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Survival: Fountain of Youth
Developer Odinsoft Inc.
Survival: Fountain of Youth is a challenging single-player open-world adventure game set on the Caribbean islands. Survive as a shipwrecked 16th-century explorer, craft tools and shelter, and uncover the secrets of both an ancient civilization and your own fate. From the Steam store page
468 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
79
LovedLoved
165 positive · 44 negative
95% range 73–84%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 20 | 2 | 200 |
| Steam reviews | 165 | 44 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 9 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,642 of 1,961 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
79% recommend · 157 yes, 41 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 198 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (3,871 of 4,536 positive).
Players praise the game's immersive survival mechanics and unique time-skip crafting system. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note bugs and crashes that can break the experience. [4][5] The game is seen as a solid survival title with a compelling story and exploration. [2][6][7]
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- [15]
Great at first, but with catastrophic game design decisions in every mechanic Survival: Fountain of Youth made a really good first impression on me. The setting is beautiful, the atmosphere works, exploration is rewarding and the whole castaway fantasy is genuinely well done. The first hours are great: finding water and shelter, crafting your first tools and slowly learning how to survive is very satisfying. For …
- [1]
Caribbean Durability Simulator. Don't get me wrong, I like this game. One of the best single player immersive survival, base building, and adventuring games around. It's too bad it didn't get more visibility. It has a unique crafting mechanic where there's a "time passing" element. So basically everything you do takes time. If you want to craft a knife, it might take 20 minutes or so. If you want to turn your …
- [2]
Survival: Fountain of Youth — A Sleeper Hit Worth Discovering TL;DR: If you enjoy classic survival mechanics with a unique 16th-century explorer theme and don’t mind a few indie rough edges, this game is absolutely worth your time. Full Review: Survival: Fountain of Youth is a sleeper-hit survival game that I somehow missed until recently. I’m a big fan of Green Hell and Stranded Deep, and I’ve been looking for …
- [7]
When I booted up Survival: Fountain of Youth, it had that style that made me a bit wary of it potentially being one of those janky indy games. But I’m happy to say that, while its not perfect by any stretch, the game is solid enough for me to have put 80 hours into it and enjoyed the trip all the way through. That’s not to say the has no jank, quite the contrary, but its got plenty of polish and a gameplay loop …
- [3]
Took a few attempts over the last couple of years for this one to click with me, but once it did I thoroughly enjoyed it. The way it handles time is a little odd to get used to, and there's some jank here and there with various things, but overall this is an incredible enjoyable survival game. A special note here is that I think this is one of the best integrations of a narrative as motivation in a survival game. …
Summarised from 34 of the 249 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
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Survival: Fountain of Youth sits at 79% positive across 209 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 468 · most liked firstBrain: want new game Me: we have game at home <shows eyeballs 49 games currently installed> Brain: No, New game Me: <tired> ok honey fine what do you want to play Brain: New Me: and? Brain: ... Survival cr- Me: WE ARE NOT PLAYING ANOTHER SURVIVIAL CRAFTER
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neutral · AI labelView post →Survival horror game # 2
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neutral · AI labelView post →Survival horror game #3
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neutral · AI labelView post →anyone complaining about the existence of mutual aid/survival fundraisers needs to fix their heart. Not everyone is lucky enough to be able to make ends meet. Survival is not a game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Survival game with Daxx t.me/NascheTheDog...
neutral · AI labelView post →I think Silver Pines might be the best Survival Horror game this year, I already had pretty high expectations off the back of that demo, but the full game has surpassed them. I do want to finish the game on stream before I give it the official thumbs up, but honestly? Hop on and don't wait for me.
positive · AI labelView post →Not real. Survival horror game vending machine type beverage
neutral · AI labelView post →Cabela's Survival: Shadows of Katmai is a hell of a game.
