
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).
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Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.71/day in the week to Sep 1 → 2.14/day in the week after.
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I die within a minute every time. This game is frustrating beyond words. No way to get a enjoyable experience here. No way to play the game. Even swimming is difficult and getting up to surface does not work. I really regret buying this game same day I bought it. 17 minutes and I have had enough
Yes! I would recommend this game to others. The price? Perfect. It is developed by ONE guy, who put all his free time in to develop the game, adding new things while also polishing the rest. It's amazing seeing the progress over the years, while also keeping the price very affordable. The amount of content you get for the price you pay is way more than fair and I very much recommend it to both solo gamers and to play with friends. You won't regret it. So worth it in my opinion. You have seasons and the water does freeze in most parts. There are consequences and needs for preparing. This Developer has it correct. He has placed the price I believe in a place where it's not too high or too low. In the economy right now it is just enough. You can coop in this game. Build your own base in the game. Have others interact with your game or!!! You can interact with their game! This game can be tweaked into your own imagination. Gold. It has exploration on the surface but, also has exploration under water. Fight your way under water into water caves. Further into the deep Magma caves. If heat isn't your thing and you have that chilly heart, You can always explore the chilly mountains above. Climb dangerously high where the famous moose or cougar is said to be found. Icy blizzards. Hazards. This game is challenging. The game has you work for what you need with out giving you so much surplus it becomes monotonous and boring. I have watched many a frustrated player give up easily with this gem but patience, preparing and watching what you do is key to success in this game. This game is not for the faint at heart. It is for the more skilled gamers in my opinion. Don't let that stop you though. A challenge is a challenge and can be very rewarding. I have played the game on an off since I purchased the game years ago and have enjoyed watching this gem grow. I haven't played since the achievements have been added and admit I've returned to claim mine.
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Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 194.14/day in the week to Jul 18 → 1.43/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 26 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 7 places towards #1, and the 2,402 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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Languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Hungarian, Norwegian, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Dutch, Russian +14 more
Hours played at review time, across 869 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Hace mucho que tengo este juego, al principio era divertido y lo que no era tolerable pensando en que el creador mejoraría al estar en desarrollo. Hoy puedo decir que no es recomendable. Si quieres juegos de supervivencia hay muchos mejores de estudios Indi que han cumplido con sus promesas, siguen actualizando y tienen una realidad mucho mas creible. En este juego ni siquiera balancean donde aparecen las cajas militares. Solo aparecen en una zona. - El creador no respeta la comunidad, de hecho su calificación a decaído. - Siguen desapareciendo animales y apareciendo sin importar tu campo de visión ni la distancia. Los bandidos siguen este patrón haciendo mucho mas dificil y retorcida la estrategia. - los cambios se basaron en poner mas mesas para hacer lo mismo que antes y mas minerales, 4 líneas de código para darte una imagen de "tiene mas cosas" (solo se hace mas dificil, mas cosas que hacer para ningún objetivo concreto) - El diseño del juego lejos de mejorar ha empeorado. No recomendado.
So the game is almost 10 years old now and looks like it was made 15 years ago. The hostile animals are spread in a grid pattern across the map sometimes right next to each other. The bear and wolf populations are laughable and have awful reactions. The fact that you need to find satchles and boxed to live and find most thing to cope is insane. The fact that there are no structures to help to start and scavenge from is sad and finding bait and berries to live is near impossible. I played 4 hours and manages to place less than half a 2x2 structure all be it dieing 8 times in the prosses. I give this game a 0.2 out of 10 for not being completely unplayable.
This isn't just a survival game—it's one of the best. If you know what true survival means, then you know exactly what to expect. Pain! The developer is highly active and consistently adds new, free content to the game. In my opinion, Subsistence and Green Hell are the most brutal survival games out there, and I love them both. I have over 7,000 hours in this game, and if it wasn't good, I wouldn't have stayed this long. I respect everyone's opinion, but I can't take seriously the reviews from players with only a few dozen hours in this game.
While I have attempted to live in this game and have tried several times, everything will kill you. Either it is the animals, starvation or freezing to death. Even when I can build a fire to keep from freezing, I always die of thirst. Daylight hours are very short and night fall is upon you before you can even gather enough wood, fiber or food to subsist. For a noob like myself, this game is entirely too hard to live. Today, I tried deleting the old save I was complaining about and just go with the default settings. Needless to say, my axe does not chop and nothing is working as it should. I strongly DO NOT RECOMMEND PURCHASE OF THIS GAME. Just too many bugs and while the concept seems like it might be a good game, the developer has some work to do before I will attempt to play again or recommend it for anyone.
Waste of money... pretty disappointed in how hard and pointless this game is. Love survival craft games, played lots of other ones and enjoyed them. This one is not fun, come to find out that the developer only puts out one update a year and each update makes it harder for the player base and has zero regards for the community. Don't believe me check discord groups that are out there. Definitely at the bottom of the barrel for me when it comes to these type of games. would not recommend to anyone.
Doesn't matter how many times I come back to try to make this game worth my money, it's just ass. Perhaps I'll try again one day and change my mind, perhaps not.
sinceramente... es un despropósito, no hay forma de salvarlo, esta todo mal y no les importa, los puñeteros animales que no tienen un sentido y los cazadores con dificultad hecha con los pies, y diosss como come la gallina, a mí no me engañan, ahí metieron un elefante con skins de gallina, ni con el PIB de gringolandia podria mantener esa gallina dio mio. Esa gallina es el verdadero enemigo del juego por dios.
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