Subsistence

Subsistence is a sandbox, first person, solo or co-op, PvE open-world survival game. Struggle through changing seasons to build a base, develop technology and gear-up in the hostile environment. Defend yourself from wildlife, the elements and AI hunters (who also build bases in the world).

Subsistence is a open world survival craft, survival and multiplayer game developed and published by ColdGames.
Released on October 25th 2016 is available only on Windows in 26 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Hungarian, Norwegian, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Dutch, Russian, Turkish, Polish, Swedish, Danish, Romanian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Finnish, Greek and Latvian.

It has received 12,727 reviews of which 9,237 were positive and 3,490 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 10.34€ on Steam and has a 25% discount.


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Windows
  • OS *: Windows 7+
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 2.4ghz or Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core 5200
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Geforce GT 460 or Radeon HD 3800
  • DirectX: Version 9.0
  • Storage: 1500 MB available space

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Nov. 2024
HUGE THANKS TO THE DEVELOPER! We have so many games that are wrongly placed in the survival genre, but have nothing to do with survival and are ultimately always about PVP. In most games, you have everything you need within a few hours and it's not difficult to get there. With Substistence, you finally have a challenge, even on the easiest difficulty level. The winters are brutal and we love it! It takes a few hours to even understand the game and find out what is important to be able to survive at all. This game doesn't deserve negative criticism in 2024. There is still so much potential to be exploited and we are looking forward to everything that is still to come. Anyone who cries here that it is too difficult is only used to "survival games" in which you actually get most things "for free", don't have to fight for your survival and every game mechanic is the same as 100 other games. But it should be a matter of life and death, with every step and every action. And Subsistance fulfills that 1000 percent. So for those who want to play a child's birthday party, you've come to the wrong place. But for anyone who is really looking for a survival challenge that lasts more than just a few hours, buy the game! You won't regret it. 1000 percent recommendation! Just never start in winter.. ;) Have fun =)
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Nov. 2024
A hard core survival game, with some game mechanics that some people will love and other people will hate. Not for everyone. For hard core survival lovers, this is a great game ! The vibe and the atmosphere of the seasons is really great, the tension of the hunters pressure is really well done. The grind can be feeling tough, but this is part of the feeling of accomplishment of the game, and the resource management !
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Oct. 2024
This is an incredible game. Hours and hours of gameplay. This isn't a triple A game that can be completed in 16 hours. This is hundreds of hours of gameplay. But be warned... It's not for the faint hearted. Even on easy, it is hard, and challenging. But ultimately addictive and rewarding. And after all, wolves and bears make a nice change to zombies, don't they :) It is survival, it is base building. it is gorgeous graphically and you won't be able to help yourself from diving back in, However frustrating it is. And it isn't perfect. I wouldn't call it necessarily very well balanced. And it can be... a grind. A real grind. And frustrating. But if you like challenging games, where progress is measured in deaths and experienced learnt, much like life, you will love it.
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Sept. 2024
Great game. Regularly updated with new content. There may be bugs somewhere but I have not encountered any that impact play after 1300+ hours. Love the building capability. Love that I can turn hunters (more challenging opposition) on or off mid game, so I can fight them when I want but not worry about them when I just want to grind materials.
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Sept. 2024
A more true to survival game. The beginning is ROUGH!!! As you get used to things, it does get a lot better (getting the refrigerator is tremendous). Build your base with a woodburner, winter comes quickly. Very nice game. You can play solo if you'd like, with or without hunters. Can turn them on/off at any time. If you've played Rust, I think you'll like this one.
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Subsistence
7.1
9,237
3,490
Online players
508
Developer
ColdGames
Publisher
ColdGames
Release 25 Oct 2016
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