positive · AI labelView post →Bare in mind i haven't played for a long time, but coming from other crafting survival it lacks in the interaction part. I am sure this will hit the spot for some players, but it didn't for me. The main issue i have with the game is purely because everything is done through menues. What I mean is, cutting down a tree is done by going up to the tree, opening a menu, pressing a button and the tree falls. I breaks the immersion of the game to the point where half of the game is a menu. If you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The time skip mechanic is tolerable for some things even trees, but having to skip 45 minutes to cook something in the fire instead of doing chores around the base or cutting wood while the food cooks is unacceptable. Most of these things should be simulated. At least have a shoddy icon and timer like the forest does, but preventing me from doing anything else for 45 minutes, as if the character would spend all that time staring at the fire while the food cooks is lazy design and makes no sense.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great at first, but with catastrophic game design decisions in every mechanic Survival: Fountain of Youth made a really good first impression on me. The setting is beautiful, the atmosphere works, exploration is rewarding and the whole castaway fantasy is genuinely well done. The first hours are great: finding water and shelter, crafting your first tools and slowly learning how to survive is very satisfying. For context, I'm very familiar with open-world survival/crafting games. I've played…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am begging, LITERALLY BEGGING, for there to be no AI scandal with Jurassic Park: Survival. Please, let me have my silly dino horror game without slop. It's the only thing I'm asking from Saber Interactive.
neutral · AI labelView post →My Friendly Neighborhood is a genuinely terrific Survival Horror from a gameplay perspective, but the wonderful Jim Henson inspired setting is... Let me put it this way, there's a real love and reverence for what the game is a pastiche of that really shines through, it has such heart to it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Thanks! My game is Survival Horror Blue Prince!
neutral · AI labelView post →Labyrinth of the Demon King is a game that is part King's Field style dungeon crawler with slow, methodical stamina management combat, part Silent Hill-esque Survival Horror, a blend of gameplay I haven't seen before but works so perfectly. And some of the skrunkliest visuals I've ever seen!
neutral · AI labelView post →I feel myself slowly getting drawn back into Skyrim after many years. The modding ecosystem looks very different now. Please recommend me what I’ve been missing!. (Yes I know everything here can be looked up but a bit of discussion churn is nice) I’m just about wrapping my head around the different versions now. The Anniversary Edition doesn’t appeal to me at all and I don’t really want to buy it, but I’m surprised that some mods seemingly require it as a dependency. Do I need that? Robbery.…
neutral · AI labelView post →Unforgiving cave-exploration survival simulator Casualties: Unknown arrives November 9 #Steam #Upcoming #IndieGames #Survival #Exploration #Horror
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey folks, LIVE NOW! Tonight I'm playing more Silver Pines, because I am absolutely adoring this game. It's a Survival Horror Metroidvania with rotoscoped animations, and it's incredible. Come by and have a damn fine cup of coffee with me:
positive · AI labelView post →Yes, it’s the TEN EARTH SHATTERING BLOWS rpg. No levels, no classes. This is a skill-based game and advancement is not limited by your initial choices. It is a game of DESPERATE SURVIVAL and CINEMATIC ACTION.
positive · AI labelView post →Caribbean Durability Simulator. Don't get me wrong, I like this game. One of the best single player immersive survival, base building, and adventuring games around. It's too bad it didn't get more visibility. It has a unique crafting mechanic where there's a "time passing" element. So basically everything you do takes time. If you want to craft a knife, it might take 20 minutes or so. If you want to turn your seaweed into cloth, that might take 4 hours. In either case, time passes via a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Survival horror game but ur only light source is a disposable vape
neutral · AI labelView post →Do I want to enjoy this game? YES! Am i enjoying it? Somewhat. The game itself is fine but there is a game-breaking bug since launch that they refuse to fix and occurs way to often. This bug is where when you are building or crafter your character has a chance to hurt themselves and if they do the UI/Character locks up preventing you from doing anything while the game is clearly progressing in the background with time passing and the stat meters dropping, This has been reported repeatedly by…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I found out about a Pokemon fan game in the style of Magic Survival/Vampire Survivors (PokeSurvivor) that was most likely made using AI, given the presence of Claude on the GitHub page
neutral · AI labelView post →I want to like this game. I really do. But there is so much ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ artificial difficulty. Gimmick after gimmick designed to get in your way every 30 seconds. Constant pest attacks interrupting what you are trying to do, forcing you to start whatever task you were trying to do all over again. Equipment degradation system is a hassle to deal with and eventually makes your hard to make equipment useless making you spend an hour+ (real time, not game time) just to remake it. So. Many. Crafting.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Enjoyed what I played at first, but I can’t recommend it in its current state. I was actually having a good time with Survival: Fountain of Youth during the little time I got to play, but the game has become completely unplayable because of a bug. Every single time I try to use a bandage, the game crashes without fail. It happens 100% of the time, so I’m basically stuck and can’t continue playing normally. It’s frustrating because I did enjoy the game, but a game-breaking bug like this ruins…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →very bold of Resident Evil Survival Unit to add gay sex to the game
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neutral · AI labelView post →Labyrinth of the Demon King is a sort of King' Field inspired dungeon crawler with heavy Survival Horror elements, a blend of gameplay styles that works so incredibly well. The atmosphere of this game is off the charts, the visuals are some of the grodiest I've ever seen, it looks incredible.
