Survival & Sandbox
Boss guides, base building, crafting, and server setup for the survival, sandbox, and open-world games we cover, from Valheim and Rust to Palworld and Enshrouded, plus standout PC adventures like Hollow Knight: Silksong.
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29 pagesPalworld
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V Rising Weapon and Spell School Progression: Building Your Gear Score
Gear Level in V Rising is built from six items, and spells are not one of them. A full breakdown of how gear score really works, the 14 weapon types and which to main, the six spell schools, and the boss-by-boss route from bone tools to Legendary Ancestral weapons.
Going Deeper in Subnautica 2: A Leviathan and Deep-Biome Survival Guide
The deep in Subnautica 2 does not crush you, it starves you. A survival guide to Proteus's three leviathans, the Tadpole's crush-depth ladder, keeping your oxygen alive past 200 meters, and getting a co-op team down to Root Canyon and back.
Best Open-World Survival Games in 2026, Ranked
Vast maps, base building, and the constant pull of one more expedition. The best open-world survival games to play in 2026, ranked, from Viking purgatory to monster-taming islands to vampire kingdoms, with who each one is for.
Palworld Tower Bosses Guide: Order, Element Counters, and How to Beat Every Syndicate Tower
Palworld's Tower Bosses are the closest thing the game has to a main quest, and each one is a five-minute element check. This guide covers the fights in level order, the type counters that halve every battle, and the prep that stops a boss from running out your clock.
Once Human Memetics Guide: Ciphers, Specializations, and Building a Cradle That Works
Memetics is Once Human's tech tree, and it doubles as your build. This guide breaks down how Ciphers work, which of the four branches to rush first, how the ten Specialization slots shape your playstyle, and the respec habits that keep a Meta-Human flexible across seasonal wipes.
V Rising Servants Guide: Converting Thralls, Blood Quality, and Passive Loot While You Sleep
Servants are V Rising's quiet economy engine: convert a high-blood human, send them on expeditions, and collect gear and resources even while you are offline. Here is the full conversion process, why blood quality decides everything, and how to run a servant roster that pays for itself.
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Abiotic Factor Review: The Half-Life Survival Game Worth Clocking In For
Deep Field Games' co-op survival game traps a team of scientists in a research facility gone wrong. We review the crafting, the comedy, the Leyak, and whether the Half-Life homage holds up.
Subnautica 2 Early Access Review: Familiar Depths, New Company
Subnautica 2 is out in Early Access with four-player co-op and four biomes. We dove in to see whether the dread, wonder, and survival loop still hold up. Our impressions and score.
Enshrouded Review: The Survival RPG That Finally Respects Your Time
We put 50 hours into Keen Games' survival action-RPG. Between its free-form skill tree, voxel building, and the Shroud, is Enshrouded worth your next playthrough? Our full verdict.
Palworld Review: Is It Still Worth Playing in 2026?
Two years after its explosive launch, we revisit Palworld to see how the 'Pokemon with Guns' survival game has evolved. Is it worth your time?
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