There are droves of people who would be satisfied only playing survival games. It makes perfect sense, as they're often some of the most freeing sandboxes, but instead of providing aimless direction, there's an urgency to them, tasking players with doing whatever they can to stay alive and in the game. As you might imagine, Steam is a hotbed for the genre.
At any given moment, the best survival game lists are constantly shuffling around, especially since new ideas are being discovered constantly, as developers try to one-up each other and reinvent the genre. Add this free survival game to your list.
Not My War is currently flying under the radar, but it is definitely a hidden gem in the survival genre. Released just recently from 24-Pack Studios, you play a "resourceful ferret" trying to make sense of a deadly island filled with malevolent robots, as the mystery of the world you find yourself in slowly unravels.
Your goal is to survive several days, using pretty much everything you can find to assist in that goal, which typically involves stealth items or distraction gear. There are elements of crafting, inventory management (complete with a Resident Evil/Diablo-style grid system),...
