The Christmas season is coming to an end, you survived it. If slim odds are your thing, though, then all of the winter sales mean you can indulge in whatever you like to your heart’s content. Steam, GOG, Epic and all the other shops currently offer some outstanding survival games. So that you save a lot, we only present titles that are reduced by at least 50 percent.
Drink and eat something to keep your life bar from suffering too much, and then we’ll get started!
Highlights
Subnautica Below Zero
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Subnautica Below Zero – Gameplay trailer sets us in the mood for the icy survival adventure
Genre: Underwater Survival | Developer: Unknown Worlds Entertainment | Release year: 2021 | Preis: 13 dollars on Steam, reduced by 55 percent
There are people who like to splash around in ice water for a few minutes when the temperature is freezing below zero. Instead of imitating this without enough training and putting your life in danger, you could sit comfortably in front of your PC, plunge your digital self into icy water worlds and fight for survival.
Subnautica Below Zero lets you do just that. As in the predecessor, you are taken to the water planet 4546B, but this time in arctic regions. You can also explore a few small islands, but most of them take place deep down in the icy sea.
In Survival style, you build a base, you have to listen to your own body and eat regular meals, and… well, you don’t get eaten by giant sea monsters. Here, Below Zero also tells a little story again, namely you are looking for your missing sister. If you want, you can safely ignore them and survive without any distractions.
The different biomes are much more interesting anyway! From beautiful and colorful to oppressive and spooky, there is a lot here. Incidentally, the predecessor Subnautica is also on offer and currently costs 10 dollars.
Elena was already enthusiastic about the first part, you can listen to her unrestrained enthusiasm in the following podcast:
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This War of Mine
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This War of Mine – Launch Trailer: A War Survivor Tells The Story
Genre: War Survival | Developer: 11 bit Studios | Release year: 2014 | Preis: 4 dollars on Steam, GOG and Epic, reduced by 55 percent
Some games aren’t meant to be fun. But that doesn’t make them bad games. This War of Mine is just such a game that is oppressive, almost frustrating. And it’s awesome.
You are not fighting for survival in colorful underwater worlds, zombie apocalypses or sci-fi planets, but in war. Although the military conflict in This War of Mine is fictional in nature and only inspired by real events, the events feel extremely real. You are not on the battlefield as a soldier or commanding your troops from above, but tending to a group of civilians in this dark time.
The game presents you with moral challenges: you could, for example, steal from another group of survivors at night so that your own people don’t starve to death. Not only do you question yourself, the characters also have pangs of conscience. This War of Mine shows the ghastly face of war unashamedly and without mercy. You won’t soon forget this game, even if you won’t enjoy it.
This War of Mine is now even included in Polish school lessons:
Learn while playing
In Poland’s schools, a video game will officially become a teaching material
More exciting offers
Of course, the stores also have other survival games on offer. We will now clarify what these are and where you can get them cheapest:
- Cryofall: Together with your friends you build up your colony here on a long-forgotten planet. (5 dollars on Steam, reduced by 75 percent)
- Starbound: In Starbound you are also on a sci-fi planet. Here, however, involuntarily, you want to repair your broken spaceship as quickly as possible! (6 dollars on Steam and GOG, reduced by 60 percent)
- Darkwood: This survival horror shows you what’s in front of you very late thanks to the bird’s eye view. (4 dollars on Steam, reduced by 70 percent)
- Die Young: This is not the song by The Band Perry, although the title is very similar. You have to make your way as a young woman on an island full of lunatics. (4 dollars on Steam, reduced by 75 percent)
- Empyrion: This sci-fi survival game also takes you to remote planets, but this time from a first-person perspective. (10 dollars, reduced by 50 percent)
- Don’t Starve Together: In this stylish game you fight for survival in co-op, but the solo game Don’t Starve is also available for just under 2 dollars. (5 dollars on Steam, reduced by 66 percent)
- The Forest: You are actually looking for your missing son after a plane crash. The cannibals, mutants and – let’s be honest – the many crafting options will distract you. (4 dollars on Steam, reduced by 77 percent)
- Breathedge: And again space survival, I know. But this time, an immortal chicken is by your side! (12 dollars on Steam, Epic and GOG, reduced by 50 percent)
- Surviving Mars: This time we don’t go to distant galaxies, the development game Surviving Mars takes place on the well-known red planet. (7 dollars on Steam and Epic, reduced by 75 percent)
- Frostpunk: The last city on earth is in your hands in this city building game. (7 dollars on Steam and Epic, reduced by 75 percent)
- Ark Survival Evolved: dinosaurs! Not only can you craft diligently on the prehistoric island, the Battle Royal mode is also freshly back. (4 dollars, reduced by 75 percent)
Even more sales
But if you want to expand your game libraries even more, now is the best time to do so! Here you will find 25 games that cost less than five dollars thanks to the Steam Winter Sales. Epic is giving away a new game every day right now, and if you want a real story-fest check out:
For only 15 dollars
Three of the best story games I’ve ever played
price table
If you want to see an overview of all the current offers in the stores, our price table will help you here:
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