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The cult classic open-ended wilderness survival roguelike RPG taking place in the ancient North. Throughout the years, UnReal World has been praised for its incredible depth, realism, atmosphere and immersion. Lose yourself in the most intricate, detailed and enchanting iron-age game world.

UnReal World is a open world, survival and rogue-like game developed by Sami Maaranen (creator) and Erkka Lehmus (co-designer) and published by Enormous Elk.
Released on February 26th 2016 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.

It has received 1,313 reviews of which 1,230 were positive and 83 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.9 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 5.49€ on Steam with a 50% discount.

The Steam community has classified UnReal World into these genres:

Open World Survival Rogue-like RPG Sandbox Traditional Roguelike Immersive Sim Open World Survival Craft Historical Crafting Turn-Based Procedural Generation Perma Death Building Adventure Nature Top-Down Singleplayer Strategy Base-Building

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

OS *: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor: 1 GHz
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: 800x600 minimum resolution
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 1 GB available space

MacOS

OS: 10.6 or higher
Processor: 1 GHz
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: 800x600, OpenGL 2.0
Storage: 1 GB available space

Linux

OS: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Processor: 1 GHz
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: 800x600, OpenGL 2.0
Storage: 1 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025

It's really fun to be an iron age Finnish man surviving against the elements. Just needs more music or forest ambience playing in the background. Be warned: You must have powerful autism to enjoy this game

Dec. 2024

I'm not really sure how to recommend this game. I could talk about the depth of the mechanics, the lifelike interactions between animals/people, the connection to historical methods, the atmosphere of the music and sounds, or the incredible length of update support ( and still coming!) I think the best recommendation I can offer is that this game has given me a true sense of peace while playing, and filled me with wonder and amazement over and over again. Somehow Enormous Elk has bottled up the joy of the outdoors and put it on Steam for us.

Dec. 2024

UnReal World has completely re-contextualized to me what the "survival" genre is. When I have think of games tagged with survival, I think of games like Minecraft or The Forest. In most survival games, there are systems to determine the efficacy of your survival. For example, Minecraft and The Forest have bars to determine how hungry or tired you are. Even relatively inexperienced players can quickly "solve" these bars with reserves or finding easy and periodic ways to re-fill these bars. With time, survival becomes obsolete- it's an early challenge that gets curtailed quickly as you progress through the game. Survival simply becomes second nature to the game experience; surviving is no longer an objective. In UnReal World everything is about survival. There is no ulterior motive to your survival- all you want to do is live. In aforementioned titles, you will hold an axe in your hand within minutes of playing. In UnReal World, you must meticulously gather all the materials for an axe. You will need to bind the birch tree scraps by hand to make rope strong enough to hold a rock, which you sharpened upon a stone. You will get cold, and need to take many breaks while doing this; you will get hungry, and need to take many breaks while doing this. In aforementioned titles, a home will serve as a central place for storage or a rendezvous to checkpoint at. In UnReal World, a home is for warmth to survive the brutal cold of the winter. In aforementioned titles, a home will something you easily make after interacting with a tree and then bringing raw tree materials to a menu that makes them into your home. In UnReal World, you must arduously chop down every tree. You must turn the felled tree into a log. You must fatigue yourself pushing the log inch by inch. You will get tired. You will collapse in exhaustion over the simple act of moving a log. Do this 5 more times and you can build the corner of your house. All while needing to make sure you don't starve, you don't get too cold, you don't get so tired you fall over. In my limited experience to the game, I have realized that the "survival" genre has been tagged onto so many games wherein survival is not the main goal. If you want a game where you are truly fighting to survive, UnReal World will deliver an unparalleled experience. As many have commented, this game's control scheme is keyboard only. It is a learning curve, but it's not unconquerable. Within a couple hours, I was comfortably interacting with the world. The in-game tutorial and resources give enough information paired with the online resources that any new player can comfortably have an enjoyable survival experience within their first 1-2 hours of game play.

Oct. 2024

I've played URW for years, before buying it back when it was free to play. The developer's still have my videos on the website as gameplay examples. My flattered ego aside, this is as good as it gets for open world hardcore roguelike hermit in the woods survival simulators. What it lacks graphically, it more than makes up with dwarf fortress-esque depth of systems and crafting. Will waste hours of your life to trivial unforgiving deaths, 10/10 would cry again.

Sept. 2024

Let's continue giving this superb game thumbs ups, so more people can buy the game, so the developer can make enough money to HIRE A DAMN UI/UX DESIGNER, because that interface has no right to be this level of obtuse and clunky.

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UnReal World is currently priced at 5.49€ on Steam.

UnReal World is currently available at a 50% discount. You can purchase it for 5.49€ on Steam.

UnReal World received 1,230 positive votes out of a total of 1,313 achieving a rating of 8.86.

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UnReal World was developed by Sami Maaranen (creator) and Erkka Lehmus (co-designer) and published by Enormous Elk.

UnReal World is playable and fully supported on Windows.

UnReal World is playable and fully supported on MacOS.

UnReal World is playable and fully supported on Linux.

UnReal World is a single-player game.

There are 2 DLCs available for UnReal World. Explore additional content available for UnReal World on Steam.

UnReal World does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

UnReal World does not support Steam Remote Play.

UnReal World is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for UnReal World.

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Sami Maaranen (creator), Erkka Lehmus (co-designer)

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Enormous Elk

Release 26 Feb 2016

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