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2026PEGI 16PC, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified94 % positive29.99 €

A survival climbing game where you can scale any rock face of Mount Kami, placing each limb yourself and carefully rationing pitons, food and stamina along your chosen route. From The Game Bakers, it pairs a striking art style with a personal story about ambition and sacrifice.

  • Resources and survival
  • Jumping and platforming
  • Interconnected level design
  • Lavish presentation
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Cairn special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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The Long Dark

86 %Match

2017PEGI 16PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified88 % positive16.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Cairn: scarce resources and survival, lots to discover as well as lavish production.

A lonely, unforgiving survival experience in the frozen Canadian wilderness after a geomagnetic disaster, where cold, hunger and wolves are your real enemies. Its painterly visuals and quiet atmosphere turn every trek into a tense, often melancholic journey.

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Strong soundtrack

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The Deer God

Jumping and platforming

You play a reincarnated stag in an atmospheric 3D pixel world with a day and night cycle. Platforming, survival and karma drive this calm, meditative adventure.

Don't Starve

Challenging difficulty

A merciless survival game with a gothic, Tim Burton-esque hand-drawn style, where you scavenge, craft and fend off hunger, insanity and monsters in a procedurally generated wilderness. Death is permanent, but every run teaches you something new.

The Solus Project

Resources and survival

You are stranded on an alien planet and must endure harsh weather, hunger and dangers while exploring caves and ruins in first person. The goal is to uncover the world's secrets and send a signal back to Earth.

Insurmountable

Tactical depth

As a lone mountaineer you climb a randomly generated mountain, carefully managing stamina, gear and shifting weather. Each ascent is a tense planning and survival challenge with roguelike randomness.

Green Hell

Resources and survival

A punishing jungle survival sim set in the Amazon that tracks nutrition, infections, parasites and wounds alongside your character's fraying sanity. A dark story campaign and a co-op mode round it out.

Shelter

Distinctive, stylised art style

As a mother badger you guide your cubs through a beautifully painted yet dangerous wilderness, feeding them and shielding them from birds of prey, fire and rivers. A short, wordless experience where every lost cub hits surprisingly hard.

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