Exploring 6 Survival Games You Never Played

Today Rye Games explores 6 survival games that a lot of people may have never played before. That includes both new and old survival games alike.
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Survival Games Featured
1. Vein - store.steampowered.com/app/18...
2. NEO Scavenger - store.steampowered.com/app/24...
3. Deadside - store.steampowered.com/app/89...
4. Void Train - store.steampowered.com/app/11...
5. Start Over - store.steampowered.com/app/23...
6. Sunkenland - store.steampowered.com/app/20...
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[@itsmedrumroll3572]

Makes you wonder how many people like Looney are out there, just doing what they like and vibing away alone on some server having a blast. I sometimes do it. Its wholesome, you probably made his day!

[@chickenman8881]

my friend and i legit sit on empty basically modded rust PvE servers and build so much XD

[@C-BoT-AU]

@@chickenman8881Why I tend to never run on PvP servers and generally just end up playing solo on my own server. Sunk a good many many hours into Ark doing that. No malicious raiding and destroying someone's efforts, just wholesome fun!

[@frodomindset]

​@@C-BoT-AUits not fun if you dont get raided or raid others, thats what makes games super fun, and killing others, ofc

[@C-BoT-AU]

@@frodomindset I don't completely Disagree with you (and don't want to get into some deep arguement or anything either), but for me, grinding out hours or days, and then losing everything, just can't do it. But you're right, raiding and defending from raids is fun. Too much fun that I'd do exactly what I hate and wipe out sommeone else's base. Something where maybe you did have a true safe area/base that you stored stuff, and some things saved, then it's just outposts you lose (but you don't have to start over each time). Someone will work out the perfect balance one day!

[@frodomindset]

@@C-BoT-AU i understand you, it is annoying when you grind for days and lose everything overnight. That's the only thing I really hate, offline raids, which are the most common (talkin about DayZ). But it's all a bunch of challenges which I enjoy and look forward to.

[@Drunken0]

For Deadside, Safezones can be removed byprivate server owners. They dont have to, it´s an optional feature. Also official servers will keep safezone

[@MrGamer-et5lp]

Not yet mate, It's an upcoming feature, unless I've missed something.

[@Drunken0]

@@MrGamer-et5lp yes... on Public test server now, just wanted to clarify that sfz will not get removed

[@chickenman8881]

so happy to see sunkenland on this list it has so much potential

[@RustyBear]

It sucks 😂

[@selectionn]

it looks like shit, I dont see the potential

[@kiriancolindres8545]

from what i saw in that vid, it looks like the forest. kinda vibing with it

[@bosniaforever]

I'm pretty sure Vein is being made by ex-developers of Dead Matter as a big "F... you" to that game's management and directors. So I've got high hopes for it considering the fact that it's a passion project fueled by spite.

[@R-SXX]

I am also familiar with Unreal and currently work on two games, and seeing how the devs wanted to create these puddle / ground textures by just lowering the landscape and showing the unreal basic water underneath is just +chefskiss+

[@SephirothPhenyx]

My dude, Ï absolutely love all the content you throw down. Keep on doing what you do- be sure to stay legendary. You are an absolute unicorn in the gaming communities you grace bruv so thank you for embarking on your gaming journey.

[@TwistOfTransistor]

Nice videos. I really like the emptiness in those servers from games that try to be something but not so many people get to experience what they are. I had to recently subscribe to your channel. Looking forward to check more videos like these with even more games, like adventure games and lineal single player experiences that are not very known.

[@christinarosenstrmhgsberg8479]

Thank you for taking the time to make these videos, I love your 'subtle' and very funny negative in the positive reviews.

[@jemignome]

Just found your channel, love all your videos bro. Would definitely like to see Battlerite get featured in one of these videos, it was super fun when it came out but just phased out and tried to go battle royale, which was actually really fun, but it ended up losing traction again, and then falling where it's at now. The community that does play is super committed and if there were more players the game has so much potential.

[@jester9959]

Im so happy to see someone covering NEO Scavenger. Genuinely one of my favorite games! Though the game is fairly difficult and does have a bit of a learning curve. (2k hours invested in the game btw)

[@kamorage4200]

I hope you have watched sseth's review :3

[@jokerhaha9630]

Hey bro, I'm new to Neo Scavenger and obviously I suck (8 hours and the farthest I've made it is three days). Does this game require immense critical thinking skills or do I just play until I learn how not to die?

