The WhatsNext verdict
For Players who want to build a base, survive a harsh desert world, and fight rival clans on shared servers: You start with nothing in a hostile land. Each night you gather, build, and push a little further toward a fortress your own hands raised. Tradeoff: Its clumsy melee and uneven server performance can break the spell, and the grind to feel strong takes many hours.
What it does best
fighting
role-playing (rpg)
simulator
strategy
The setup
What you are walking into
Conan Exiles is an online multiplayer survival game set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Enter a vast, open-world sandbox and play together with friends and strangers as you build your own home or even a shared city. Survive freezing cold temperatures, explore loot-filled dungeons, develop your character from a lowly peasant to a mighty barbarian, and fight to dominate your enemies in epic siege wars. Conan Exiles can be played in full single-player, co-op, or persistent online multiplayer.
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