Game Groups > Gameplay feature: Survival cooking

Games which features cooking raw or prepared ingredients using any method available (e.g. over an open flame or simply by combining two or more ingredients) for the purposes of creating item(s) which must be identified as a consumable food item. The food then may optionally be used by the player-controlled character or non-player characters (NPCs) for consumption/eating, usually to avoid a starvation feature or other similar features that may introduce a positive or negative effect when mentioned food is consumed (e.g. heal health).

Examples

  • Using raw meat and turning it into baked meat in Minecraft.
  • Cooking raw meat over an open flame in the Gothic series. Some games offer further manipulation which may include seasoning or similar activities.
  • Creating a loaf of bread from dough in the Ultima series.
  • Brewing a herbal drink or making soup with a cooking pot.

Survival cooking in the game Pilot Down: Behind Enemy Lines (2005).

Note

  • Creatable drinks and beverages may also be identified as food.
  • Survival cooking usually may be conducted anywhere during the game, with varying requirements depending on the food item being prepared. Some may require recipes, an open fire, or experimentation through the process of random combining ingredients.
  • To be clear the method of cooking and whether or cooking has additional requirements to create a food item is irrelevant, as long as the end result is a food item which may be consumed by the player-controlled character.

Limitations

  • Not to be confused with Genre: Simulation - Cooking, where cooking is a major theme in the game, and usually the purposes of cooking is not to be consumed by the player controlled character. Hence, food items must be identified as a consumable object to be used primarily by the player-controlled character.
  • Not to be confused with Gameplay feature: Alchemy where items may not necessarily result in the creation of a consumable food item.
  • Food items that only exist in its capacity as a part of a quest, plot/story, or puzzle, or any event where its presence is mandatory to further advance in the game, should be excluded from this game group, unless cooking such food items still remain an optional feature to the player.

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Title (Year ) Platforms Genres Moby Score
box cover thumbnail Achaea (1997) Browser Role-playing (RPG)
n/a
box cover thumbnail Ancient Domains of Mystery (1994) Linux, DOS (+3 more) Role-playing (RPG)
7.7
box cover thumbnail Aquaria (2007) Windows, Macintosh (+3 more) Action
8.2
box cover thumbnail ARK: Survival Evolved (2015) Windows, Windows Apps (+6 more) Action, Role-playing (RPG)
6.6
box cover thumbnail Arx Fatalis (2002) Windows, Xbox (+1 more) Role-playing (RPG)
7.6
box cover thumbnail Brigand: Oaxaca (2017) Windows Role-playing (RPG)
n/a
box cover thumbnail Contact (2006) Nintendo DS Role-playing (RPG)
7.0
box cover thumbnail Craft the World (2013) Windows, Macintosh (+2 more) Strategy
n/a
box cover thumbnail CryoFall (2019) Windows Simulation
n/a
box cover thumbnail DayZ (2013) Windows, PlayStation 4 (+2 more) Action
6.7
box cover thumbnail Diggles: The Myth of Fenris (2001) Windows Strategy
7.4
box cover thumbnail Don't Starve (2013) Linux, Windows (+2 more) Action
7.7
box cover thumbnail Doomed Lands (2023) Windows Action, Role-playing (RPG)
n/a
box cover thumbnail Dragonward (2018) Windows Role-playing (RPG)
n/a
box cover thumbnail Dungeons of Dredmor (2011) Windows, Linux (+1 more) Role-playing (RPG)
7.4
box cover thumbnail Fallout: New Vegas (2010) Windows, Xbox 360 (+3 more) Role-playing (RPG)
8.1
box cover thumbnail Final Fantasy XI Online (2002) PlayStation 2, Windows Role-playing (RPG)
5.9
box cover thumbnail Final Fantasy XIV Online (2010) Windows Action, Role-playing (RPG)
5.7
box cover thumbnail Final Fantasy XV (2016) PlayStation 4, Xbox One Role-playing (RPG)
7.6
box cover thumbnail Gothic (2001) Windows Action, Role-playing (RPG)
8.0
box cover thumbnail Gothic 3 (2006) Windows Role-playing (RPG)
7.1
box cover thumbnail Gothic 3: Forsaken Gods (2008) Windows Action, Role-playing (RPG)
4.8
box cover thumbnail Gothic II (2002) Windows Role-playing (RPG)
8.0
box cover thumbnail Lost in Blue (2005) Nintendo DS Role-playing (RPG)
6.8
box cover thumbnail Lost in Blue 2 (2007) Nintendo DS Role-playing (RPG)
6.0
box cover thumbnail Lost in Blue 3 (2007) Nintendo DS Role-playing (RPG)
6.3
box cover thumbnail Lost in Blue: Shipwrecked (2008) Wii Role-playing (RPG)
5.8
box cover thumbnail MapleStory 2 (2018) Windows Action, Simulation, Role-playing (RPG)
n/a
box cover thumbnail Minecraft (2010) Linux, Windows (+2 more) Action
7.9
box cover thumbnail Minecraft: New Nintendo 3DS Edition (2017) New Nintendo 3DS Action
6.7
box cover thumbnail Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (2017) Nintendo Switch Action
8.4
box cover thumbnail Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition (2014) PlayStation 4, Xbox One Action
8.3
box cover thumbnail Minecraft: Pocket Edition (2011) Android, iPhone (+3 more) Simulation
6.2
box cover thumbnail Minecraft: Wii U Edition (2015) Wii U Action
7.3
box cover thumbnail Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (2012) Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 Action
8.2
box cover thumbnail Outward (2019) Windows, PlayStation 4 (+2 more) Role-playing (RPG)
6.8
box cover thumbnail Paper Mario (2000) Nintendo 64, Wii (+2 more) Role-playing (RPG)
8.3
box cover thumbnail Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (2004) GameCube Role-playing (RPG)
8.3
box cover thumbnail Pilot Down: Behind Enemy Lines (2005) Windows, PlayStation 2 (+2 more) Action
5.5
box cover thumbnail Pumpkin Days (2019) Windows Simulation, Role-playing (RPG)
n/a
box cover thumbnail Risen (2009) Windows, Xbox 360 (+4 more) Role-playing (RPG)
7.4
box cover thumbnail Robinson's Requiem (1994) DOS, Jaguar (+4 more) Simulation, Role-playing (RPG)
7.1
box cover thumbnail RuneScape (2001) Windows, Windows 3.x (+4 more) Role-playing (RPG)
6.2
box cover thumbnail Rust (2013) Linux, Windows (+1 more) Action
7.2
box cover thumbnail Sea of Stars (2023) Windows, Windows Apps (+5 more) Role-playing (RPG)
8.5
box cover thumbnail Sir, You Are Being Hunted (2013) Windows, Macintosh (+1 more) Action
6.5
box cover thumbnail Starbound (2013) Linux, Windows (+2 more) Action
7.5
box cover thumbnail Stranded II (2007) Windows Action
7.3
Summon Night 4 (2006) PlayStation 2, PSP Strategy, Role-playing (RPG)
n/a
box cover thumbnail Super Paper Mario (2007) Wii, Wii U Action
8.3

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