Top 10 Upcoming Survival Base Building Games for 2024

[@Ziplinz]

These smaller development teams are on a roll with these survival games. This is quickly becoming one of my favorite genres.

[@SeemzLegit454]

LMAO and 90% of them fail.

[@clumsy4ever]

So? Enjoy while it lasts. duuh

[@SeemzLegit454]

@@clumsy4ever What, a month worth. Na.

[@cyntai6690]

better buy a AAA game with lots of bugs and shit engine... yeah u get it@@SeemzLegit454

[@Robin-oh3zh]

they should try to make smaller games first and grow as a company instead of building these big games and fail.

[@drhenceforth]

Enshrouded looks like my kind of jam. I love voxel based stuff, it's part of why I've played so much of 7 days to die.

[@booniversegaming]

That's what I was thinking. Did you see the base building and destruction? It looks phenomenal! A medieval voxel based open-world base building and adventure RPG with wing suits and grappling hooks? Errrrrm, yes please!

[@ChristianGonzalez-qu6fs]

This game has me extremely hyped for the voxel system. It's doing what most voxel games don't do and I've been starving for, medieval style and good graphics.

[@cast5439]

Yeah 7dtd

[@MyDigitalParadise]

I'll add my vote for Enshrouded. Put it on my wishlist.

[@MFZBitch]

Cries in Cube World

[@capp00]

Love these types of videos my friend! Keeping that bar set high!

[@Boris82]

I really like the extreme creativity and freedom you get in Valheim concerning base building. Definitely interested in seeing more games like that.

[@AeonSaint]

Valheim wasn't the first one with this. Planet Explorers had that too. Sadly alot of people don't know it and it's also a bit older, and also the reviews it got were really bad. It was made by the some devs that made / make "My Time at Portia / Sandrock". If you're into Voxel Building you should check it out.

[@TheSometimeAfter]

@@AeonSaint he never said it was first? What a weird way to try and push an old game that's not that good. Even weirder when you admit it's.... Not that good...

[@mostunique5941]

I just hate how once you get a big base the frames drop like crazy. If that wasn’t an issue it would be perfect

[@AeonSaint]

@@TheSometimeAfter I said it didn't get good reviews, never said that I think it's bad. In fact I love that game and think it's really cool. You can make your own blueprints in it. There used to be a site that only had blueprints fro that game from it's players. They even remade a functional White Star. And your remark just shows that people like misinterpreting other people's comments. I also wasn't trying to push anything, just saying that there were games like that before. Maybe next time read properly before you want to put someone down.

[@sterry3535]

Wish it would come to Play Station ^^ Xbox wins this1 haha

[@schakTheNerd]

Out of these, I think I'm looking forward to Enshrouded and Nightingale the most. Kind of surprised Ars Notoria didn't make your list. It's a great time to be an open world survival/craft junkie, but it's also flooded with post-apocalyptic settings and starved for high fantasy. Moria doesn't count. That's under-world survival/craft.

[@JanstonCordell]

Great list! I'll probably end up playing all of them. Grand Emprise... I really hope it's not killed by jank because I've been dying to play a survival game that plays through the ages. The day that the 4X Strategy and Survival RPG genres are merged will be a fun one.

[@BlondeDon]

I have so much hope for the future with a lot of these games. I'm so excited 😄. Thaks for putting this together!

[@KevinFrost]

This is a great list! I think the 3 I'm most excited for are Under A Rock, Enshrouded and Outbreak Island.

[@jpvielleux]

You dug deep for this one Tem...too deep. There's worse things than survival games in the dark places of the earth.

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

This video is beyond any of you... RUN!

[@loganfaling7563]

Fly you fools!

[@tylerjackson7948]

A bal Rog

[@gerhardusretief3996]

a Great video is never late, nor is it early. It arrives precisely when it means to.

[@Sea-Keith]

@@gerhardusretief3996 Dumbledore is that You ?? ;)

[@robbiedoodle]

It's so awesome watching your channel evolve and grow! This is one of my favorite channels on KZbin. And this was a great list, btw. Keep it up, brother!

