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Survival: Fountain of Youth

Survival: Fountain of Youth

Odinsoft Inc. · released May 21, 2024

ActionAdventureIndieSimulationPCPlayStation 5Xbox Series X

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.

Steam page ↗Metacritic 74 · users 7.5 ↗
81
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “Construction Mode Update is Live!” (1y ago)

74%
At launch
86%
Steam all-time
74%
Press
90%
Recent sentiment

Screenshots & trailers

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)–7430
All-time Steam reviews86%791000
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)90%85834
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (May 21, 2025) · 300 reviews sampled · 834 total reviews in window · weighted 227.7 up / 24 down · computed 2h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (4)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 65
    GameGrinGameGrin
    trust 65May 21, 2024

    “Survival: Fountain of Youth is as realistic as a survival game can get, but you will need to put in the hours (potentially dozens of them) to reach the important milestones on your journey to find the Fountain of Youth.”

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  • 80
    GameSkinnyGameSkinny
    trust 64May 21, 2024

    “Survival: Fountain of Youth offers a blend of history and survival that makes for an impactful and challenging experience.”

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  • 70
    Try Hard GuidesTry Hard Guides
    trust 63May 21, 2024

    “Survival: Fountain of Youth is full of interesting ideas and great moments, but also some polarizing mechanics and jank. If you can tough it through the game’s slow start and learning curve, it will surely pull you in and give you a memorable experience despite its flaws.”

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  • 80
    IGNIGN
    trust 61May 27, 2024

    “Tailor a survival experience to enjoy the charms of a story that sometimes drags on for too long (but then again, nobody's forcing you to build five different bases...).”

    read full review ↗

Patch history

  1. Multiplayer Release Update
    Aug 25, 2026
  2. Co-op Playtest Hotfix 1732
    Jul 15, 2026
  3. Construction Mode Update is Live!
    May 21, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  4. Patch 1665 | Swimming Toward 2025 with New Flippers!
    Dec 19, 2024
  5. Patch 1648 | SimFest 2024 | Consoles Release Announcement
    Jul 22, 2024
  6. Hotfix 1645 | Localization update
    Jul 8, 2024
  7. Hotfix 1644 | FOV Slider, Statistics Fixes, and More
    Jun 25, 2024
  8. Hotfix 1631 | Seeds Harvesting Fix, Animal Carcasses Fix, and More
    May 30, 2024
  9. Hotfix 1626 | Ark Transportation Fix, and Other Fixes
    May 23, 2024
  10. Survival: Fountain of Youth 1.0 OUT NOW!
    May 21, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  11. Hotfix 1597 | Cartography Issue Fix and Several Other Fixes
    Apr 29, 2024
  12. Patch 1587 | Improved Saving System, New Tutorial, and More
    Apr 15, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  13. Important | Steps to follow before the next patch
    Apr 10, 2024
  14. Patch 1527 | New Chests, Bookshelf, Moon Lantern, and More
    Feb 8, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  15. Hotfix 1493 | Resource Recovery Timer Fix, Chinese Localization Fixes, and More
    Dec 27, 2023
  16. Patch 1486 | Snake Region Boss, Ships Disassembling, and More
    Dec 21, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  17. Hotfix 1469 | Stormbreaker Machines Fixes, Bags of Seeds Fixes, and More
    Nov 30, 2023
  18. Hotfix 1464 | Stormbreaker Upgrade Fix, Improved dock Fix, and More
    Nov 23, 2023
  19. Reaping the Harvest Update | Snake Region, Farms, Stormbreaker, and More
    Nov 21, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  20. What's Next | Reaping the Harvest Update
    Nov 14, 2023
  21. Hotfix 1442 | Game Freezing Fix and Small Palms Respawn Fix
    Oct 30, 2023
  22. Hotfix 1437 | Animals Carcasses Fix and Visual Fixes
    Oct 26, 2023
  23. Patch 1433 | Trees Respawning, Game Optimization, and More
    Oct 24, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  24. Patch 1397 | No-HUD Feature, Rotten Food Destruction, and More
    Sep 12, 2023
  25. Hotfix 1374 | Throwing Book Fix, Ship Barrels Fix, and More
    Aug 15, 2023
  26. Hotfix 1371 | Saves Issue Fix, Bats’ Tuning, and More
    Aug 10, 2023
  27. Captain’s Trail Update | Puma Region, Iron, Second-Tier Housing, and More
    Aug 7, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  28. What's Next | Captain's Trail Update
    Aug 3, 2023
  29. Hotfix 1321 | Misaligning Modules Fix
    Jun 29, 2023
  30. Patch 1317 | Building Bug Fix, Balance Changes, and More
    Jun 27, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  31. Patch 1291 | Animals Respawn Fix, Timings Tweaks, and More
    May 24, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  32. Patch 1267 | Saves Issue Fix, Balance Improvements, and More
    Apr 26, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  33. Hotfix 1262 | Combat Tutorial Improvements
    Apr 21, 2023
  34. Patch #8
    Aug 30, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  35. Patch #7
    Aug 2, 2022
  36. Patch #6
    Jul 29, 2022
  37. Patch #5
    Jun 22, 2022
  38. Playtest Patch #4
    Jun 9, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  39. Playtest Patch #3
    Jun 5, 2022
  40. Playtest Patch #2
    Jun 4, 2022significant · resets scoring window

…and 1 earlier patch announcements.