Line #11 Main/SurvivalSandbox


1	[[quoteright:349:[[VideoGame/NoMansSky https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/no_mans_sky_planet_1.png]]]]
2	[[caption-width-right:349: The atmosphere's poisonous and the water's likely acidic. Have fun!]]
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4	->''"This is like a fucking sandbox with landmines."''
5	-->-- '''Anonymous''' on ''{{VideoGame/Rust}}''
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7	In the wake of the incredible success of ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' and ''VideoGame/DayZ'', [[FollowTheLeader many games sprung up that incorporate some of their mechanics]]. The survival genre that emerged from these games is based around a few core principles:
8	* Usually, the player is dropped into a WideOpenSandbox with [[WithThisHerring almost no resources]]. The sandbox can be either fixed or procedurally generated.
9	* Most, if not all, of the environment, [[EverythingBreaks can be broken]] and picked up, which the player is expected to do in order to [[ItemCrafting craft]] all or almost all of their own equipment and shelter.
10	* There is a heavy emphasis on ResourcesManagementGameplay. The player will usually have some sort of hunger meter that constantly drains throughout the game and must be regularly replenished.
11	* [[{{Permadeath}} Death is permanent]], and the primary objective is simply to survive [[EndlessGame as long as possible]]. When death doesn't completely reset the world it will still [[ContinuingIsPainful be a massive setback]].
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13	There is considerable overlap here with the {{Roguelike}} and SurvivalHorror genres. It also shares its emphasis on EmergentGameplay with the ImmersiveSim, but those tend to be much more focused in terms of scope and narrative.
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17	!Examples
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19	[[index]]
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21	* ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', the TropeMaker and [[TropeCodifier codifier]].
22	* ''VideoGame/DayZ'', the other TropeCodifier
23	* ''VideoGame/SevenDaysToDie''
24	* ''VideoGame/ARKSurvivalEvolved''
25	* ''VideoGame/{{Astroneer}}''
26	* ''VideoGame/AstroTerra''
27	* ''VideoGame/{{Badiya}}''
28	* ''VideoGame/CardLife''
29	* ''VideoGame/{{Cataclysm}}''
30	* ''VideoGame/{{Chernobylite}}''
31	* ''VideoGame/{{Crea}}''
32	* ''VideoGame/ColonySurvival''
33	* ''VideoGame/ConanExiles'', set in the world of ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian''
34	* ''VideoGame/CoreKeeper''
35	* ''VideoGame/{{Darkwood}}''
36	* ''VideoGame/DayOneGarrysIncident''
37	* ''VideoGame/DayRSurvival''
38	* ''VideoGame/{{Deadburg}}''
39	* ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' (combined with WideOpenSandbox, ActionAdventure and SurvivalHorror elements with an RPG-styled level-up system)
40	* ''VideoGame/DeathInTheWater''
41	* ''VideoGame/DigOrDie''
42	* ''VideoGame/DontStarve''
43	* ''VideoGame/{{Dysmantle}}''
44	* ''VideoGame/EmpyrionGalacticSurvival''
45	* ''VideoGame/{{Enshrouded}}''
46	* ''VideoGame/ExpeditionZero''
47	* ''VideoGame/TheEternalCylinder''
48	* ''VideoGame/{{Factorio}}'' (Though only in the very early game, and the only real "survival" elements are the hostile aliens and ItemCrafting--the player doesn't need food, water, sleep, etc. Once the player crafts enough items to research automation, the gameplay shifts nearly entirely to being a FactoryBuildingGame, where the aliens are merely another logistics challenge to solve and "crashed on an alien planet" is more of an ExcusePlot than anything else. This often trips up new players expecting something closer to ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'')
49	* ''VideoGame/Fallout76''
50	* ''VideoGame/FarSky''
51	* ''VideoGame/{{Flotsam}}''
52	* ''VideoGame/TheForest''
53	* ''VideoGame/TheFlameInTheFlood''
54	* ''VideoGame/GreenHell''
55	* ''VideoGame/{{Grounded}}''
56	* ''VideoGame/{{H1Z1}}''
57	* ''VideoGame/HoboToughLife''
58	* ''WebAnimation/{{Holo\|live}}Earth''
59	* ''VideoGame/HowToSurvive''
60	* ''VideoGame/HuntShowdown''
61	* ''VideoGame/{{Hurtworld}}''
62	* ''VideoGame/{{Kenshi}}'' (combined with ''VideoGame/MountAndBlade''-like strategic RPG gameplay)
63	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'' (combined with conventional ActionAdventure and ActionRPG).