[@jacoblong6228]

@@jokerhaha9630 no game really requires intense crit thinking, its all trial and error, just keep playing and learning new things that is what any game is about, i can compare it to starting minecraft for the first time ever, just little steps at a time. and if a game fr needs heavy crit thinking then it wont go far as a game because most modern day gamers are incapable of that. XD (jokes)

[@jokerhaha9630]

@jacoblong6228 I mean I don't mind dying 50,000 times. I just want to know if I am capable of having fun in such a game. I'm going to keep playing it and see what happens. Thanks bro :3

[@Spraytaint]

Turn-based are so boring to me

[@theridiculousspud9923]

when i was like 13 on ark i used to wonder if there were people like you who go back to old servers and stuff like this, it’s amazing. keep up the good work

[@kirstiesgaming5168]

Sunkenland is getting good :D You can dive down and get scrap metal, glass, cool decorations/neon signs, cloth etc :) Discovery down in the sea :D You can make the base out of metal pretty quick too. Weird naked things come sometimes at night, the music changes, but with a spear they're easy :) We did travel via a boat to another island but wasnt too bad, good balance. We have the difficulty on normal so maybe thats why? You get armor, dif clothes, bed, whole lot of stuff you can make inc flippers and oxygen tanks on the research table :D Theres 4 levels of recipes to unlock in there :) Can't wait to play more! :)

[@RustyBear]

It still looks like a fuckin cheap mobile game. Its such an asset flip

[@jaobidan2358]

@@RustyBear It's not a bad game at all despite the asset use. The crafting system is deep, there's a lot to do and explore and if you put the game on hard or insane, it becomes impossible to solo after day 30 because you get raided by 20+ mobs with m16s and aks that shred a reinforced metal base in seconds. It needs work but it's decent enough.

[@rickynolen8882]

I'm over 35 hours into the game and I love it, I'm looking forward to more content in the future.

[@PaSP_YT_DE]

no it's shit

[@papapudzy7376]

Love your content. Keep it up. you deserve to hit 100k

[@RobertEdits]

I played deadside in 2020 when it first came out, Servers were populated like crazy and the community was big, met a friend on there who lived 25 minutes from me! Super toxic which made it fun

[@LoafDS]

Hey there, Lead CM for Deadside. We are not removing safezones at all, instead we are giving community server admins the ability to remove them if they want. Removing safezones for everyone would be a terrible idea. Unfortunately it seems a lot of people have misinterpreted this feature, and its causing a lot of negativity, review bombing our game like you showed in your video, making the misunderstanding even worse. When I made the steam post, I assumed most people would at least read the first sentence, but I was wrong, so here we are. We do know that we have a long way to go though, making an open world survival game is a huge undertaking, and our team is still relatively small, but growing. I think once we flesh out all of our features, and add the features that we need, we will have a pretty solid game.

[@RustyBear]

Why did ur comment not get any attention 🤣🦫

[@mylo5641]

The game's pretty fun, I bought it in 2021, I basically just play pve servers though

[@JolanXBL]

6:13 My friend & I did fairly well in Void Train. I found it too boring past a few sessions, but I did manage to glitch off the tether and could fly way out away and ahead to collect everything. There's gunplay and a void shark as unlock things that offer protection.

[@ethanhayward2424]

I’ve been looking to get back into watching gaming vids and this is a great start 🤙

[@AnthroTsuneon]

I remember Neo Scavenger. Friend of mine got really into it and pulled me into it because it felt immersive/it rewarded trying out different recipes to craft, where you'd get really excited at getting a shopping cart, feared going to sleep and it had a solid horror house in the middle of nowhere. As for it being something someone never played.. I imagine SsethTzeentch's video from 3 years ago with 3.3 million views might have changed that.. Haven't heard anyone talk about a new, similar game the devs have been making, though

[@MrPablosek]

Neo Scavenger, such a great game. Barely anyone knows about it.

[@jimi6505]

you see a melonhead

[@moisesrios7899]

I remember playing a demo for it on the play store a few years ago

[@SgtSalty34]

just gonna say this before I watch the rest of the video, Kyle and Azi do such a great job with Vein.

[@kettch777]

Hey Rye, enjoy your videos, they're hilarious. Got a game for you in this category I never see anyone do videos about. It's on Steam and it's called Night of the Dead. Zombie survival game somewhat like 7 Days to Die, but it's on an actual designed map that has a way to escape the island at the end and the zombie attacks happen EVERY night and get worse as time goes on....but it has some really sick traps you can build.

