Top 10 Upcoming Survival Base Building Games for 2024

[@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

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

Which game are you looking forward to the most? Are there any that I missed? My big goal right now is hitting 100k subscribers and I hope that I've earned your subscription today! And if you'd like, you can follow me on twitter for further updates on these titles: twitter.com/GunsNerdsSteel

[@casediedwell5094]

No mention of Palia? Worth a look.

[@crightbrayons8416]

Road to vostok seems like a dayz survival game with robust gun mechanics. Vein looks interesting with npcs involved in it. Honeycomb apparently has a whole plant and animal cross breeding "make your own pets" thing going. Among the Trolls has my attention for its Finnish flavor on survival crafting. Aloft is interesting since it's all flying around in the sky on floating islands and creatures. Palworld seems to be ark if they used Pokémon instead of dinosaurs. Survival Machine is if dwarves played that game called wandering village. Solorpunk looks like it's raft in sky motes floating islands. Farmzone looks like it could be fun. You make a farm and defend it from zombies. Renown is a mod of rust that the developer is trying to release on its own. Medieval rust if you will. Far North looks like it could be good but I might be biased since I love the long dark. Infection free zone incorporates google maps I believe. Foundry looks fun, kinda like minecraft meets factorio. King of the dwarves seems like what some people want out of dwarf fortress.

[@Sir1nsanity]

Check out Sunkenland, based on the Waterworld movie. Supposed to release in EA this summer. I'm hyped for it.

[@midevil-game]

MidEvil is being created by devs from the DayZ mod BaseBuildingPlus and hopes to be a contender

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@capp00]

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

[@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

[@R3TR0J4N]

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

[@KevinFrost]

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

[@MrHammertime82]

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

[@BlondeDon]

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

[@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

[@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?

[@FracturedVeil]

HI Tess, thanks for the kind words, We try very hard to be transparent with the community and you'll be glad to know the drone is almost ready to start patrolling again. Also, we have plenty of PVE content for players who like that style of play as well...

[@Baigsnmouse]

@@FracturedVeil 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 ^,^

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@sietch_gaming]

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

[@randomhero6365]

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

[@zappedguy1327]

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

[@FluenserFlus]

would you like to try the muller-powell?

[@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 🤨

[@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!

[@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.

[@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 :)

[@gawf99]

Fractured veil is going to be a gold mine for stream snipers if it takes off lol. Great list!

[@FracturedVeil]

We have plans to limit that unless you're being a trouble maker...

[@gawf99]

@@FracturedVeil Good deal. It will be interesting to see how you hand this. Good luck on the game!

[@clarkmeyer7211]

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

[@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 ?? ;)

[@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!

[@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

[@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 !!!

[@markdavenportjr5129]

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

[@sellenesilvana]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@nathanbogdanov5993]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@xxCrimsonSpiritxx]

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

[@GunsNerdsandSteel]

Agreed! PC gamer for life 🤝

[@xxCrimsonSpiritxx]

@@GunsNerdsandSteel heck yeeeee

[@Tallenn]

All of these look interesting! Got my sub!

[@PandaXpress17]

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

[@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.

[@enchanterthetim]

Enshrouded looks amazing, fingers crossed!

[@axe_stump]

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.

[@seriousdopamine4404]

Looking forward to Enshrounded, Rooted, and Under a rock

[@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.

[@dasnomaden]

I'm still waiting for that perfect blacksmithing and mining game, I love making stuff. There's got to be something that cobbles together exploring mines like Return to Moria and in depth manual crafting with the ability to make better equipment based on your performance like ff14.

[@lionrence]

Omg! Enshrouded looks very very promising!!

[@quarantined-evil9145]

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

[@coycadaver]

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

[@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!

[@Dworvin]

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

[@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

[@Lunst_DK]

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

[@mayumitmarikit]

im having difficulty finding game like valheim, sure i tried ark and stranded deep and have pretty descent building feature but what it fell short on is that it lacks the ability to trigger that feeling of having a shelter to keep you safe from harsh environment and climate, i guess the blind descent will be good, ill look forward to this

[@RawFrequency]

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

[@wallung1876]

i really enjoyed Valheim so im looking foreward to Enshrouded. looks awesome. better grafic, better combat, better movement, NPCs, classes, skill trees, everything i just wished for valheim.

[@IaIaCthulhuFtagn]

But it's a mine, you don't build from the ground up you build from the ground down! Oh dear, the cutscenses from Nightingale make it look like buildings are way too easy to break. Though the setting/plot looks quite promising.

[@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! :)

[@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.

[@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 :)

[@j-p4194]

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

[@EvilNecroid]

wow enshrouded looks pretty damn awesome!