[@gligh_t3334]

Honestly I am hyped up for nightingale for some time and it just looks amazing. Visuals, the mix of magic and technology (kinda steampunk) and coop is just amazing

[@celestialflea]

Nightingale and Under a Rock are the two stand-outs for me. The basebuilding in Under a Rock in particular looks very cool.

[@xKevmachinex]

yep im hooked on under a Rock, It looks good already and im sure has so much potential yet to go!

[@celestialflea]

@@xKevmachinex I can see it being very popular with a much more casual audience than survival games usually get if it's not too heavily focused on combat. Been waiting for something chill for a while now.

[@axxey]

@@xKevmachinex I'm completely triggered by that horrible 3.3rd person view out to the left side even from this small amount of trailor.

[@eerohughes]

Under a rock is definitely a children's game.

[@celestialflea]

@@eerohughes How do you know? Nobody's seen anything about it except the b-roll here.

[@tijmenvs25]

Absolutely love these videos. I usually tend to miss out on some new games in genres I like, so having a quick glance at the best upcoming ones is excellent.

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

Make sure you add your favorites to your steam wishlist, they'll send you an email when the game releases!

[@Dying2play12]

@@GunsNerdsandSteel great tip. I forgot about that feature

[@SL4PSH0CK]

ngl great tip no wonder im missing news about them 😅@@GunsNerdsandSteel

[@Baigsnmouse]

I kickstarted Fractured Veil and even though I left the game as I hadn't realized it was PVP I was still very impressed with the developers, how they interacted with the community and was always a laugh when working on my home to hear Hawaiian music and see a light. Wave to the drone then get back to what I was doing. I felt it was a very well done game even in pre-alpha.

[@marcussmith4913]

neat story.. so when did you start murdering homeless people?

[@Baigsnmouse]

@Fractured Veil I did help some and gave recommendations from aa PVE perspective and survival game aspects of it. I always tried to be fair and balanced as I never want to take away from otehrs who PVP just because I couldn't. I was glad for every bug report that was responded to. I love the concept, the lore, and really want the game to succeed and hope so many will enjoy it. the community, the developers, and discord admins were great. The homes I would build on the little sandbar I liked., even had a swimming pool and hot tub. But in the end I was struggling with some personal issues, embarrassingly I also somehow missed the horror aspect of the game, and I realized for me that another game was a bit more my style. So I helped the developers instead reward someone else who would appreciate it so much more. You can still support games even if you aren't playing them ^,^

[@MrHammertime82]

Rooted and Fractured Veil are peaking my interest. Thanks for the heads up Tem!

[@metricsplease]

0:35 this looks so promising. the idea of having complex AI to compete against in the world is just the fix i needed for minecraft's vast emptiness problem.

[@flyinggoatman]

Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival feels like too big of a promise to be done well. Great idea but it would be hard for any one-man team to make a game like this without cutting a lot of corners.

[@pantango5503]

I just wanted to say that your videos are always top notch. It's no wonder your at 95k subs so fast, and I can see you at 1mil one day. If you haven't seen GNS 7 days to die videos, you are missing out, the guy is a pro!

[@GameHopping]

Have you seen Sunkenland? It looks very sweet.

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

Just added it to my wish list, thanks for the heads up!

[@sietch_gaming]

These all look awesome, buuut, can't wait to play Derelicts!

[@realstayfocused]

What is that music called at 1:41 ?

[@GES1985]

Enshrouded might change the way games do base building. That looked phenomenal! It didn't look too tiled like ark or conan either

[@ffwrude]

I did not see anything special.. What did i miss ?

[@GES1985]

@Rude Rude the building system looked like it wasn't "tiled" like conan or arc, where square walls and floors repeat themselves. In Enshrouded, it looked like the building mesh and textures kinda procedurally fill to make things look more realistic, and the way he added the window to the wall, awesome stuff.