[@tautvydas7326]

Your videos are so entertaining and make my day better dont stop Rye you can achieve a lot❤

[@hbicgrizzly8212]

nice vids mate, deff subbed and will watch more

[@Eggmaestro2004]

A shame NEO Scavenger didn't get much playtime in this video, but hey, that's permadeath for you, Its pretty different to most of the survival games i've played, there are unfortunately some issues in it with the random encounters that can happen it may be rare, but there ARE some encounters (story or otherwise random) that can result in instant death, There were some also nice mods to add extra content, however the dev forums got destroyed as far as i know which wiped alot of mods for the game. The mod NEO Scavenger Extended is actually still in active development right now and can be found in the steam forums and really adds to the game. It adds things like several types of clothing, changes how scavenging is handled (more locations in a tile but doesn't replenish as often) a whole lot new items, a few new creatures, new traits, both negative and positive. I really recommend it.

[@Imarealzombi]

God i wish they kept update neo instead of moving on to whatever ostranauts is

[@jokerhaha9630]

​@@Imarealzombiagreed, NS just had a better vision

[@Michael_Michaels]

Sunkenland is the one from the list that I'm currently waiting to be a bit better to be worth the investment. Not that it is expensive, but still has a lot of work to be done. Excellent work! New sub here. Thanks for sharing your experiences.

[@bigladieuan9432]

neo was a mobile game aswell im pretty sure, i used to play a game which was exactly like this in school it was so fun to be able to play such a well made game,really seems like a passion project its so in depth.

[@Pierrekira]

Starting with . You got me Im writing something. Well done.

[@RustyBear]

Deadside will get a HUGE city soon. U have to explore that when it comes out

[@qcote8219]

I got really excited seeing Voidtrain on here! Its such a good game inspite its infancy and lack of polish

[@SuperLocrian]

Your channel found me a few weeks ago. Great vid - I was gonna subscribe but looks like I already did!😎

[@dupond948]

Your videos are great, more than 70k subcriber in a month+ that's nice

[@melodytrait]

ngl vein had me adding it to my wishlist as soon as I saw you interacting with the stove LMFAO

[@King_CreepaLot]

Holy shoot, NEO Scavenger! I totally forgot about that game, but have it in my Steam list. That and Vein! I always remember the 'Mesopretty Flerp Flerps' and them falling off constantly. Void Train too, that was definitely a unique concept but I can't say I played it much.

[@me36391]

On neo Scavenger its one of the Goats in terms of HC rouge games. You really have to understand the actually perks you pick as they are very important and you can win using different choices. But it does take to learn the mechanics. On the one guy I find myself being that person on a lot of titles. I usually return to old staker MMOs like Stay Out, Next day, Fallen earth, etc. Usually a few others playing but never really cared about what is popular.

[@ced1106]

IIRC, Let's Game It Out has a video on Sunken Land. Obviously, it's crazy. Thanks for the video!

[@Westcoastmickey]

you talking about minecraft and then playing the minecraft music the whole rest of the video lol… it reminded me of those old minecraft days when i was younger

[@conexd699]

i want to try escape from tarkov or deadside but its cost so much can you record more video of this 2 games so i can enjoy watching youtube btw love your vids keep it up

[@Pistol_Knight]

Deadside has it's faults but is a good game if your a solo, you get plenty of action. Have you tried Mist

[@RustyBear]

Its pretty good but after 150-200 h it gets very empty

[@futuristicbus61]

Some of look awesome. Neo is a game that I have seen a bit of before, genuinely cool.

[@aw7943]

I love all your videos keep uploading

[@H33333]

Hey, if you want another dead game, I’d recommend you take a look at World War 3. Once it was viewed as a Battlefield killer but it’s slowly died away.

[@Indiedeca]

No joke took me a week of trying to get to the city, Neo scavenger is one of the best games I've ever played

[@kascca]

youtube randomly recommended your channel and im loving it

[@slips4990]

deadside is great but they honestly don't nearly update it as they should, as small a team as it is they focus on the wrong things, expanding on the map which is great, but we still don't even have land vehicles lol, they only just recently changed the sway/breath holding mechanics for scopes, and not to mention you still can't even go prone! lol

[@KOSPhemBoy]

Im absolutely disgusted with the development team of deadside they partnered with tiny build a little over a year ago, and have released FOUR yes FOUR shit patches in a row with no actual idea what the fuck they’re doing. Dont get me wrong i loved the game pre 0.4 (the progressive recoil update) but since then it just feels like theyve lost the original direction they wanted to go with the game. Ill be back in around a year, i cant stand the changes they made over the past year, boats were so important that we coded them for well over 4 months, then on release they had so many bugs and its just so disgusting how people are still promoting it. Ive been here since the alpha release, and they’ve completely fked me in the ass and made me regret ever spending money on the game in the first place.

