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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).

Subsistence is a open world survival craft, survival and multiplayer game developed and published by ColdGames.
Released on October 25th 2016 is available only on Windows in 26 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Hungarian, Norwegian, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Dutch, Russian, Turkish, Polish, Swedish, Danish, Romanian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Finnish, Greek and Latvian.

It has received 13,113 reviews of which 9,481 were positive and 3,632 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.1 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 11.03€ on Steam with a 20% discount.

The Steam community has classified Subsistence into these genres:

Open World Survival Craft Survival Multiplayer Crafting Open World Building Base-Building Sandbox Co-op Singleplayer Early Access Action First-Person Online Co-Op Adventure FPS Difficult Shooter Indie

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Windows

OS *: Windows 7+
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E4600 2.4ghz or Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core 5200
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: Geforce GT 460 or Radeon HD 3800
DirectX: Version 9.0
Storage: 1500 MB available space

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April 2025

Great game, lots of grind and repetitive action but it is true to its name and it holds subsistence and rng loot bags as its core gameplay loop. It is possible to thrive in this game, I swear it is... but it has taken me just over 300 hours to figure out how. I love this game. It feels like an extension of reality that might seem basic on the surface but requires real strategy, critical thinking, patience, and quick execution to succeed. It makes you feel the way you should feel in a true to life survival setting. Every bullet is like gold in the early game. Every morsel of meat is to be cherished should you live to see the sun rise again. You earn what you have and you work for what you need. You want for little if you aim to thrive. I could go on but I reccomend this for the person that dislikes Green Hell and similar games for the over complicated and ill explained inventory/crafting systems and yet also turns away from the minecraft, valheim, and even don't starve for their respective lack of depth in the very core element of subsistence (The very definition of subsistence, not the game.) This game is fair yet brutally difficult. It will punish any and every mis step. It is the dark souls of survival games. It may not seem like it at first, but the sheer prospect of a 100 day run with 0 deaths is genuinely unimagineable to me and I would be shocked if someone managed it on hardcore. Give it a go if you have patience and a love for the realistic approach. Again if you look past specific gameplay elements and instead focus on how the game makes you feel for a methodical and strategical approach to survival... you will realize why this game is a GOLDMINE among fields of coal D:. Happy Surviving.. erm.. Subsisting!! PS. ColdGames please add large ore deposits for all the basic ores like: iron, copper, potassium, etc.. down in the caves. They should be hefty and take lots of durability to mine but reward large amounts of the ore in question. This would be a great way to round out the caves and make them worth the time and resources!! Cheers m8 great game 10/10.

April 2025

This game offers the real survival concept. It's hard and grindy (not for everyone) but hey if you really want a survival game that has great gameplay this is it. Building a base, farming, foraging, fishing, hunting, exploring underwater caves, and what I like most is raiding enemy base and looting a plane's cargo. No zombies or wierd creepy enemies. It's you vs. the wilderness. I wish the dev make a new content.

Feb. 2025

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.

Nov. 2024

HUGE THANKS TO THE DEVELOPER! We have so many games that are wrongly placed in the survival genre, but have nothing to do with survival and are ultimately always about PVP. In most games, you have everything you need within a few hours and it's not difficult to get there. With Substistence, you finally have a challenge, even on the easiest difficulty level. The winters are brutal and we love it! It takes a few hours to even understand the game and find out what is important to be able to survive at all. This game doesn't deserve negative criticism in 2024. There is still so much potential to be exploited and we are looking forward to everything that is still to come. Anyone who cries here that it is too difficult is only used to "survival games" in which you actually get most things "for free", don't have to fight for your survival and every game mechanic is the same as 100 other games. But it should be a matter of life and death, with every step and every action. And Subsistance fulfills that 1000 percent. So for those who want to play a child's birthday party, you've come to the wrong place. But for anyone who is really looking for a survival challenge that lasts more than just a few hours, buy the game! You won't regret it. 1000 percent recommendation! Just never start in winter.. ;) Have fun =)

Sept. 2024

A more true to survival game. The beginning is ROUGH!!! As you get used to things, it does get a lot better (getting the refrigerator is tremendous). Build your base with a woodburner, winter comes quickly. Very nice game. You can play solo if you'd like, with or without hunters. Can turn them on/off at any time. If you've played Rust, I think you'll like this one.

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Subsistence is currently priced at 11.03€ on Steam.

Subsistence is currently available at a 20% discount. You can purchase it for 11.03€ on Steam.

Subsistence received 9,481 positive votes out of a total of 13,113 achieving a rating of 7.10.

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Subsistence was developed and published by ColdGames.

Subsistence is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Subsistence is not playable on MacOS.

Subsistence is not playable on Linux.

Subsistence offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Subsistence offers both Co-op and PvP modes.

Subsistence does not currently offer any DLC.

Subsistence does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Subsistence does not support Steam Remote Play.

Subsistence 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.

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ColdGames

Release 25 Oct 2016

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