[@randomhero6365]

Under a rock looks better than a lot of recent game for something only in development since 21

[@hati5814]

I love the concept of “bacteria wiped out humanity,except for you” 😂

[@R0BBY2K]

I got an Xbox series X and I have enjoyed playing Ark. I’ve played it since 2015 and I’ve finally have let go of it bc of all the cheaters and the developers just not improving the game or being part of the community. Really need new games similar to play. I really enjoy the PVP so anyone have suggestions don’t be afraid to @ me

[@Drekulviin]

15:21 In Nightingale you can also MaryPoppins yourself around the map.😂

[@Tbjbu2]

Thanks for covering my game Grand Emprise!

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

My pleasure, I can't wait to see some more footage and try it out sometime!

[@meunomeeeste1441]

the thing about valheim is that it has an overall OBJECTIVE. Kill the bosses, done.

[@clarkmeyer7211]

Honestly Nightingale was my biggest hype but after seeing enshrouded I'm totally obsessed. Would be awesome to play both games tho.

[@foreverskies]

What a great bunch o' games! Thank you so much for including Forever Skies on your list! xD

[@HollowedDriver]

the game looks so interesting, i cant wait to play it !!!

[@e760p3]

Dude, great job!!! You did amazing work in this video. Way to be so thorough. It’s not much but I’m sure more will follow but you earned yourself a solid subscriber. Good stuff man keep it up

[@zappedguy1327]

Under a Rock and Enshrouded went on the wishlist.Thanks for the vid.

[@FluenserFlus]

would you like to try the muller-powell?

[@OrionLaerithryn]

The Nightingale scene of the woman flying with an umbrella had me thinking of Yondu saying "I'm Marry Poppins Y'all" from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and I smiled.

[@Tallenn]

All of these look interesting! Got my sub!

[@nathanbogdanov5993]

3:21 pestilence that's what 049 was talking about all this time.

[@TannerCLynn]

I don't like how close the 3rd person view is on Under a Rock

[@nordictrolls]

You can control camera distance easily in game, first person is planned too

[@SABaruj]

to me, valheim is almost a perfect game, it will be remembered in time

[@blad...]

Seriously, my only complaint is with certain building aspects, like I can't dig into a mountain to make my own cave. The low/high limitations of the ground. Other than that, it's just so damn good.

[@theVRpilot]

Thank you!

[@jonathanagudelo6383]

Wow great video, excellent information just what i was looking for. Thank you

[@waywardboud5307]

Enshrouded looks amazing!

[@LeriusDoman]

Great list, thank you!

[@HowellDiesel]

Under a rock is about to have some despicable mods and I'm downloading every single one of them.

[@CaptainDreddz]

Good to see you doing these types of videos. There was only 1 other I'd found that covered survival games and the quality of that channel was abysmal. If you can be the go to guy then that would be amazing and you'll hit 100k in no time

[@CaptainDreddz]

Actually,I just noticed how close you are to 100k! I should of said 200k! Even more so when I see that other guy has 187k!! You're so much better!

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

I see some channels out there just compiling trailers together without any voice-over or anything and it's getting millions of views 🤨

[@T1NYT4NK]

Yikes that Laihaina sign on fire didn’t age well in Fractured Veil!

[@cipherstormwolf14]

Some things that caught my eye: Under a Rock - Beautiful art style even thou they are using UE5, giving it your own touch is *chefskiss*! Blind Decent - the plants look like earth, lol. No offense, try something original next time... I see this alot, alien worlds need to look the part! Forever Sky - If they manage to pull off the sense of discovery like in Subnautica (1) then I am all in. But the very first demo left me a little disappointed, otherwise I loved building the airship! We can only hope. Nightingale - Base building seems amazing, NPCs > hell yeah, looking forward to more updates on that one, hoping for a demo!

[@legateotteriusozer8477]

All of them look great, Really want Under a rock

[@Mr.M.V.P]

You videos are top 🤩 Wanna play all these games 😆 Congratulations on 100.000

[@jenkem4464]

Enshrouded looks cool!

[@nickwyrmfang]

What I'm wondering is which of these sandbox games are going to allow for private servers. It seems like more and more of these releases have highly limited server slots, which bars bigger sub-communities from forming. It's why a lot of the older Sandbox games like Conan Exiles and even ARK continue to dominate the market.

