Category: Survival

Oceaneers is definitely one of the games I'm most excited to see, with it's interesting take on survival and colony building across a flooded world.

Arriving later in 2026, Oceaneers has a really fun sounding idea. It's a survival-crafting adventure in a flooded world of sinking islands.

The Alters from 11 bit studios appears to be doing very well, apart from the controversy over the AI generated bits. A new patch is out to fix it up.

With the latest updates to the popular Palworld, Valve have now bumped it up to Steam Deck Verified and SteamOS Compatible.

Storm's Brewing is the newest update for the zombie survival game 7 Days to Die, and it's one that really changes the game.

A huge update for Palworld has arrived with the Tides of Terraria crossover. It's a lot more than just adding bits of Terraria though.

Klei Entertainment have revealed Away Team, a new adventure set in the world of the popular base-builder Oxygen Not Included but it's a little different.

The Alters is a brand new sci-fi game with a blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements from 11 bit studios.

Daedalic Entertainment and developers Undertow Games and FakeFish recently revealed the Home & Harbor expansion for Barotrauma.

There seems to be no stopping Hello Games with updates to No Man's Sky, with the Beacon update now available free.

Originating from a team of Project Zomboid modders, Manzanita Interactive announced Dandelion Void featuring deadly plant-based creatures.

I need this. Athanasia has jumped right to the top of my wishlist for some Dino Crisis meets System Shock vibes in an immersive sim.

The Long Dark from Hinterland Studio just got a big free update to enhance many parts of the visuals for high-end systems.

Luanti (formerly named Minetest) has a big new release out with v5.12 bringing SDL2 for the Window and Input Handling along with numerous other big additions. This release has been years in the making for the switch to modern SDL2, away from the very outdated Irrlicht.

In a future Minecraft release that's now in testing, you won't need to hunt or fish for a saddle, as it's finally going to be an item you can just craft.

Saleblazers is an Early Access survival game that seems to be a little more on the unique side, with it adding in a shopkeeper element and now it should play better on Steam Deck and perhaps from your sofa on a living room PC too.

Quite a big release for the open source evolution sim Thrive, with some major new features being added to the latest release of this scientific survival game.

Barotrauma devs FakeFish recently revealed Frostrail during the Triple-I Initiative event, and they're giving a "tentative yes" for Linux support.

Final Outpost: Definitive Edition from Exabyte Games is the expanded and upgraded version of their popular mobile game. They've now announced the full PC release with Native Linux support will arrive on May 22nd.

V Rising 1.1 - Invaders of Oakveil is set to release on April 28th and it's going to bring much improved and official support for the Steam Deck.