survival

Fighting games are a tricky thing to get right. In many ways, the audience is well-served by the big guns. Indie efforts are there but, without the backing behind them, they can flounder a little. Pocket Bravery by Statera Studio is a retro-inspired fighting game that has been around for […]

Pocket Bravery – PS5 Review

April 19, 2025 in PS5 / Reviews tagged arcade / brazilian / combos / fighting game / local multiplayer / online multiplayer / pocket bravery / statera studios / story mode / survival by Mike

The Outlast Trials is a co-op focused survival horror game from Montreal studio Red Barrels who, despite some pedigree working in the industry previously, have a softography that, so far, only includes this game and the two previous Outlast titles. Set in a Cold War-era experimental facility, The Outlast Trials, exists in the same […]

The Outlast Trials – PS5 Review

March 15, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged co-op / horror / outlast / saw / survival / the outlast trials by Richie

I guess zombies place in media and popular culture is never going to disappear. I’ll be honest, I don’t think there’s much left to do with them that hasn’t already been thought of. Welcome to Paradize is the latest from EKO Software. It’s a survival game based around society’s failure […]

Welcome to Paradize – PS5 Review

March 6, 2024 in PS5 / Reviews tagged base building / eko software / management / melee combat / online co-op / satire / slavery / squad management / survival / welcome to paradize / zombies by Mike

Maybe it’s spending more time at home but I’ve found myself looking at smaller diversions to spend fifteen minutes here and there. Games come in all shapes and sizes but Mighty Math arrives from Greenfall Studios with a cheap price tag and a very simple premise. Having already landed on […]

Mighty Math – PS4 Review

February 14, 2023 in PS4 / Reviews tagged addition / arcade / greenfall studios / math / mighty / subtraction / survival by Mike

This War of Mine has been around for a while but This War of Mine: Final Cut now arrives on PS5. Obviously it is mostly the same game as before but there’s been new content added and with current world events the scenarios hit different. For those who don’t know […]

This War of Mine: Final Cut – PS5 Review

May 15, 2022 in PS5 / Reviews tagged final cut / scavenging / survival / the little ones / this war of mine / war by Gareth

Here’s something we don’t get to say very often. From Chilean developer Ace Team, we have the survival adventure game The Eternal Cylinder. Hailing from Santiago, you’ve probably never heard of them but you may have heard of their previous output in terms of the Zeno Clash and Rock of […]

The Eternal Cylinder – PS4 Review

October 15, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged ace team / cylinder / good shepherd / survival / trebhum by Ian

Survival games have never really clicked with me. The idea of planning a run out is appealing but I’ve never enjoyed the meter management that comes with it. On top of that, some feel perpetually in a state of early access and I’m never sure when a survival game is […]

Conan Exiles: Isle of Siptah – PS4 Review

July 9, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged barbarians / bases / bosses / combat / conan exiles / crafting / funcom / isle of siptah / loot / settlements / survival / trading / vaults by Mike

Whist I may still be a relative newcomer to the Ys franchise each game I play impresses me immensely as does Falcom’s output as a whole. I’ve played Ys Origins and Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA and now the trend continues with Ys IX: Monstrum Nox. Again you play as […]

Ys IX: Monstrum Nox – PS4 Review

February 16, 2021 in PS4 / Reviews tagged adol / jrpg / lacrimosa of dana / monstrum nox / origin / prison / survival / ys by Gareth

I ended up coming around to Remnant: From the Ashes in my original review. At times it was frustrating and repetitive by design but the loop of replaying areas hoping to trigger an event you hadn’t seen in order to get different gear or traits became quite addictive and I […]

Remnant: From the Ashes – Swamps of Corsus – DLC ...

June 6, 2020 in PS4 tagged dlc / random / remnant: from the ashes / risk of rain / survival / swamps of corsus / third-person shooter by Gareth

Frostpunk is a city-building, survival game that first appeared, to very positive reviews, on the PC last year and has now landed on the two big boy consoles to a degree of anticipation. As with 11 Bit Studios’ other work it’s a technically proficient, well-presented effort that brings some serious […]

Frostpunk – PS4 Review

October 28, 2019 in PS4 tagged city builder / frostpunk / strategy / survival / winter by Richie

It’s not very often I venture into survival games. The genre’s reliance on management and time constraints tends to put me in a difficult position, as someone who likes to take their time. Whilst elements do find their way into other games, I never quite gel with the complete experience. […]

Fade to Silence – PS4 Review

May 5, 2019 in PS4 / Reviews tagged base management / black forest games / crafting / fade to silence / melee combat / survival / third person action by Mike

Sometimes it’s difficult to realise just how long an early access project can take to finalise. In the case of Subnautica, the ocean-based survival game has been in the works since it was introduced to gamers on steam in 2014. There is a danger of this kind of development lifecycle. […]

Subnautica – PS4 Review

December 16, 2018 in PS4 / Reviews tagged aquatic games / minecraft / Subnautica / survival / under the sea by Grizz