positive · AI labelView post →[Devlog] A Survival Game — New combat, scoring, bunker systems, and a lot of improvements!. Hey everyone! After a long time without posting, I'm back with a new devlog about my indie game, **A Survival Game**! It's a card-based survival strategy game made with Godot, featuring stickmen, resource management, monsters, and plenty of chaotic situations. I've just released a new update, and here's what I've been working on: Gameplay: - Added a Score System. - Introduced a Bunker Power Monitor…
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neutral · AI labelView post →👵Senior Survival Club👵 🎃full release oct 27(PT)!!🎃D-2 Finally, I'll release my game!! I'm proud of myself! #indiegame #IndieGameDev #gamedev #SeniorCare
positive · AI labelView post →Original projects I’m most excited about rn: • Knights Like These (Medieval Times Board Game) • A Dark & Stormy Broadcast (Solo Haunted House Survival TTRPG) • Fairytale Fishing Printable game • Claws Out (Magical Cat Whodunnit TTRPG)
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neutral · AI labelView post →This game is just...not very good. Animals are extremely plentiful and hostile, and the "combat" is terribly dull and repetitive. Lots of semi-arbitrary injuries and conditions impact gameplay. Tools and equipment degrade rapidly. All of the survival aspects are exceedingly grindy and tedious. The story might be somewhat interesting, if it weren't so sparse and hard to reach. Not enough people play the game to have any sort of knowledge base available online. If there were any kind of library…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fight on a moving Elevator! Looking for a Indie Survival Horror Game with a Chamrful Low Poly Pixelated Art Style? One with Engaging Gameplay, Tons of Characters from Goofy Mascot Horror to Eldrich Horror and much more? Download Silent Mansion For FREE on Itch Io! #indiegames #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →Ugly! Disgusting! Looking for a Indie Survival Horror Game with a Chamrful Low Poly Pixelated Art Style? One with Engaging Gameplay, Tons of Characters from Goofy Mascot Horror to Eldrich Horror and much more? Download Silent Mansion For FREE on Itch Io! #indiegames #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →In the year of our lord 2026 (or thereabouts), the Survival: Fountain of Youth developers decided to protect their single-player game from its own customers. The only thing a mod can do in this game is help a paying customer enjoy it longer. The developers examined this situation and wrote code to stop it. I want to be fair: maintaining a mod-blocking system takes real effort. Effort that could have gone toward new content, or the accessibility toggle players have politely requested for…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Survival: Fountain of Youth — A Sleeper Hit Worth Discovering TL;DR: If you enjoy classic survival mechanics with a unique 16th-century explorer theme and don’t mind a few indie rough edges, this game is absolutely worth your time. Full Review: Survival: Fountain of Youth is a sleeper-hit survival game that I somehow missed until recently. I’m a big fan of Green Hell and Stranded Deep, and I’ve been looking for something that scratches the same itch for exploration, base-building, and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played the game to the end, but I can only recommend it to a limited extent. For absolute survival fans, it will probably be okay. People who only play this genre occasionally will despair here. The story is mediocre, the combat system is absolutely terrible, and the worst part is the crafting system. I personally do not recommend it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After 10 hours of playing game won't load saved games any longer. Complete waste of time . After hours of trying every possible solution , nothing worked.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just saw the trailer for this game Ecstatica. What do you call this genre? Survival-Comedy? It looks pretty good.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hi im Ivy, I'm working on an indie survival game set in a fungal-zombie apocalypse in South Africa its about the zombie fungul spore that turn insects into zombies but just 20x worst. #IndieGameDev #GodotEngine #Survival
neutral · AI labelView post →Finished Valheim!! Was such a solid game, so many hours of discovery, crafting, building and good fights! ✨ #Valheim #Gaming #Survival
neutral · AI labelView post →Survival-horror game where you’re being hunted by big stuffed animals that wanna baby you. No I will not elaborate any further.
