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AreaZ

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AreaZ

True survival techniques: you live on what you discover. Everything here is connected - fire and rain, meat and predators, calories and every move you make. Day and night decide what is possible - being in the right place at the right hour is a skill. Your choices, your survival.

Nudity Open World Survival Craft Survival Female Protagonist Open World
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Knowledge is the only progression

AREAZ is a true survival simulation where you rely on knowledge, awareness, and simple real-world techniques across different biomes - your areaz. Everything you learn, you learn by doing, the way it works in the real world. The journey begins on the beach and in the jungle before leading toward the deadly mangrove swamp. Future updates expand the world with rural mainland zones, deep forests, and finally the cold, rocky mountain regions.

Everything is connected

To survive, you must search every part of each area and read the environment carefully. The tide runs on its own schedule - the camp that stood safe at noon can be underwater by midnight. Animals follow scents, predators react to movement - the meat that feeds you is also the bait that calls them in. Rain kills the fire you are trying to start, and fills the catcher that keeps you off bad water. Calories, exhaustion, wetness, time of day, and weather all shape what is possible - the right hour opens an opportunity, the wrong one turns deadly.

Craft with both hands

Crafting uses a deliberate two-hand system where stones, sticks, bamboo, and fire behave according to natural logic. Tools wear out and break. The best gear is found, not made - and what the land gives once, it may not give again. New: Autocraft, for simpler crafting when you want it.

Harsh but fair

Mistakes and poor resource management lead quickly to hunger or death, and some mistakes cannot be undone. AREAZ rewards players who think like survivors: check the time, read the waterline, count your calories before you spend them. The free demo is the entire first area - no locks, no timers. Judge the game by playing it.

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System requirements Windows

Windows

Minimum

Minimum:
  • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-4460 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 19 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Requires a DirectX 12 card with Shader Model 6. Older AMD cards (R9 300 series, RX 400/500, integrated Radeon) should use the DirectX 11 launch option in Steam. 6 GB of video memory is recommended; 4 GB cards run but are limited by video memory rather than by GPU speed.

Recommended

Recommended:
  • OS: Windows 11 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-11400F / AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
  • Memory: 32 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 / AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Storage: 19 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: DLSS requires an RTX card. Frame generation requires RTX 40 or 50 series.
Game details Languages, features & support
Publisher
Project Solutions
Brazilian rating
18
Steam Germany rating
16
Content warning
As survival simulator - game will include some parts that can be considered rarely as disturbing such as hunting, fishing, skinning the animals to obtain pelt and meat. Game will also include some mechanics similar to poisoning from some fruits or spoiled food as well from poisonous or venomous animals. Game includes fight with animal predators such as crocodiles, sharks, bears. As survivor game it might include some barely dressed or naked characters, but not sexual scenes.
Controller support
full
Features
Single-player, Full controller support, Family Sharing
Languages
English, German, Czech, Italian, Slovak, Portuguese - Brazil, French, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian, Spanish - Latin America
Compatibility & accessibility Steam Deck, controllers & access features

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Steam declarations and Valve's Steam Deck compatibility result. Missing data is shown as unknown, never unsupported.

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macOS: unknown
Linux: unknown
Steam Deck
playable
Valve compatibility test
Input
Controller support: unknown
Structured language support (14)
LanguageInterfaceFull audioSubtitles
EnglishYesNoNo
GermanYesNoNo
CzechYesNoNo
ItalianYesNoNo
SlovakYesNoNo
Portuguese - BrazilYesNoNo
FrenchYesNoNo
Spanish - SpainYesNoNo
JapaneseYesNoNo
KoreanYesNoNo
RussianYesNoNo
Simplified ChineseYesNoNo
UkrainianYesNoNo
Spanish - Latin AmericaYesNoNo

Third-party requirements shown by Steam

Requires agreement to a 3rd-party EULA AreaZ EULA
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Value Score

Fair Value — 56th percentile.

Price-to-player ratio ranks in the 56th percentile. Priced as Market at $19.99.

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Genre Benchmarks

Player Count Top 77%
Value Ratio Top 44%

Early Access Active

Time in EA
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Frequently Asked Questions

Is AreaZ worth buying right now?
Wait — $19.99. Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
When does AreaZ go on sale?
Wait for upcoming sale in ~13 days for potentially better pricing.
Is AreaZ free to play?
AreaZ costs $19.99 on Steam.
What genre is AreaZ?
AreaZ is a Action, Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Early Access game.
Who developed AreaZ?
AreaZ was developed by Project Solutions and published by Project Solutions.
What platforms does AreaZ support?
Available on Steam for Windows.

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