[@Bavio]

Sunkenland looks amazing, and I'm definitely buying it even if i dont play much just to support the devs

[@TheBearG4mer]

The Vein Subreddit is now just people saying we came here for rye

[@MrBrutalMachinee]

Longer video of Sunken Land would be nice, actually thinking of getting it with my friends

[@KillShot227]

Grab it, it's awesome.

[@ayjr8636]

Just what killshot said you should get its awesome already and considering the potential it has it really is worth it.

[@Snibble]

OVER 25 HOURS wow man you LEGEND!

[@braydenk.8867]

I put 50 plus hours in sunken land, it's honestly a really great game. A little rough around the edges but still awesome!

[@ArronMCFC]

Deadside is definitely a great game. The gunplay feels nice and the AI is very good. I just feel like theres only a few things to loot, no vehicles and the storage is brutal. Also base building is a nono unless theres like 30 people on your team

[@grantcookcook]

Yeah, the game is a borderline mechanical masterpiece, but it suffers from feeling empty, even though what there actually is to do is fun once you walk the million miles to get to it. Also, agreed on the storage, If all there really is to do in the game currently is loot, it's annoying that there is so little space to keep anything.

[@RustyBear]

@@grantcookcookwe will get wolves and deers soon. Also 5 new weapon models, a new BIG fcking city. Also other new stuff

[@RustyBear]

@@grantcookcookur probably in the discord and already saw the announcement urself

[@woody0501]

The AI is terrible lol, spot you 120m+ then proceed to sprint towards you like terminators, bushes dont conceal so they just see you through them, i shot an 'easy' mission UNARMORED ai 4 times with the SG5 hunting rifle + 8 shots with the PM/start pistol. on top of that the games just so bland. buildings you cant go in, repeated interiors, copy and pasted textures, the list goes on. AI can insta headshot you with mosins, Tarkov AI is more forgiving.

[@RustyBear]

@@woody0501 when have u played this game? 1 year ago? 2? We have vehicles, animals, AI rework, Hunting and a lot of houses can be Entered. But I agree on the copied textures and the bland interior

[@darryl3592]

I've played most of these, Neo and Deadside are great games

[@thepiggyassassin]

i know you told me not to go on the vein game subreddit, but being on the internet I dont let anyone tell me what to do, now I'm going to listen to you and you only.

[@Marshei]

you're the reason the subreddit actually got revived

[@AstrumKitten091]

I was going to try sunkenland a few days ago but a lot of reviews mention items being deleted upon logging out so deciding to wait a while for that one.

[@LeonardBMCcCoy]

I know commenting on a 3-month old video sometimes doesn't make sense, but I am 1000% of the belief that the VeinGame reddit got cleaned up specifically cause of this video! haha

[@YukikoEx]

What a coincidence! I was watching this video while Sunkenland was downloading :D

[@TheIsemgrim]

my mate really really wanted to play voidtrain. we bought it both when it got released on the EGS. we played for a grand total of 3 hours and since then we never touched it:P

[@wens999]

neo is a great game hard to master but good fun once you get the hang of it

[@Trad.]

I went to the reddit, I truly regret it.

[@zorex324]

Same....

[@user-cz3io5tg5l]

I thought it was bait :(

[@AderorhoFestus]

Same.

[@frostydrifter]

Nah there is nothing

[@Trad.]

Yea there was only a certain king pleasuring himself with his own hands or something like that.

[@DodgerRedGaming]

I love NeoScav so much, it’s such an incredible game. Really recommend to everyone its worth spending some time in it and just trying things out.

[@C-BoT-AU]

I hated that game 🤣🤣🤣 I mean, I loved it, the concept, and everyting. But... THAT GOD DAMN DOGMAN!!! My patience is not long enough for that game.

[@DodgerRedGaming]

@@C-BoT-AU it can be rough getting into it, I’m autistic enough just to sit down and let time fly by, plus I learn things fast. I’d still recommend just trying again occasionally and just experimenting. Here’s a tip, might help you out surviving longer, you can use shards of glass from the lab and your clothes to craft a knife, having a basic weapon/tool will help you survive so much longer. The glass shanks do break easily and there’s no limit on how many you can have

[@billbuehler4959]

It only has a small outdated demo, but I am super excited to play Road to Vostok when it finally comes out, hopefully in 2024. It aims to be a survial game with an Escape From Tarkov level of gun realism

[@lxeppeda106]

I used to play Deadside back when it came out, fun game I met a nice community, its alot of fun with a group, we split up on groups of 10 and we gear up and fight each other

[@thehipster-9906]

Dead side is actually really good the story behind it has to do with a movie that came out earlier 2000s called "the road" I recommend watching it even if you never play the game

[@ryanlynch324]

Only just find this channel love the content so far

[@Silver803]

When Deadside came out it was a lot of fun but over the past 3 years it doesn't feel like anything was done to improve it. It's sad, it had potential.

