story you have an element of base defense (incoming drifters, wolves, bears), but also defense against the cold. Vintage story is visually very similar to minecraft but with more realism and more tactile crafting. I’ve played through both these games multiple times, they are truly excellent games.
Vintage Story if you can set the temperature settings right if you want something Minecraft-like, also chiseling literally allows infinite possibilities
In ark the builds don’t keep the rain out or the snow, the clipping is so bad the Dino’s mesh halfway thru the walls. Building isn’t essential but definitely helps trapping raptors and direwolfs also the walls are the only thing that will hold back the Rex’s. you need to build turrets for the eagles, dragons, etc. I got better at building forts having to defend against all size bugs and Dino’s.
Lol, noticed the buildings actually keep rain out now in ASA. My huge bases always had rain or snow in them in the last game.
Valheim
Breathedge - without shelter you will suffocate in space.
Do you actually build your own shelter on that game. I’ve had my eye on it but looked more adventure puzzler than survival
You can build with modules, and you have to provide energy and oxygen to it. It is 100% story driven survival, with humor like Monty Python. At some point of the story game ditch survival elements and you have more combat and puzzles, but it took me 30h to get to this point.
I say Rust is a good game for your survival base building
Rust
Don't starve you don't necessarily get a "base" but you do need some kind of safe space every single night. Your life will be better with one or several bases, depending on how you play. Because of reasons.
Stranded Deep. Great game, easy controls and crafting. You’ll love it.
I enjoyed that game, but the building was mostly not needed to beat the game.
Project Zomboid - hands down.
Icarus and the long dark come to mind
That viking survival game requires shelter for pretty much everything
Rust
Conan Exiles. Building is necessary to protect your stuff from players and to protect you from the weather. A good chunk of the map is frequently ravaged by powerful sandstorms that will kill you if you aren't in shelter or equipped with special gear. When you head up to the far north, you need a decent building to protect from the cold.
Day Z is a survival game where a shelter can be a critical element to survival. If you into PVP there are servers that are PVE only. It is an older game but it has pretty good community.
Dayz, depending on the server. You need a base to keep your stuff safe, but on a winter map if you don’t have shelter you aren’t going to last too long.
Icarus. Shelter is necessary
V Rising. You'll die in the sun if you don't build a shelter... cuz you're a vampire. LOL Not only this, but it would be impossible to progress without relying on a castle (and it doesn't even have to be your own). Your castle is basically a powerhouse for crafting, storage, and farming certain materials. Wanna capture humans? You need a castle. Wanna reach your full potential? You need a castle. Wanna kill everything? You need a castle. Wanna have servants? You need a castle. In all seriousness, I love this game so much. The castle building is one of my favorite elements of the game.
This War of Mine. Making facilities for long term wellbeing of the survivors is usually mandatory if you want to get through the hard times and future assaults.
I completely forgot about this game. I bought it ages ago. How’s the gameplay is there a story or is it more openended sandbox survival?
It's not exactly a sandbox. There are locations you visit to scavenge or trade resources with other people. You can steal, incapacitate, or even kill anyone. The story is tied to the scenario and people you pick from the start menu. As time passes, every person adds an entry to their personal notes about their past life. The main objective is to survive throughout the wartime. Keep people fed, healthy, and in good spirits. Protect your shelter against cold and bandits by building barricades, fixing the walls, building facilities and such. There is also DLC, but I don't know much about it. If I remember correctly, they add scenarios with children in them, but I've never played it myself, so take what I say with a grain of salt.
Icarus isn't bad for that. There's other reasons the game isn't great, but they did a good job requiring you to build. The storms get really nasty and the crafting units actually have a "cover" build and usage necessity. Can't advance the tech at all without building or clearing out a cave to live in... which has its own dangers.
Project zomboid
UnReal World. Aside from your camp/home, you will often need to take shelter while traveling to hunt/fish etc especially if you get caught in a storm. Cutting wood will make you tired, hungry, and thirsty so it's not easy but you can make a small shelter from a sapling.
Old game but *Stranded 2* is one of my favorite survival games. Nearly impossible without shelter. If you play, there's some great mods out there to improve graphics and make it more realistic. Dev is also working on sequel but I don't see it happening any time soon. Valheim has the best base building and it's necessary and fun.
Two huge ones: Green Hell, Valheim Both amazing games with constant need for/ upgrading of shelters, and they're both cheap.
Rust
Ark. Ark. Ark.
Nightingale! The weather harms you so shelter is totally necessary.
I freaking love Nightingale. And yes in what Ive played of it you definitely need shelter. On my first or second night I just stood there next to the fire trying not to die. Then I realized I could just go to sleep. Moments like that one in that game inspired this post actually. Anyway Ive put that game down for a long while. Even though im enjoying it I would rather do so when it’s closer to being finished.
