I’ve read through many of the reviews on steam, especially negative ones, before purchasing this game. It was actually the negative reviews that caused me to purchase this game. I love survival games. They are some of the few games I can play that do not cause me issues, from Minecraft to Subnautica to Raft. Those games are great, but in them, I tend to have to mod them or cheat in order to get the game play I need.

You see, I suffer from PTSD from military service and extreme anxiety. Virtual crowds are a no-no for me as are real crowds (crowd anxiety). So most games I play have to be solo games. When I play survival games, I like to follow stories a bit (don’t need it but like it), I love the farming and crafting aspects… I want my hunger and thirst to go down and me to have to make water and food. What I do not like at all… and it spikes anxiety attacks, is fighting. I can’t handle attack animations. I tend to mod out aggression in survival games.

This game so far is perfect for me. It’s non-triggering, I can hunt without being “attacked”, meaning there is no sudden attack animation. Just me walking and finding out I now have poison that I can handle. This is very soothing. So yeah, I think I have found the perfect survival game that seems to cater to my specific needs. And I don’t have to mod it… So I recommend this game to anyone that has issues with attack animations, suffers from anxiety, but still wants a challenging game play. And yeah… I follow along with the meditations… it’s soothing.