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Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate.
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a survival, open world survival craft and base-building game
developed by Odinsoft Inc.
and published by Twin Sails Interactive and CE-Asia.
Released on May 21st 2024 is available only on Windows
in 10 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 3,692 reviews of which 3,177 were positive and 515 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 9.79€ on Steam with a 65% discount, but you can find it for 4.42€ on Gamivo.
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- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: Intel Core i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVidia GeForce GTX 970 4 GB Full HD resolution
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 32 GB available space
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I'm a bit so-so on this game because obviously it's not the best survival crafter on the market but it isn't bad enough to be worth a thumbs down either. It's pretty much riding the "okay" line for me. In many ways the game feels like The Long Dark but in a tropical setting. There are many things that are similar to TLD: - Weather and conditions affects your character. - Building, reading and crafting takes in-game time. - You constantly have to tend to your character's needs. - Very few amount of animals/enemies. - Immersive - Dated visuals - Sense of loneliness ( which is good if you like that ) But in my opinion it's a more complete game than TLD. It hides most of its depth at first and you will be fooled into thinking that there's less content than there actually is. For example, there's more than one island, but the game doesn't show you that right away. An extra layer of depth was added by the main quest which adds a nice treasure hunt aspect to the game. Just like in The Long Dark, wild animals are your enemies and are very limited in amounts of species. There's also an infinity of them, as they respawn at the same locations after a cooldown period. I think this was the lazy way of implementing wildlife. It makes me think of grindy MMORPG. The animals quickly become irritating and annoying since you'll always have to kill them even if you did so dozens of times before. You will get so tired of encountering the same animals ( especially the early game badgers ), it's ridiculous. Player movement is really odd. You move quickly, kinda like in The Forest, but it's more like you're on roller skates since you always seem to slide or roll when you move. You will often try to jump on stuff and "slip" because the movement is so bad. It takes a lot of time to get used to it. I have no idea why they made it like that. Just like in TLD, you level up different abilities and gain attributes along the way which is a great incentive to keep grinding. Because it's a pretty grindy game and you will often have to look for something very specific in order to build things and that can become quite tedious over time. Something that's pretty cool is that items you drop will never disappear. This adds realism to the game and is rather rare to see ( off the top of my head, only Project Zomboid does something similar to that level ). Even when you drop perishable items, they turn into compost. For me, the game began to be grindier and grindier and at some point I decided to get on the main quest but the game is pretty bad at telling you what to do sometimes, so I often ended up wandering in places I had no reason to be, trying to find very specific things to keep going. The hints and clues the game leaves for you aren't always very precise or informative. The sense of progression in this game is very good at times, and very bad at other times. It definitely can get tedious at some point when you're looking for something and need to go back to a place filled with wild animals you are obligated to kill. This game will eventually have multiplayer. This is very good news because it'll make it more fun and less grindy. This should've been a thing right off the start but I guess they had other priorities. Seems to me the future online features of the game will definitely enhance the whole gaming experience and may multiply the interest in the game. For now, I'd say the game is a 6.5/10. Hopefully future updates and multiplayer can make this rating go up a little. It's a rather cheap game, not the best, but can probably satisify your needs if you are a survival/crafting fan and need a new game to test your prepper skills.
Caribbean Durability Simulator. Don't get me wrong, I like this game. One of the best single player immersive survival, base building, and adventuring games around. It's too bad it didn't get more visibility. It has a unique crafting mechanic where there's a "time passing" element. So basically everything you do takes time. If you want to craft a knife, it might take 20 minutes or so. If you want to turn your seaweed into cloth, that might take 4 hours. In either case, time passes via a status bar. You the player don't wait very long, but for your character the time passes in the world. Hunger and thirst have built, energy has drained, and time of the day has passed. If you go too far and are crafting at night, you run a chance of injury. Also every craft consumes tool durability. The base building is pretty good here. It's not the best in the genre, but its got most of the necessary components and late game you get to build some pretty cool forts or bigger settlements for yourself. Most of the early and mid game though is pretty utilitarian. Recipe unlocks are when you actually hold an item. So when you pick up something new, you usually get new crafting recipes. What isn't obvious is that when you craft a machine (like a tanning bench or something), you actually have to craft each item on the bench in order to unlock the recipes related to those items. So for a while I was treading water trying to understand what I was doing wrong, when what I secretly missed was making two things on my benches and those had me locked out of key progression recipes. The one thing I will say is that this game, especially the early game, is quite grindy. You go through a LOT of tools, and water and food start out pretty sparse. It's not hard per se, but you are constantly running around gathering materials to build replacement tools or repair tools, and you are almost entirely surviving off of harvested coconuts for quite some time. The game really opens up once you get to the third region which is unfortunately really quite long into the game. But it is a fun ride as long as you keep up with the storage and just keep moving forward bit by bit. Overall I do really enjoy this game, and while it has its quirks and frustrations (omg the durability...), it's definitely worth it if you are looking for something truly single player focused, story based, and immersive. I definitely recommend.
