GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. When venturing into any new survival-crafting game, players will need as many tips as possible to survive their first night, let alone any additional ...

Collect as many resources as possible until hunger or darkness sets in, then craft a wooden shelter and place it in an out-of-the-way corner by putting it in a quick-access slot and then selecting it.

Rust is often described as a social experiment disguised as a survival game. Every encounter carries tension, and players make quick judgments based on tiny cues. Among those cues, skins play a ...

Both ARK and Rust are notorious for punishing even high-end PCs. Their massive, open-world environments aren’t just for show. Every tree you chop down, every dinosaur roaming the island, every rusting ...