[@nateh8919]

The newer games are generally co-op and not server based.

[@KaneoheKook]

Awesome video!!

[@sarahsong8345]

Played Forever Skies a while back and it gave me terrible motion sickness. I know other people had the same issue and the devs said it was something they were going to work on. I really hope it has gotten better, really want to play it.

[@toregenekhatun480]

I played a newer demo of it and it did seem better to me on that front. The overall game is just amazing and can't wait for it to come out!

[@foreverskies]

Thanks for playing our demo! Yes, we have added a slider for motion blur since the demo launched :)

[@xxCrimsonSpiritxx]

Loving the PC priorities and exclusives, THAT is how you push gaming forward!

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

Agreed! PC gamer for life 🤝

[@xxCrimsonSpiritxx]

@@GunsNerdsandSteel heck yeeeee

[@enchanterthetim]

Enshrouded looks amazing, fingers crossed!

[@boerboelmummy5075]

Thanks Temreki, I'm already down for "Forever Skies" but "Under A Rock"... psycho DoDos, crocoflies and Sabre-tooth Hamster mounts? It looks fantastic. A real "HERE... TAKE MY MUNNY!!" game.

[@Aratonati]

10:21 Finally, on this list is a PA that's possibly without zombies or monsters.

[@michaeljezewski7776]

Its hard to pick one out of all of these. They all seem amazing and will be keeping a close eye on all of them I found enshrouded the other day, and instantly i liked the grapple hook allowing the character to parkour up an obstacle...something that i wish smallands grapplehook could do.

[@quarantined-evil9145]

Crazy how you make bad games sound good and good games sound amazing….such a great skill keep up the good work

[@sellenesilvana]

So many promising titles here, and my wishlist just got a bit bigger. Thanks for the video!

[@1983Jokke]

This was awsome! So much to look forward to😁🤘

[@happystash]

Nice content suggestions!

[@markostojiljkovic7100]

Game industry went up to a new level it seems

[@davidodonovan1699]

Great video. Well done.

[@dorothygale2115]

Very informative, thank you.

[@NoblePathwaysHQ]

Grand Emprise: Time Travel Survival sounds like the most exciting, to me. Reminds me of Spore (loved that game). I like the idea of progression as a Time Period based system rather than just "look, I can make a new weapon for the same landscape." Thanks for this list. Got another game added to the 'ol Steam Wishlist! 🤣

[@aw7614]

seems waaaaaay too ambitious for a solo dev

[@MiriadCalibrumAstar]

Dont recommend it, investigate the dev a bit and youll start seeing really shady stuff.

[@elementskater1010]

its actually a very very bad game from what ive read about it and the dev is not the best.

[@davidj830]

Forever Skies looks like Subnautica hud/gameplay. Super exciting to see the devs make a new game!

[@Dworvin]

really appreciate how you add the tittle at the beginning and end of each tittle being presented.

[@j-p4194]

Wow all of these games look great! I hope to see them all on your channel! Thanks for the heads up!

[@Lunst_DK]

Would be fantastic if the time stamp overview could include platforms. Great list of games :)

[@beauson1983]

That little "mining for likes" clip at the beginning was a nice touch, you earned my like, lol

[@matas7890]

Great list Thx !

[@-Libby62-]

Some of these look great! Thanks GNS!

[@LaserGadgets]

Forever Islands and Derelicts really need a date! I want them now. MMO on the other hand.....no.

[@DerelictsGame]

I'm doing my best to have Derelicts out as soon as it's polished enough! :)

[@Starsgaming881]

Great list! I've added most of these to my wishlist now!

[@markdavenportjr5129]

Enshrouded looks great. I just hope it will support dedicated servers and allow us to create our own servers for the game. :)

[@RawFrequency]

Under a Rock looks more interesting than I initially thought. Still most excited for Nightingale though!