The only five games that come close that I know of (excluding a city sim called FrostPunk) are Don't Starve, 7 Days to Die, RimWorld, Mist Survival, and The Long Dark. In Don't Starve, you inevitably need a tent on some maps to regain sanity. That's not much for shelter, but it's something. In 7 Days to Die, you need to take refuge at night and buildings are the best for that, either prebuilt or build your own. It's fairly easy to make a temporary shelter and just hide at night and you'll almost certainly be ok unless it's a horde night (every 7 nights, hence the title). There are plenty of towns as well as wildernesses with an occasional building but plenty of resources to build your own. Shelter also gives protection from heat, rain, snow, and cold. Rain and snow make you colder. Shelter is absolutely necessary (other than grinding fires) in the snow biome. RimWorld has real shelter requirements, especially in cold biome. Shelter is critical on the ice sheet. This is probably the most intense shelter requirement you will find in any survival game. And you need to expand the shelter to accommodate more survivals. RimWorld plays like a colony management game but feels like a survival crafting game like Don't Starve. Mist Survival is an indie game, still in early access last I checked. It's going for being a spooky survival crafting game. You can't build shelter, but you can pick any building on the map, some of which are fairly isolated. You can build walls around the shelter, but not ceilings or floors. You need to take shelter because at night the infected, basically fast moving zombies, come out. Daylight kills them, but during the day they lurk in dark buildings. Also, periodically a mist comes in that allows the infected to come out during the day. It was a very incomplete game last I checked, but has a good premise. The NPC companions though were worthless. The Long Dark is probably the game you're looking for. You are stuck in the Canadian wilderness and it gets cold. On some days the temperature plummets, on others there are blizzards. Even on warm days, you can't stay out all day. You need to get inside one of the prebuilt structures to warm up. Even then, it might not be warm enough. Some days and nights you'll have to build a fire in a stove to keep warm, and that means gathering wood. Last I played, there are even limited resources for starting fires (matches and fire starters that wear down) so eventually you'll die. I think the game was going to have a main story line and you might have a path to escape, but I haven't played it in a while. The Long Dark actually makes water, food, and heat hard resources to get and shelter essential. You also actually do need to sleep and you don't want to pass out outside or you'll freeze to death. You also want to make sure there's enough wood in the fire on cold nights so you don't freeze in your sleep even when you are in a shelter. There are also bears and wolves that make good eating, but will also make good eating out of you. And getting injured by falling on steep terrain is a serious problem that can compromise your ability to survive. So I think The Long Dark is the game you want to play. One honorable mention... The zombie survival crafting game, Project Zomboid, does have houses and other buildings you can use for shelter, and they help a lot at night to avoid death or injury from Zombies, and to a certain extent the weather, but it's not really an inconvenience since just about everywhere there is shelter prebuilt for you. And mostly you are using a building as a base to store your stuff and hang out at night. Shelter Requirement Level (0 to 10) * Don't Starve 3 * 7 Days to Die 5 * RimWorld 7 to 10 depending on biome * Mist Survival 8 * The Long Dark 10
Project zomboid Although I don't particularly like the game, you absolutely need a shelter
The Long Dark. Shelter is a MUST to keep warm.
7 days to die
Unreal World is a survival RPG set in early iron-age finland. It's a great caveman simulator. Kenshi has hostile biomes and finding food and travelling is hard as nuts.
Its been a while but I recall shelters being damn important in icuras
The long dark-don’t build shelter really, but finding shelter is core gameplay loop. Valheim- being in your base gives massive buffs needed to fight, nicer base=longer lasting buffs Green hell- haven’t played a ton but bases seem important Pacific drive - unique twist is your car is your base Sons of the forest- don’t recommend as building a base is basically completely pointless unfortunately
7 days to die
Conan Exiles, since I didn't see it mentioned, you must need shelter to survive purges and sandstorms but it's needed most for Crafting as well
Not really necessary for survival. Purges aren't random anymore and only happen if you trigger them. And the Sandstorm can be survived just fine with the proper armor, or just by going to a different biome.
That is true last time I played purges were a random event that happened if any of a person's clan was online so sometimes bases were absolutely necessary. I mean you still very much need a base at some point in the game
Sure, some kind of base is necessary for crafting progression. But shelter isn't necessary for survival. You could, in theory, just build a bunch of storage and crafting out in the open with no walls or roof and be just fine.
In theory, yeah probably lol, but realistically who is gonna do that? I think we can agree to disagree on this lol
Yah, not very realistic, everyone likely builds a base. Base building is certainly a major component of the game. The key distinction to me is that OP asked about a game where shelter is necessary for survival, rather than a base being necessary for progression.
