The Survivalists Reviews

The Survivalists is ranked in the 51st percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
3.5 / 5.0
Oct 15, 2020

In an industry that has shifted from being “kid-friendly” to “adult-focused,” it’s imperative to remember that some games simply won’t work for the more aged gamers (30 is aged, right?). That’s not to say The Survivalists won’t resonate with adults — if this is your cup of banana smoothie, by all means — but it seems to be trying to speak with a younger audience. If you’re lamenting that school has started and you can’t devote as many hours to Minecraft with friends as you’d like, you’re probably going to love The Survivalists. Either that, or I’m a monkey’s uncle.

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5.9 / 10.0
Oct 15, 2020

The gameplay is sun, but lack of progressions make it get stale quickly.

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7.5 / 10.0
Oct 22, 2020

The Survivalists is a great change-up to the core formula of this series, and it’s got some fun moments to it as you try to escape.

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4 / 5.0
Oct 23, 2020

Overall, The Survivalists offers potentially limitless gameplay due to the uniqueness of the island biomes, the exploration, and the incorporation of multiplayer functionality. A few aspects, such as the constant hunger, the tedious and repetitive tasks, and a lack of local co-op or cross-platform play may irk more casual players who are looking to escape chores in the real world, though. Still, there is much fun to be had here, and besides, who doesn’t want a legion of monkeys serving them?

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Oct 25, 2020

If you’ve been interested in survival games in the past but were turned off by high difficulty levels and complexity of systems, this is the game for you.

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7.5 / 10.0
Oct 28, 2020

The Survivalists has its merits. The adventure has good ideas and manages to provide good moments (especially in multiplayer), but veteran players will soon realize that there is a lack of content after a few hours, and the absence of a more robust challenge unfortunately can also result in a tranquility that dangerously borders on monotony. The base built here is solid, and I hope that the developers keep the promises established by the roadmap and deliver new content in the future.

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6.5 / 10.0
Oct 11, 2020

If you are looking for a survival and management game, The Survivalists could be a good choice but you should approach the existing version with some caution because it needs some updates and more content to become a must have choice in its genre.

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6.5 / 10.0
Nov 16, 2020

Putting together a lot of good elements like the survival and construction , The Survivalist it’s a great game to let time be and get some chill gaming experience Get some elements of survival, a colorful and funny graphics and there you have a wonderful experience and some good fun about it And you can try to survive with it all!

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Expansive
Sally Willington
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Oct 31, 2020

The Survivalists is fun, if not a little limited in its current state. Fortunately, there’s lots more coming down the tracks with the game’s extensive content roadmap which will surely flesh out the experience even more and make it interesting for months to come.

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5 / 10.0
Nov 20, 2020

The Survivalists is adrift on a sea of similar titles, struggling to find relevance and survive amid the near endless competition.

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50%
Nov 21, 2020

The Survivalists' cute pixelated graphics may be pleasing and the prospect of a procedurally generated island to explore is undeniably tantalising; but the sheer number of incredibly frustrating issues present in this title, especially when coupled with the hefty asking price, ironically make The Survivalists one game you could certainly survive without.

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Apr 23, 2021

What one item would you take with you to a desert island? It’s a question frequently asked and one with many answers. Some say they would bring their mobile phone or their favourite book. But in The Survivalists, the question is as irrelevant as these items would be on a remote island. You will start the game stranded, starving and scared on a beach with no connection to civilization; you know, just like in real life. In this sense, The Survivalists is fairly realistic in its setting. However, the morbidity of being stranded on a desert island is whisked away by a cool breeze, sun-soaked beaches, and a wealth of resources to help you survive in the middle of paradise.

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8 / 10.0
Oct 9, 2020

As I have noted a few times before, in general survival games haven’t tended to be a favorite of mine in the past...

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