Kenshi

It's no longer the most urgent gold rush in PC games, but survival games continue to be regularly released, and older games continue to be regularly updated. It's only natural then that we've taken some time out from foraging for edible berries to update our list of the best survival games for 2020.

Tagged with Bestest Bests, feature, 7 Days To Die, Astroneer, Darkwood, Don't Starve, Frostpunk, Kenshi, Minecraft, NEO Scavenger, Oxygen Not Included, Pathologic, Project Zomboid, Raft, RimWorld, Rust, Starbound, Subnautica, Terraria, The Forest, The Long Dark, This War of Mine.

Last year brought RPG gems like Disco Elysium. Was there an RPG as good released in 2020? We've updated our list of the best RPGs of all time to reflect the best of the past year - and there's still dozens of older classics, too.

Tagged with Bestest Bests, feature, Anachronox, Arcanum: Of Steamworks And Magick Obscura, Avernum: Escape From the Pit, Baldur's Gate II, Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition, Brogue, Chrono Trigger, Dark Souls: Remastered, Darkest Dungeon, Deus Ex, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Diablo III, Disco Elysium, Divinity: Original Sin 2 Definitive Edition, Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age, Dwarf Fortress, Fallout, Fallout: New Vegas, Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster, Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, Hand of Fate 2, Horizon's Gate, Kenshi, Legend of Grimrock 2, Mass Effect 2, Monster Hunter: World, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, NEO Scavenger, Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, NieR: Automata, Path of Exile, Pillars of Eternity, Planescape: Torment, Shadowrun: Dragonfall Director's Cut, Six Ages: Ride Like The Wind, Star Traders: Frontiers, Star Wars: Knights of The Old Republic, Stardew Valley, Sunless Skies, System Shock 2, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Titan Quest, Ultima VII, Undertale, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines, Yakuza: Like a Dragon.

We ask the tough questions here at RPS. We’re like Jeremy Paxman but in a very long bear costume. We once asked 15 developers what they’d do if they were stuck in a room with a clone of themselves. This is important stuff. Today, we ask another question: What would you gift the games industry for the holidays? We put this query to a bunch…

Tagged with 11 Bit Studios, Amanita Design, Chance Agency, Daniel Mullins Games, feature, Grace Bruxner, Inkle Studios, lo-fi games, Mega Crit Games, Robert Yang, Romero Games, Suspicious Developments, Wadjet Eye Games, Chuchel, Frostpunk, Heaven's Vault, Kenshi, Neo Cab, Rinse and Repeat, Sigil, Slay the Spire, The Haunted Island, a Frog Detective Game, The Hex, Unavowed.

You’re not the hero in Kenshi. You’re not the chosen one. There’s nothing out there for you to save - other than your own skin. You’re just another inhabitant of a huge open world that doesn’t care about you. That’s its magic, and it takes design to create a world so exquisitely uncaring. Merry Christmas, everybody!

Tagged with Chris Hunt, design, feature, lo-fi games, open world, The Mechanic, Kenshi.

It's warm! Luckily the RPS podcast, the Electronic Wireless Show, have come together to talk cold games, like chilly survivalist city-builder Frostpunk. That's because Adam is back from E3 and can tell us (Brendan and Pip) all about it. He's also played Destiny 2 and Middle Earth: Shadow of War, the lucky sod. Spill the beans, Adam! No wait, don't. We need those.This week's back-to-normal-length…

Tagged with E3 2017, feature, GTA 5, lo-fi games, modding, Podcast, Rockstar, Take-Two Interactive, The RPS Electronic Wireless show, Warner Bros., Darkest Dungeon, Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court, Destiny 2, Frostpunk, Grand Theft Auto V, Kenshi, Middle-earth: Shadow of War.

"The Fabulous Bakery Boys look up to their diminutive leader in more ways than one. Not only is Chaplin fierce, cunning, and scrupulously fair, since 14.30 this afternoon he's been suspended in mid-air 100ft above his base.

Tagged with lo-fi games, preview, Kenshi.