Starsand

As if surviving the blistering days and freezing nights in the desert wasn’t tough enough… aliens

Starsand is one of the better survival games, but definitely not the best. I appreciate that the game is set in a desert, since I’ve never played—or perhaps even seen—a game set in the middle of endless sand. Crafting is very simple, the graphics are decent, and the optimization is flawless. Navigating the map is a bit more complicated, though I wouldn’t go so far as to count that as a downside. What I will list as a downside, however, is the occasionally tedious gameplay, where you spend several minutes just running around the desert without really knowing where you’re going. I also think the game lacks enough content to keep me entertained for as many hours as some of my other favorite survival titles.