[@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.

[@MIHUKI5]

Rooted and Outbreak Island look very good

[@chaoseclipse0305]

Under a Rock looks gorgeous, can't wait! Enshrouded looks amazing too, I like any game that lets you terraform. Forever Skies looks promising, I've seen some early gameplay on it!

[@cnam73]

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

[@shawns4354]

Derelicts, Nightingale and Under a Rock are the ones I'm most excited for. Rooted is set in 2100? Looks like it;s stuck in early 2000's. The buildings, vehicles and such.

[@DerelictsGame]

Awesome to see you're excited for Derelicts! :)

[@Xorcist1994]

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

[@Jerome-C]

the one i keep is Enshrouded !! because it seem to have donjons, boss, quest and story .... and graph and gameplay look great ! Don't want only survive, survival games must be ambissious and offer more than just survive !

[@MrPointness]

Looking forward to updates on how these pan out!

[@PondsideKraken]

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

[@beauson1983]

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

[@HowellDiesel]

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

[@Drekulviin]

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

[@MrAllekzander]

Im pretty hype for Nightingale, i hope it lives up to potential.

[@ekibyoo1591]

One of the best upcoming games videos I've seen in a long time. My steam wish list is looking good now

[@IamGhede]

Enshrouded, Derelicts, and Nightinggale are my top picks.

[@JohnWick-v8i]

I’m really excited for Rooted and it’s a game I’ve been watching for a long time. It reminds me of the zombie games that came out around 2015 like H1Z1 and WarZ.

[@loganjohnson9959]

I honestly haven’t watched a video where I am interested in a majority of the games shown. But this video hit the spot. They all look like a blast, just hope my friends think so too haha

[@caffeinated_trash]

Outbreak Island was worked on by one person before life got to busy for the developer so they gave it to someone else. Its out but still being updated and stuff. Its a good game thus far

[@Mithguar]

Big words to call something next Valheim. Valheim wasn't first survival base building game on the market, but had few critical factors going for it. -Theme - Vikings and Norse mythology are cool and they got well executed -Fun combat and bosses - dodges, parries etc -Fun building and progression -Graphics/Hardware requirements - "bad" graphics are a pro. Valheim proven that graphics aren't that important and dev time should be spent on mechanics and content instead. Not to mention it will work on even weaker PCs. Valheim is great example of which features matter and which don't matter as much (character customisation and high res textures). Most of the time you keep you camera far for better vision so you don't even see these details. Game needs a soul (fun gameplay) first, graphics are not so important. -It was cheap xD But from the list, LotR got me interested.

[@Aratonati]

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

[@imclueless9875]

is it just me or have indie devs far surpassed so many AAA companies now. The indie devs actually care about their product and dont try to push non sense or crazy monetization on us like the AAA companies do. Glad they have picked up the mantle and starting giving us games that not only WE care about but the devs themselves CARE about.

[@xSTONYTARKx]

Ooh the building in enshrouded looks sooo amaziiingggg

[@meunomeeeste1441]

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

[@LevBogatyrkov]

Moria is awesome! We've beat that game with friends yesterday) Now we'r waitin for Enshrouded

[@toastyknuckles892]

I've been excited for Forever Skies for a while, but most of the rest of these seem good, too. A lot of them remind me of land versions of Raft.

[@FlikkieFloekieFlakkie]

Ngl all of these games look insane and can't even really pick one for now. Have to rewatch to actually pick one for now.

[@jayagusto9409]

Hands down best upcoming survival video I've watched.

[@themightydataless]

11 months old please make a updated Survival Base Building Games for 2024!!!

[@LeriusDoman]

Great list, thank you!

[@hati5814]

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

[@jamesv8239]

Under A Rock twist: The ghost blueprint feature is actually what the players are seeing from the previous expedition. 😮

[@acekapone_]

Finally! Someone who doesnt seem to be using an AI voice over. Liked and Subbed.

[@Starsgaming881]

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

[@PhotriusPyrelus]

EGS exclusivity for the one that looked most-interesting. What a gut-punch...

[@fantasymmorpgroleplayer8871]

Enshrouded is SO good. It's only missing variety in decor. Potion bottles, food, different types of banners, potted plants, utensils, comb, weapons, shields, etc. Decor is lacking.

[@ulamss5]

Fractured Veil seems interesting but it's DOA if there's no solo or friend-invite servers. Just see how many people actually build anything nice in Rust, DayZ, etc...

[@notoriouspip84]

Grounded does the ghost build thing. Its amazing.

[@chichichichichichiOwO]

I'm on fractured veil .....holy moly we've made it....we are finally at the peak