Subsistence Reviews

Man this game is wild. Even the easiest setting is hard. I love survival games and this is for sure a survival game. Not a bunch of help or tips, after the initial getting started list it just disappears and you are on your own.

overall i am loving this game! i would love to see more end game updates. i would also love to see a player skill system added, as well as the ability to craft and or level up tools for more yield and faster action timers ect. i would also love to see an upgrade added to weapons that increases durability (they wear too fast) as well as adding more attachments such as scopes,lasers ect. and lastly a hunting knife for skinning animals with potential better yield. oh and one more. please add gloves to the clothing!

This game is impossible, two player mode on easy feels like the most difficult game ever. It in no way feels like an easy mode. Why in the world would you not have a way to spawn in your base. I have to died over 50 times with animals at every tree on the map and your loot bag despawns in 20 mins which feels like 5 mins. It takes the fun out of this game. Needs a lot serious tweaks before i ever play this game again.

I love this game, only thing I would like more is a reason to finish the game - an end goal where you discover something or find out the reason things happen during the game e.g. where the other people and planes come from etc.

This game is the epitome of SURVIVAL. Even on easy mode it's HARD...but it's also addictive. My nemesis is the bear. The axe has relatively no effect on it...or the wolves and they will follow you into a body of water. Is this game for everyone?...hell no, but for someone who is a serious survival gamer...HELL YEAH!

If you like challenging but rewarding survival games- GET THIS GAME! This has become one of my new fave games. No real story to it from what I have seen but that was not a hindrance to this game but actually a strength! Lack of story was not even noticeable with there being so much to do-pure survival focus. Manage thirst and hunger. Your hunger drains a little quick with being cold speeding process but thankfully only protein and veggie bars to maintain. Hunt any and everything, forage, loot and build to survive. straight forward and easy to understand crafting tho its a grind for the resources especially higher end crafting. Dynamic weather and seasons with a day/night cycle with a proper night! ( you can barely see a foot in front of you) its a grind to gather and supply yourself to be able to handle each season with the appropriate gear. Looking for zombies, monsters, crazies and freakers??? Well you WON'T find them here. Being someone who usually plays survival games with those enemies it was very refreshing to have only animals as well as humans to worry about ending your struggling life- oh if you don't count the weather. Animals are aggressive tho you are able to skate your way around them with each predator giving you a couple warnings that you will learn. Human superior and more deadly than animals right?- WRONG! its a grind to survive as every attacking animal will wreck your day. "but I have a gun with ammo!" you say? Yeah let me know how that went after the lvl 1 wolf or bear is pooping you out! Has a similar mechanic to Shadow of Mordor's " nemesis" mechanic- animal kill you=animal go up in lvl= equals animal more superior to human now. dying multiple times trying to recover your loot while each attempt lvls up sed creature to master of the woods is possible and not that hard to happen. Ai hunter humans attack you and your base as well as building their own. These bases can be attacked and looted but you'll want to grind out some more advanced gear and weapons to take them on as well as break into their shelters. Theres no harm in falling back to live and fight another day but you just took on hunters.... good chance they will want vengeance and be easily able to track down your shelters location. THIS GAME IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HURT BUT THOSE WHO LIVE FOR A CHALLENGE. Having a hard time surviving your first few days?.....got a friends who's got your back? then get them in there! Cause I forgot to mention it has multiplayer co-op. Reason I haven't mentioned it is I have no multiplayer experience to talk about. PVE-CO-OP PVE only which makes this game a survival gem 8/10 - Did i mention this game has alot of GRINDING! its a grinders dream and I am all here for it. I would have given this game a higher rating if the map was a bit bigger ( mind you it is quite big as it is) as well as a few more animals added. GET THIS GAME

Very grindy game but I have had it since forever and I appreciate how many update the Dev has added even if they are spread out over long periods of time.

bad Bought and played with friends, and while I had a blast hearing my friends pop a vein in frustration, all the fun I had was thanks to them and not the game. It's a grindy mess with no real balance in economy. if you want to build a crappy shed it's gonna take you a lot of looking for RNG boxes and after an hour you'll have a wall and a floor. The fact this is 9 years old and still in alpha is all you need to know.

So, this game has been in "early access" for so long that it's kind of silly at this point. It's one dev, I get that, but could just launch and add new dlc content to continue to make money. As it is, I'm willing to support by buying skins. (Please more skins.) I'd like to see more character models. If nothing else, make the NPC antagonists look different. All the same, I've almost logged 1,200 hours. The children yearn for the mines. Want a game where you grind for resources and build your palatial estate? Look no further. Has a learning curve, but once you know, you know. Invite me to your server. Lol.

Great graphics, no glitches in almost 4 hours, 7 player multiplayer worked perfectly on a G-Portal dedicated server. So much fun to run around with friends or solo, game has polish & the dev is active. We have just scratched the surface - I am looking forward to uncovering all the secrets.