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Smalland: Survive the Wilds

2024Merge GamesXbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5

Experience a big adventure on a tiny scale! Enjoy multiplayer survival in a vast, hazardous world. Preparation is key when you're this small & at the bottom of the food chain. Craft weapons & armour, tame & ride creatures, build encampments & explore a strange new land.

What it feels like

Despite peril and being outmatched, the framing of 'big adventure on a tiny scale' suggests wonder and agency.

Hopeful55%

What it's about

Surviving a hostile natural world as small, vulnerable creatures is the central premise and struggle. The world is shaped by natural hazards and ecosystems where players are prey rather than apex predators.

Survival Against Nature80%
Nature & Environment65%

How it plays

Building encampments and establishing a home base is a central system for surviving the hostile world. Crafting weapons, armor, and tools is a core preparation loop essential to survival at the bottom of the food chain. Managing vulnerability as small creatures at the bottom of the food chain frames survival pressure throughout.

Base Building75%
Crafting75%
Survival Needs70%
Resource Management65%
Vehicular Control60%
Character Builds50%

How it looks and sounds

Third-person perspective is noted in user tags as a core viewing mode for the survival exploration.

Third-Person45%

How it's structured

A vast explorable world is central to the experience, with player-driven exploration as a core pillar. Multiplayer survival is explicitly positioned as a key mode, with online co-op enabling shared exploration and progression. Multiplayer survival with dynamic encounters and player choice in exploration and building supports varied replays.

Open World85%
Online Co-op80%
High Replayability50%
Single-Player40%
Grounded 275% match

Shares Open World, Survival Against Nature, Crafting, Online Co-op.

Both lean into Open World, Survival Against Nature, Crafting, Base Building.

Open World95%Survival Against Nature85%Crafting85%Base Building80%
Nightingale72% match

Shares Open World, Base Building, Survival Against Nature, Crafting.

Both lean into Open World, Base Building, Crafting, Online Co-op.

Open World85%Base Building80%Crafting75%Online Co-op70%

Shares Survival Against Nature, Open World, Base Building, Survival Needs.

Both lean into Survival Against Nature, Open World, Base Building, Survival Needs.

Survival Against Nature80%Open World75%Base Building78%Survival Needs80%

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Shelter 243% match

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