64	** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTearsOfTheKingdom''
65	* ''VideoGame/TheLightKeepsUsSafe''
66	* ''VideoGame/TheLongDark''
67	* ''VideoGame/LostInBlue''
68	* ''VideoGame/MedievalDynasty''
69	* ''VideoGame/MeriwetherAnAmericanEpic''
70	* ''VideoGame/{{Miasmata}}''
71	* ''VideoGame/{{Miscreated}}''
72	* ''VideoGame/MistSurvival''
73	* ''VideoGame/MySummerCar''
74	* ''VideoGame/{{Necesse}}'' (combines the genre with a colony builder)
75	* ''VideoGame/NeoScavenger''
76	* ''VideoGame/{{Nether}}''
77	* ''VideoGame/NoMansSky''
78	* ''VideoGame/{{Notrium}}''
79	* ''VideoGame/OsirisNewDawn''
80	* ''VideoGame/{{Palworld}}''
81	* ''VideoGame/{{PAMELA}}''
82	* ''VideoGame/PhoningHome''
83	* ''VideoGame/ThePlanetCrafter''
84	* ''VideoGame/PlanetExplorers''
85	* ''VideoGame/PlanetNomads''
86	* ''VideoGame/ProjectZomboid''
87	* ''VideoGame/RadiationIsland''
88	* ''VideoGame/{{Raft}}''
89	* ''VideoGame/ReignOfKings''
90	* ''VideoGame/{{Rimworld}}'' (combined with [[ConstructionAndManagementGames "colony sim" construction and management mechanics]])
91	* ''VideoGame/{{Rust}}''
92	* ''VideoGame/{{Satisfactory}}''
93	* ''VideoGame/{{Saurian}}''
94	* ''VideoGame/ScrapMechanic''
95	* ''VideoGame/{{SCUM}}''
96	* ''VideoGame/{{Serum}}''
97	* ''VideoGame/ShadowsOfKurgansk''
98	* ''VideoGame/SirYouAreBeingHunted''
99	* ''VideoGame/TheSolusProject''
100	* ''VideoGame/SpaceEngineers''
101	* ''VideoGame/{{Spoxel}}''
102	* ''VideoGame/{{Stacklands}}'' (combined with CollectibleCardGame)
103	* ''VideoGame/StarForge''
104	* ''VideoGame/{{Starbound}}''
105	* ''VideoGame/StarsOne''
106	* ''VideoGame/{{Stranded}}''
107	* ''VideoGame/StrandedDeep'' (unrelated to the above)
108	* ''VideoGame/TheStompingLand''
109	* ''VideoGame/{{Subnautica}}''
110	* ''VideoGame/SunlessSea''
111	* ''VideoGame/SurvivalKids''
112	* ''VideoGame/SurviveTheNights''
113	* ''VideoGame/TailOfTheSun''
114	* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}''
115	* ''VideoGame/TomClancysTheDivisionHeartland''
116	* ''VideoGame/{{Undawn}}''
117	* ''VideoGame/UnrealWorld''
118	* ''VideoGame/{{Unturned}}''
119	* ''VideoGame/{{Valheim}}''
120	* ''VideoGame/{{Vigor}}''
121	* ''VideoGame/VintageStory''
122	* ''VideoGame/VisionsOfAftermathTheBoomtown''
123	* ''VideoGame/{{VoidTrain}}''
124	* ''VideoGame/{{Wayward}}''
125	* ''Wilderness: A Survival Adventure'': [[/index]]The UrExample, released in 1985 for MS-DOS.[[index]]
126	* ''VideoGame/WizardWithAGun''
127	* ''VideoGame/{{Withstand}}''
128	* ''VideoGame/YLands''
129	[[/index]]

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