Underplayed Gems

Notrium (2015)

Notrium cover
Developer
Instant Kingdom
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG
Rating
4.7 of 5, 73 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 3.7 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

A tense, lonely struggle to scavenge and craft enough to survive hostile alien nights.

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What players say

Players praise Notrium as a pioneering survival game that predates genre hits like Don't Starve. Many buy it purely for nostalgia, having played the freeware version years ago. The game offers multiple endings and differently played races, but the fixed resolution and dated UI draw complaints.

Screenshots

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