It's fun to be tiny in a full-sized world, as proven by movies like Honey: I Shrunk the Kids and games like Microsoft's Grounded. Smalland: Survive the Wilds from Merge Games is an early access game for PC that casts players as tiny Smallfolk in a big, dangerous forest. The game supports up to 10-player online co-op, and the Steam and Epic versions can play together.
Smalland features:
Scale skyscraper sized trees, scramble through cavernous cracks in roads, and more as you experience the unique biomes of Smalland’s huge open world. Craft powerful armour sets to personalise your appearance, grant you resistance from the elements, abilities and more Tame and ride wild creatures from Geckos to Spiders, the world and its inhabitants are yours to conquer Scavenge, refine and craft resources to build your encampment on the ground or in the canopy Claim a Great Tree to design and build a base that will follow you to any world Uncover ancient lore from hidden NPCs scattered throughout the world as you learn to survive in this hostile wilderness. Play solo or with up to 9 additional friends in multiplayer with crossplay between Steam and Epic Games StoreThe game's recent "The Giant's Fall" update adds a bunch of cool content:
Pyrite resource, Pyrite armor set, and Pyrite Greatsword featuring unique attack animations Metal building tier with over 30 new construction pieces Hornet mount, with new attack animations Cosmetic vines, along with a decorative flower A new enemy, the swarming colony spiders A new gathering tool, the metal hatchet A new body type Two new story NPCs, the Historian and the MerchantCatapults: talk to Nok to unlock the blueprint for this ingenious contraption that can hurl players, creatures and items across the map!
Survival games are not my thing - too time-consuming! Still, this one has already sold 200,000 copies, so it looks like a pretty big hit.
Smalland: Survive the Wilds sells for $24.99 on Steam and Epic. It is playable on Steam Deck but not fully optimized yet.