I started Survival: Fountain of Youth on a positive note. The setting is fantastic, the mystery around the expedition pulls you in, and some of the environmental puzzles are genuinely satisfying to figure out. Exploration feels purposeful (the islands look great) and the survival loop has that nice "plan your day or suffer tomorrow" energy. Then the game started talking. The voice acting in the cutscenes is... an experience. I spent an uncomfortable amount of time wondering if it was AI generated, recorded in a closet, or performed by someone reading the script for the very first time while emotionally detached from the concept of humanity. Crafting happens in real time, which sounds immersive until you realize time is sprinting forward while you stand there watching a progress bar waiting for water to boil. You also can't multitask, because apparently your character's full cognitive capacity is required to cook fish or tie a rope! Some systems feel unfinished too. Missing recipes and odd gaps in progression. Tomatoes are in the game. Cooking exists. But meaningful tomato recipes? Apparently that knowledge was lost with the expedition. Combat deserves its own survival warning. Hitting animals feels like you're negotiating with wooden furniture. There's barely any feedback, impacts feel weightless, and fights drag on in that special way that makes you question your life choices. The foundation is solid, but the polish is very... aspirational. And yet... there *is* a good game buried under the rough edges. Exploration is enjoyable. The story kept me curious. The survival mechanics, when they work, hit a satisfying rhythm. You can see the potential clearly. You just experience it while occasionally arguing with the camera, the crafting system, and the local wildlife-shaped lumber. **Final Score: 6/10** A survival game with great ideas, strong atmosphere, and just enough friction to remind you that survival sometimes means enduring the game itself.
Survival: Fountain of Youth — A Sleeper Hit Worth Discovering TL;DR: If you enjoy classic survival mechanics with a unique 16th-century explorer theme and don’t mind a few indie rough edges, this game is absolutely worth your time. Full Review: Survival: Fountain of Youth is a sleeper-hit survival game that I somehow missed until recently. I’m a big fan of Green Hell and Stranded Deep, and I’ve been looking for something that scratches the same itch for exploration, base-building, and resource management. SFoY hooked me immediately with its 16th-century explorer setting, which really sets it apart from the usual modern survival fare. And no cannibals or zombies. This isn’t a reinvention of the genre, but that’s part of the charm. You’ll feel right at home with the familiar loop of picking up sticks and stones, crafting your tools, and building your base. On Normal difficulty, the balance feels about right: you’re managing water, hunger, and the risk of pushing deeper into unknown territory for critical resources and progression items. Approaching all of this as a 16th-century castaway gives the game an immersive edge. I keep a handwritten explorer’s log of my discoveries and journey. It’s not perfect: - The UI and small gameplay elements aren’t as polished as something like Green Hell. - Cutscenes lean more “indie” than cinematic. - A bit of roughness around the edges in general. But once I settled into the gameplay loop, those issues faded into the background and the core experience really shined. Honestly, this game deserves more visibility, if the devs teamed up with a few mid-sized streamers, I think it could find a much bigger audience. Pros: - Unique and atmospheric 16th-century survival theme - Solid core mechanics (gathering, crafting, base building) - Well-balanced survival challenge on Normal - Great sense of exploration and discovery - Lots of islands, biomes, and progression paths Cons: – UI and polish aren’t on par with AAA competitors – Story cutscenes are serviceable but not amazing – Some indie roughness here and there Verdict: If you love survival games and appreciate a historical twist, Survival: Fountain of Youth is worth diving into. A hidden gem.
Honestly didn't think i'd like this game. No harvesting animations blasphemy in a survival game! I was wrong. Devs did a very different take on a survival game with enough being familiar that I find it very enjoyable and a nice change of pace. Is enough story to keep you interested along with some side quests that are interesting ect. Over all if you like survival games i'd recommend this one.
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Survival: Fountain of Youth is currently priced at 9.79€ on Steam.
Yes, Survival: Fountain of Youth is currently available at a 65% discount. You can purchase it for 9.79€ on Steam.
Yes, Survival: Fountain of Youth received 3,177 positive votes out of a total of 3,692 achieving a rating of 8.30.
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Survival: Fountain of Youth was developed by Odinsoft Inc. and published by Twin Sails Interactive and CE-Asia.
Yes, Survival: Fountain of Youth is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Survival: Fountain of Youth is not playable on MacOS.
No, Survival: Fountain of Youth is not playable on Linux.
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No, Survival: Fountain of Youth does not support VR.
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a single-player game.
Yes, there are 3 DLCs available for Survival: Fountain of Youth. Explore additional content available for Survival: Fountain of Youth on Steam.
No, Survival: Fountain of Youth does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Survival: Fountain of Youth does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Survival: Fountain of Youth 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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Developer
Odinsoft Inc.
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Twin Sails Interactive,
CE-Asia
Release
21 May 2024
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