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Shares underwater exploration with Subsistence.
- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
- Deck Playable
- 2023
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The closest matches to Subsistence: Sunkenland, 7 Days to Die, Mist Survival, Green Hell, and Night of the Dead. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Also Open World Survival Craft and Base-Building, like Subsistence.
- $44.99 (Price checked Nov 3)
- Deck Verified
- 2024
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- 2018
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- Released: 2016
- Developer: ColdGames
- Price: $13.99checked Nov 3
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 70% of 6,866 reviews
- Genres: Action, Early Access
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Ai hunters never run out of bullets
- Base building feels therapeutic despite the grind
- Death is permanent and punishes mistakes
- Atmospheric
- Challenging
- Stressful
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About Subsistence
The closest matches to Subsistence: Sunkenland, 7 Days to Die, Mist Survival, Green Hell, and Night of the Dead. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Subsistence is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sunkenland, 7 Days to Die and Mist Survival — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, challenging and stressful, and single out its base building with furniture. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Subsistence is an open-world survival sandbox released in 2016 by ColdGames, available for $13.99 USD and playable on Steam Deck. Set in a first-person perspective, the game drops players into a hostile environment where they must gather resources and craft tools under conditions of significant scarcity. Core mechanics include base-building with furniture, hunting and gathering, and dynamic AI hunters that construct their own bases in the world and pursue players relentlessly. Seasonal environmental changes drastically alter gameplay, while wildlife adapts to player aggression. Players describe the experience as atmospheric and tense, with permanent death punishing mistakes. The game supports both single-player and online co-op, and holds a 70% positive review score from 6866 Steam reviews.
About Subsistence: 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).
Is Subsistence worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 70% of 6,866 Steam reviews are positive.
- Last 30 days: 63% positive across 137 new reviews, in line with its all-time score.
- Early Access: unfinished, and it can change a lot before release.
- Price: $13.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 78 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 26 h before turning negative, so complaints are about the long run, not the first hours.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Ai hunters never run out of bullets
- Base building feels therapeutic despite the grind
- Death is permanent and punishes mistakes
- Seasons drastically alter the environment
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“It has suprising of similarities to 7days to die. It has been unoptimized for years, the development is slowly progressing but no where it sholud be, etc. But at least it's unenjoyably difficult. They put you in the wilderness in a single…”
“The game is SUPER unbalanced. Getting resources like Lithium and obsidian is a GIANT chore, for literally no reward. You're better off killing animals with arrows around your base for fat to turn into biodiesel. Combat??? Don't even get me…”
People who play it also play: Sunkenland, 7 Days to Die, Mist Survival
Frequently asked about Subsistence
Can I run it?
Does Subsistence run on Steam Deck?
Subsistence is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Subsistence cost?
Subsistence is listed on Steam at 13.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Subsistence have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Subsistence supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
What games are most similar to Subsistence?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Subsistence are Sunkenland, 7 Days to Die, Mist Survival.
Who developed Subsistence?
Subsistence was developed by ColdGames.