[@worldburnerbreadman7886]

My best advice for neoscav… use ranged trait and literally fill any bag you can find with them, you can even kill the armed guards with them because the rocks aren’t counted as strong projectiles against their armor

[@Tarmatt]

Oh man! I loved neo scavenger! Highly recommended.

[@readmyusernamecauseitssoreally]

Whats the c314 theme used during the start over chapter? Have to have it

[@SlinFane]

deadside is awsome for a quick fun round!

[@Rodger_Phillips]

So glad many of these have a single player option.

[@oooeee5556]

Did you know that if you equip the 3 Dog Moon T-Shirt in Neo, you have a 25% chance of Dog Man being non-aggressive for 1 turn?

[@AnekoGT]

I saw Deadside back in 2020. I have no idea how the game is now, but back then, it was pretty much alive

[@kendicus7640]

One thing I dislike about deadside is the lack of content coupled with huge ass map

[@RustyBear]

@@kendicus7640we’ve gotten two more updates now. New update with animals and better gun models soon

[@SwagTheRustChad]

that rust edit was so real

[@tigrecito48]

13:52 good, so you finished the outdoor toilets... now where is the real base? lol

[@blut5250]

Safe Zones in Deadside WON'T be deleted with the next update, it's only an option for community servers!

[@LexusLFA554]

I have no talent in Basebuilding so I would say your Sunkenland house looks really nice.

[@spookyjenkins6139]

sunkenland is gonna be awesome once its fine tuned

[@Sharpzee]

Vein is actually made by the competent part of devs that were originally making dead matter which released on steam yesterday and oh boy

[@Zather963]

Again love the content keep it up ❤❤❤

[@HosstheFarmer]

Always a good time to watch your videos.

[@Avvodok]

Sunkeland is getting better and many fixes i play it time to time is not bad at all have a future in my opinion

[@Crowned_Clown816]

Bro finds genuinely good games and small community

[@HebuTheLoneWolf]

1:45 just because u said NOT to, for me that meant i HAD to. and i was disappointed. seems that they cleaned the subreddit "for now" xD

[@newquestion15]

NEO Scavenger made me discover Project Zomboid now I play both :)

[@creepy98]

when they fix the breathhold mechanic in deadside ill main it. literally 1.5 second breath hold then your wet noodle arms flop all around its so triggering

[@its_neck]

Deadside had so much potential but just did not live up to what the devs wanted it to be or hyped it up to eventually being

[@williamgrimes6131]

I actually really enjoyed this game. Put about 170 hours in back when it came out and put it away until today to see how it's changed.

[@Shamustodd1]

Love Deadside! My gaming buddy and I each have over 1000 hours in and we play multiple times a week. Honestly I like it more than either Dayz or Scum.

[@cNileGaemin]

NEO has a fantastic story, if you can manage to get through it

[@shutyouglyah6174]

Deadside was sooooo fun like a year ago, still my 2nd most played game on my acct

[@clementineshetheyfae8312]

Games like dead side just seem like playable but worse Tarkov. You many need to do hours of research to play Tarkov but the gameplay loop is arguably much better

[@jokerhaha9630]

HOLY SHIT YOU MENTIONED NEO SCAVANGER

[@psilocyborg6969]

Over 1k hours in Deadside. It's 10/10 would bang

[@scottlittlewood1653]

Rye lad the video on gmod cloud server i was the gun shop cheap cheap 😂

[@DingaLingu]

Markiplier did play it with bob and wade yes, i remember wanting to see more but more never coming

[@gew43]

0:48 the ak-74 rifles are known for their low recoil i mean look how accurately they depicted that

[@ashes48]

You should check out Dead State, turn based zombie survival game.

[@pallegantzhorn3742]

Amazing ocean home 👍

[@darkmadrap]

12:24 noice , you used my favourite minecraft song (aria math)

[@ozalduin4383]

Vein is kinda going the way of being 3d version of Project zomboid. At least thats what I've heard from some gamers.