Green Hell’s real-world setting and man-versus-nature theme make it the one game on this list that’s most similar to The Forest. On top of all this, Jake’s extreme anxiety about, you know, being alone in a massive rainforest where everything wants to eat him is pushing him to the brink of insanity. Finding and treating wounds and illnesses involves more than simply eating a ration or bandaging a limb - you have to eat the right medicine for the illness. Every turn finds Jake battling some strange animal or falling sick to a new disease. Green Hell seems intent to live up to its name. In Green Hell, players control Jake Higgins, an anthropologist seeking answers in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. The combat, while certainly not the main focus of Ark, is at least interesting, with players riding into battle on the back of massive beasts.ĭeveloper: Creepy Jar Publisher: Creepy Jar Platforms: PC, Switch If you’re the type who just wants to carve out a corner of the world in your image, there’s a PvE mode here, too.įans of gradually working toward the creation of something massive will find a lot to like in Ark: Survival Evolved. Building anything worthwhile is going to take you several hours of resource gathering and focused construction. While it’s often compared to Rust, Ark’s primary focus is on grinding, base building, and monster taming, rather than PvP combat. Ark: Survival Evolved Ark Survival Evolvedĭeveloper: Studio Wildcard Publisher: Studio Wildcard Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, Android, iOS, StadiaĪrk: Survival Evolved is a multiplayer survival sandbox where players must scavenge, build, and survive in a prehistoric world of lizards the size of buildings and giant bugs that will suck your face off. Those who enjoyed The Forest for its atmosphere and tone and don’t mind a style of game that’s a bit different will fall in love with Amnesia.Ĥ. Hallucinations and other visual disturbances become more frequent as your character loses their grip on reality, causing you to second guess everything you see and hear. Laying eyes on one of the game’s hideous creatures will slowly make your character go insane, as will hiding in the shadows out of sight of their roaming gaze. Amnesia: The Dark Descent Amnesia: The Dark Descentĭeveloper: Frictional Games Publisher: Frictional Games Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One, SwitchĪmnesia: The Dark Descent may not be a survival game, but it taps into that primal fear of the unknowable the same way The Forest does.Įverything in Amnesia is either trying to kill you or drive you mad. There’s really only one way to deal with the toxicity: bask in it, absorb it, make it a part of you, then unleash it upon the next person you meet. Structures and buildings in Rust tend to be designed for defensibility, with reinforced doors and long winding halls that end in deadly traps to make it as difficult as possible for intruders to reach you and the resources you’ve gathered. However, due to the heavy focus on PvP, nothing you build will last very long without fortifications. If you want to let your creative juices flow, the base building and crafting in Rust is satisfyingly complex. Rust players will bully you, torture you, and take all your clothes for no reason at all. The worst thing the cannibals are guilty of is occasionally playing with their food. The players you’ll meet in a Rust server will make you miss The Forest’s cannibals. Rust’s no holds barred, free-for-all PvP is infamously cruel. It’s difficult to describe that heavy dread that hits you when you stare into the black void of the deepest parts of the sea.Īnd what’s worse is you know that you’ll eventually have to go down there.ĭeveloper: Facepunch Studios Publisher: Facepunch Studios Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One Subnautica’s cryptic story, told in fragments via found notes and recorded audio, requires you to venture further and further away from your pod, where the waters are deeper and the creatures less familiar. The stunning underwater environments and aquatic alien wildlife will take your breath away the first time you step foot outside of your escape pod. Subnautica Subnauticaĭeveloper: Unknown Worlds Entertainment Publisher: Unknown Worlds Entertainment Platforms: PC, PS4, Xbox One, SwitchĪfter your ship crash lands on an alien water planet, you must scavenge for food and materials to stay alive while looking for a way to get back home.
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