The Isle (2015)

Developer: Afterthought LLC
Platforms: Windows
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation, Early Access
Rating: 4.0 of 5, 116,182 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 65 hours
Where to get it: Steam

How it feels

A gritty, unforgiving open-world survival game where you play as a dinosaur or human in a hostile environment, constantly struggling to survive against other players and the landscape.

survival horroropen worldrealisticatmospherictensepunishingmultiplayersimulation

What players say

Players say the core experience is promising but buried under poor performance and slow development. You must download the Evrima branch to play online, and even then you face bugs, crashes, and no in-game guidance. Growing to adult takes hours, then you die fast. The community is friendly but the dev team is widely criticized after 11 years of early access.

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