[@another_blacktomcat]

Nice, i like such genre overviews :)

[@seriousdopamine4404]

Looking forward to Enshrounded, Rooted, and Under a rock

[@TheArtist441]

Why is upcoming game videos always so much more exciting than a list of already released top games? That says something about game preview videos vs what we actually get!

[@Medusa_plays]

Added a bunch to my wishlist, thanks!

[@TheGrimmy]

Funny enough my first impression of each game was the opposite by the end of their segments. I hated the look of most of them at the start only to be drawn in by the end. The ones that were opposite of that were fractured veil, forever skies and blind descent. Thank you so much for putting this list together, absolutely loved learning about new games and their breakdowns. Thank you as always :)

[@PERSISTENTxMF]

Good video man

[@MIHUKI5]

Rooted and Outbreak Island look very good

[@pun15h3r.]

survival looking good man!

[@toregenekhatun480]

Thanks for the highlights of some awesome games!

[@Xorcist1994]

Only just heard of enshrouded thanks to you. Can’t wait.

[@PopezillaTheThird]

Crazy how so many of these games are solo developers and they look beautiful!

[@jeffafa3096]

Games like this that have solo developers are pretty sketchy to me. Especially when they support multiplayer options, I always find them too good to be true, because you have to deal with sooo much side stuff (like server upkeep and bugfixes for example). There is a reason why game studios like Blizzard have such a huge pool of employees...

[@PopezillaTheThird]

@@jeffafa3096 agreed. My best friend solo developed and his games while good do not look this polished. There are some legit renaissance man solo developers out there though that can do everything. Fingers crossed they deliver

[@coycadaver]

Under a rock looks like a good alternative for ark. I'm pretty excited now!

[@riskingmybiscuit4209]

I wish listed all these games after your video

[@samsquatch7285]

Enshrouded looks amazing. I'm a huge valheim fan.

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

Yeah that one looks great, I just love the idea of having a destructible voxel world with the sort of hybrid building system that they showcased which looks like a blend between Ark and Minecraft

[@samsquatch7285]

@@GunsNerdsandSteel totally agree. I'm also a huge empyrion nerd and 7dtd (which is how I found your channel). So enshrouded is right up my alley

[@illuminotme825]

Same here. Love Valheim and want something new to play and this looks compelling.

[@EvilNecroid]

wow enshrouded looks pretty damn awesome!

[@xSTONYTARKx]

Ooh the building in enshrouded looks sooo amaziiingggg

[@PondsideKraken]

Valheim isn't even finished yet and we're looking for it's predecessor.

[@AeonSaint]

Heat also had this "Ghost-Build-Mode" mechanic. Really looking forward to "Under a Rock", "Enshrouded", "Return to Moria" & "Nightingale". Have all of them on my watch- & wishlist for a while now. :D

[@Oper1337]

do you know anything about the muller-powell ?

[@davidalt1388]

Grounded has it as well

[@joseantonioromancastellano214]

ty 4 this video. lots of peole make similar videos, but to have you make one. now im REALLY listening. ty 4 your video, got my cup of cofee and now im gona enjoy watching it. you have my instant like for this sir.

[@hatework4282]

Is this a reupload? Am i having deja vu? Is this a reupload of a deja vu?

[@cnam73]

been excited for moria and nightingale for a while and truly can't wait to try em out

[@TheCrocodilhunter]

Return to Moria sounded really interesting until the Epic exclusive deal was announced..... I think I'll pass on that one but enshrouded looking super good. Thanks for this video. I'm always looing for new survival games.

[@spyder3354]

You can always wait the 1 or 2 for stream to get it

[@michaelbunting6162]

So you're saying it actually comes out sometime in a year or so.

[@adestriaellis9424]

Man i was so excited to scream rock and stone with my girlies

[@dracavius]

Yea, that free digital storefront is real barrier to playing the game. 😒

[@Dreamsbeds500]

You dodged a bullet it was shite

[@lionrence]

Omg! Enshrouded looks very very promising!!

[@lionrence]

Well that didn't age well....

[@morthem8297]

Okay you got me with that video! I love survival and I want to know more !

[@aedan6272]

amazing list