neutral · AI labelView post →So I recommended this game, but I hope they will change what I put in here and make it a really good game. I've played this through a few times, and its usually a year or two between each playing. But just finished it I think for the 3rd time, can't remember. But I usually get to towards the end, knowing there was something that made me stop playing this game, but its mostly pretty good. Then it hits me. After I make the Ark I remember that it is slower than the other ships. Or at least a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The moment I got bit by the snake, I knew this game was for me. I am a survival enthusiast and I have been keeping an eye out for a game that has realistic survival scenarios but that isn't overly complicated. So let me tell you about the snake. There are other things that make this game awesome, but this one is the best example: I was at half-health, and desperately trying to find sticks so I could make a fire so I could make some food. I see something in the grass and think "oh, that could…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No chopping trees, no breaking scrap — everything is done through menus. To gather, you press a key, select an amount, then press space. Once memorized, you can harvest a tree in a second, making it instant resource gathering. But the tree or bush still looks untouched, and you wait 30 days for refresh. In 7 Days to Die it takes ~10 seconds to chop a tree; here it’s instant, but buried in menus. I was hoping for realistic survival like Valheim, Green Hell, or The Forest, but instead it’s menus…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →prototype zombie survival game #indiegame #wishlistwednesday #gamedev #indiedev #zombie #survival
neutral · AI labelView post →Who is this toxin mutant? Looking for a Indie Survival Horror Game with a Chamrful Low Poly Pixelated Art Style? One with Engaging Gameplay, Tons of Characters from Goofy Mascot Horror to Eldrich Horror and much more? Download Silent Mansion For FREE on Itch Io! #indiegames #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →All Endings | SILVER PINES Part 9 | Indie Survival Horror Game www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlSQ... #CJUGames #SilverPines #WychElm #HorrorGame #HorrorGames #HorrorGaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Spooky Rabbit Halls! Looking for a Indie Survival Horror Game with a Chamrful Low Poly Pixelated Art Style? One with Engaging Gameplay, Tons of Characters from Goofy Mascot Horror to Eldrich Horror and much more? Download Silent Mansion For FREE on Itch Io! #indiegames #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →Having a great time in Enshrouded 1.0! Such a solid game. Exploration, cool quests, epic building freedom... so much to enjoy and the game looks amazing! #Enshrouded #gaming #survival
neutral · AI labelView post →B-side gaming zine #12 (news - indie - open-source - homebrew, gaming history, humor).  ## Welcome Hello everyone. It has been a long while since the last zine. I have been busy in life, so I could not find enough time to work on it, and I kept pushing the release further and further back. Well, finally I got around and finished it, and here it is. - We have news as usual: open-source, indie, and homebrew news. - An article on…
neutral · AI labelView post →Release Date: October 16, 2026 #indiegame #survival #horror 🎮 #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Beyond Reality: Sci-Fi & Survival VR Collection. There's a new Humble Beyond Reality VR Bundle with an interesting set of sci-fi games to grab. Bundle pricing: $5 / £4.53 for 2 games, $10 / £9.07 for 5 games, or $15 / £13.60 for all 7. All are Steam keys and must be activated before April 28th, 2027. Here's all the games included: Blair Witch VR - Mixed (69%) Z.O.N.A Project X VR - Mostly Positive (76%) Z.O.N.A: Origin - Very Positive (83%) Layers of Fear VR - Mostly Positive…
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