survival sandbox
Enshrouded’s 2024 roadmap promises dungeons, farming, functioning chairs, biomes, and water
When it comes to adding updates to a survival sandbox (or any MMO/multiplayer game), it's generally a good idea to cast a wide net....
Choose My Adventure: Starting on the road to success and self-reliance in Nightingale
A lot of the first few hours of Nightingale are tutorial. That's probably not terribly surprising considering survival sandboxes need some guidance (and it's...
‘Multiplayer Viking survival tribe builder’ Aska readies another closed beta test April 15
Back in 2022 we first reported on Aska, a self-described "multiplayer Viking survival tribe builder" from Romanian indie Sand Sailor Studio that sees players...
Co-op survival RPG Coreborn permanently slashes price, adds new town management features
Developer Blankhans is once again reaffirming that its multiplayer survival RPG Coreborn: Nations of the Ultracore didn't quite meet its initial standards: The studio...
Palworld celebrates 25M players in its first month, promises anti-cheat measures, showcases critters
The hot iron of Palworld might have cooled just a bit, but the quirky survival sandbox has still drawn in some big numbers overall....
Nightingale’s early access launches to mixed Steam reviews, performance hotfixing, and a growing playerbase
With the first 24 hours of Nightingale's early access release almost behind it, we're doing the usual thing where we collect overall initial impressions...
Palworld’s popularity inspires new merchandise in the form of terrifying adult Halloween costumes
There are plenty of ways for fans of a game to feel closer to their favorite titles, but one of those ways is by...
The Stream Team: Capturing critters and exploring the islands in multiplayer Palworld
MOP's Chris and his Porg Squadron crew are deep in to Palworld recently, and together they're going to share some of their exploration with...
Multiplayer space sandbox Empyrion’s Dark Faction expansion earns player ire over borked co-op
Last week saw the co-op space survival sandbox Empyrion put out its first-ever expansion, Dark Faction, thanks in part to a surprise publishing partnership...
Not So Massively: Lightyear Frontier is a charming blend of survivalbox and life sim
Like many people, I spent a lot of last week downloading and trying demos on Steam's Next Fest. There was one I almost didn't...
Palworld continues its critter preview videos with a look at the legendary Frostallion
Depending on how far along you've gotten in Palworld (assuming you're one of the millions playing the survivalbox), you might have already gotten to...
Age of Water outlines how to find fish and highlights a couple of NPC factions
Did you expect a game called Age of Water to not have fishing? If you did, then let Gaijin Entertainment and Three Whales Studio...
Multiplayer survival sandbox Smalland exits early access February 15 with new content and features
Back in March 2018, we first caught wind of Smalland, a multiplayer survival sandbox that sees players as itty-bitty sprites surviving in the scaled-up...
First Impressions: Nightingale’s survival and realmwalking blend could make it a stand-out in the sub-genre
Our regular readers know that the survival sandbox sub-genre is suddenly getting very crowded in very short order, which means that the upcoming gaslamp...
ARK Survival Ascended rolls back latest update, which was eating players items on official servers
When you're playing ARK: Survival Ascended, you expect things to be hungry: your tamed pets, the dinosaurs roaming the wilds, your character - you...
Enshrouded offers up some beginner’s tips in its latest video
Enshrouded might be familiar to survival sandbox vets, but it's also possible that some of its systems are unique to those players, or that...
Dune Awakening’s latest video snippet is all about playing both solo and with friends
Who here would like another vertically oriented video snippet out of Dune: Awakening? If you raised your hand, then you're probably reading this on...
Enshrouded’s first major patch addresses bugs, crashes, multiplayer stability, and world reset timing
It's been a couple of weeks since the survival sandbox Enshrouded made its early access debut, and while the game has received several hotfixes...
Astroneer is running a multi-stage Breakdown event running until April 7
Do you need something to pass the time in the adorable little survival sandbox of Astroneer? Then you're in luck because the Breakdown event...
Palworld vows to keep servers online ‘without regard to cost’ (despite monthly cost of nearly half a million dollars)
Getting professional server hosting for an online multiplayer title ain't cheap, and that holds true for Palworld developer Pocketpair, which is paying out the...
