
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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The game is fun, the Discord community is helpful, and overall its a good purchase if you like survival games. As far as critique, I would say, the game is a real grind. There are strategies to streamlining the grind, and the updates during the year+ break I took from it made part of the grind worse, but there were a lot of other nice touches that came with those updates, so it balances out. If you want an easier survival feeling, go play Ark SE/SA, or Conan Exiles. If you want something more challenging with friends, play this. If you want a solo challenge, go play Long Dark. Each of these games scratches a different itch, so I say if you like survival games, buy all 4. Considering this was all made by a single developer (as far as I was last aware), I would say its very impressive and worth it to buy it and support indy devs that want to try to tackle big genres. Overall, I supported it and I am glad I did. If you want to make the game easier, just turn hunters off. Outside of that, just have fun and try to stay warm ;)
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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 23 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 14 places towards #1, and the 2,420 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 873 reviews with recorded playtime.
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This game is either made by one person who develops in their spare time or a cash grab. Early access for over TEN YEARS?!? If you could look at the game 10 years ago and it today, you would hard pressed to be able to see a difference. I bought this game over SIX years ago played it and saw it needed A LOT of work. Then played it once in 2024, saw almost no change. I think fishing got added. Now its Sep 2026 and "mod support" is released. Not real mod support, just QOL tweaks. You know, like almost EVERY OTHER GAME has by default? That being said, it still has almost all the issues it had 6+ years ago. Terrible hitboxes. Almost no functional melee. The chem light you get on spawn is just barely better than worthless for light, but also almost washes out the screen. To get anywhere its a HUGE grind fest. I have A LOT of spare time and I don't have time for this game. Even tweaked by the "mods". No respect for players time. In the end, this game is one that I will keep installing I guess every 2-3 years when they post a 'major update' and get me to look at it again, let alone remember that I own it. It 100% feels like a cash grab and paid reviewers hype it up to get more people to fell for its trap. There are easily better games here on Steam, and in a lot of cases for cheaper. 1/10 overall score. Look somewhere else to spend your time/money.
played this when it was released grindy yes but now the mods are here quality of life has improved animals are brutal but just imagine them as your ex wife and avoid at all cost that is until you get a shotgun
J’aime bien le concept , avec un peu plus de caisse de lots ç’aurait été mieux
Muy bueno especialmente si uno trabaja.
Hartes Survival Game, aber mit Suchtfaktor. Selbst auf einfache Spielstufe ist es schon schwer. Nicht nur die ständige Gefahr von wilden Tieren macht einem zu schaffen, auch der Mangel an Lebensmittel setzt einem zu. Wenn die Schwierigkeit nicht schon hart genug wäre, muss der Spieler zudem auch auf eine ausgewogene Ernährung achten, welche, wie im richtigen Leben nicht immer zur Verfügung steht in der Natur. Halt wie im richten Leben. Zu Allem Überfluss, sind die Lebensmittel nicht lange haltbar. Aber sie halten länger, wenn sie im Kühlschrank gelagert werden. Maximale Haltbarkeit ist, wie im richtigen Leben, eingekochtes. Als letztes setzen einem noch das Wetter, die Uhrzeit und die Jahreszeit zu. Bautechnisch wird einem auch einiges geboten, braucht aber viel Material, welches stetig zusammen gesucht werden muss. Selbstverständlich muss auch die Bude beheizt werden, damit es nicht zu kalt wird. Und Licht darf auch nicht fehlen. Aber im laufe eines Spiels kommt man nicht drum herum den Schwierigkeitsgrad für eine bestimmte Zeit hoch zu setzen. Denn dann tauchen NPCs auf, die nicht ohne sind, aber Gegenstände haben, die man nicht anders bekommt. In der Summe gesehen: wenn einer die harte Tour mag, lohnt sich dieses Game.
such potential, much squander
Don't get me wrong it was a good game before the mods. with a group of 3 friends we got really far. Now with the mods makes it enjoyable even solo. Highly recommend!
despues de varios años y temas con las upd y demas cosas, el juego dio un salto con el nuevo motor grafico que realmente se siente bien y va bien, ahora viendo el futuro del juego y la nueva compatibilidad con mods 100% recomendado
Hey long time player here. I've been playing Subsistence off and on for years. I love starting over gives me the escape from current day financial struggles and climate escalation needed to feel like I am living truly off grid. Plus the always appreciated and much needed updates to the game keep me coming back. Thank You. With that being said I'd like to respectfully report a bug with mining. Lately, Ore will disappear as I'm mining it causing usage to my pickaxe but not allowing me to mine the ore. Thank you for your continued work on this game.
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