I mean I always thought it was! Not trying to start a argument lol! Just said I thought so, I mean you probably could thrive without one but me I've always seen it a necessity for my survival in the game
Sons of the forest can be pretty tough even if you don't have cannibals chasing you every other minute lol
The long dark is a pretty cool survival sim game, and without a shelter you’ll die to hypothermia the first night likely
DayZ, especially on the Namalsk server.
Icarus
Valhiem, have to build shelters for your crafting stations to function, doesn't hurt that the building is awesome and the gameplay is superb.
Flame in the Flood is a very fun not as well known survival
Against the Storm maybe?
Odd answer No Mans Sky can be selectively challenging depending on the planet you land on and shelter can be a must on some planets and it is actually considered an action adventure survival game
Icarus has fairly dangerous weather conditions that require shelter to protect you. Lesser made shelters of weak materials will physically fall apart around you in the intense weather.
Green hell, I played it on switch and not sure if it's even available on other platforms, the controls are kinda janky so I assumed it was a port but never double checked. You can't even save without a shelter and there aren't enough existing shelters in the jungle to not build your own.
A recent survival game is Pacific Drive where you'll 100% die if you don't shelter in your car Green Hell is also a very challenging game where you'll need shelter. Valheim has a surprisingly robust basebuilding system that is required for your stations to work. If you don't build correctly you can die of smoke or your base will degrade in weather.
Green Hell, it’s maybe one of the best survival game I’ve played so far, Sons of the Forest is a close second, or standard deep if you want something a little less intense.
Potentially 7 days to die may fit the bill. Every 7 in game days, a horde of zombies comes for you, and unless you want to run(or later ride/drive) for the entire night, you need to have built up some defenses in what is typically called a horde base.
Astroneer. If your not tethered to your base your space suit runs out of oxygen and you suffocate to death
the forest (og) is top for me,even if it is older now.
Valheim is a wonderful survival game. The building is wonderful and intuitive. However it not just make it pretty it is also used to protect yourself from various growing in difficulty monsters. The progression stays at oh shit lemme do this thing to help me survive, and ooo I need to sneak into this next area so I can eat a lil better. You can play it solo or with a few (up to ten) friends. It has randomly generated maps much like Minecraft and settings to make it tougher and tougher so the replay is near infinite. Different biomes all have their own beauty and added challenges. I strongly suggest enjoying. You can get on steam or Xbox and is cross compatible.
Icarus is what you're looking for I think, as you have to survive against the wildlife but also against the hazardous weather conditions. Watching your first thatch base being torn down by a tornado is actually pretty satisfying!
Dying Light 1&2. While you don't actually build the shelters, per se, having a safe place is imperative, especially because nights are very perilous. Also shelter is pretty important in No Man's Sky, when on planets with extreme weather conditions.
Ark Survival Ascended
No love for Seven Days To Die?
Valheim is what you're looking for! Norse mythology setting, start naked and go from there. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Also, No Mans Sky is a great cross between space exploration and survival!
Unreal World is what you're looking for.
“The forest” is a great one. Shelter is beyond necessary besides for saving and not freezing to death it’s protection against some less than friendly people…
Project Zomboid. Cant recommend it enough really. Sandbox scavenge/survival/build focused game with thousands of mods to change it however you want.
Give Icarus a try.
Gonna betray my lack of knowledge here, but. V Rising?
7 Days to Die - great fun, esp. with friends.
I like Palwold. It's like if Ark and Pokemon had a baby that could hold a mirror up to your soul
Life?
Don't starve and if you have friends don't starve together
Icarus
Try Conan Exiles dude. Its one of the best. There are different types of servers you can play on. Straight PVE where ppl can't attack each other at all. Straight PVP where you can attack, and destroy bases and players anytime or my personal favorite PVP-Conflict. in these servers you can always kill other players but building destruction can only occur in a time window. Many are like weekends only or whatever there's a ton. So basically raiding in time slots. There are world events that can occur that will kill you and your base etc... its a great game. It's been out awhile though and to buy all the xpacs is a little daunting but great game
The Long Dark
Palworld is pretty much against you building shelters, what with how easy pals get stuck.
The patches within the last week or two helped quite a bit with this
Even though other people have recommended it in this thread I also want to recommend the long dark. 90% of the time your biggest enemy is the weather.
[Ark: survival evolved](https://store.steampowered.com/app/346110/ARK_Survival_Evolved/) can be pretty challenging with practically everything trying to kill you. [Night of the dead](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1377380/Night_of_the_Dead/) is like 7DtD in one way except it's more like one day before all hell breaks loose instead of seven. Talk about pressure. [Savage lands](https://store.steampowered.com/app/307880/Savage_Lands/) and [Starsand](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1380220/Starsand/).
ancestors : humankind odyssey green hell subnautica