2018 game guide
Conan Exiles
Choose Conan Exiles when you want construction to be a major survival-game project and prefer discovering a world's history through exploration rather than following only a linear campaign.
At a glance
IS IT A
GOOD FIT?
- Platforms
- Windows PC
- Play modes
- Solo, Online co-op, Competitive multiplayer
- Best for
- a challenge, a strong story, exploration, building and improving, and fast action
- Time commitment
- 1–3 hour sessions, sessions under 30 minutes, a focused weekend, and weeks or months of play
- Genres
- Fighting, Role Playing Rpg, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
- Themes
- Action, Fantasy, Survival, Open World
Human-written fit guide
WHO SHOULD
PLAY IT?
Practical reasons to choose it—and reasons to choose something else.
Best for
- Survival building
- Environmental storytelling
- Open-world exploration
Why it works
- Building turns gathered resources into visible long-term progress.
- Ruins and dangerous locations connect exploration to the history of the Exiled Lands.
- Solo, co-op and persistent multiplayer options support different ways to experience the same survival systems.
Consider before playing
- Resource gathering and crafting remain central, even for players mainly interested in the story.
- Its lore is often discovered through exploration and environmental clues rather than a tightly directed cinematic campaign.
Why it may fit
MATCH THE GAME
TO THE MOMENT.
Conan Exiles is available on Windows PC and supports solo, online co-op, and competitive multiplayer. It may be a good choice when you want a challenge, a strong story, exploration, building and improving, and fast action. Its genre may suit 1–3 hour sessions, sessions under 30 minutes, a focused weekend, and weeks or months of play.
This is a compatibility match, not a review score. Pick My Next Game compares the game with your platform and the kind of session you want; it does not claim that one game is best for everyone.
Game facts and description are provided by IGDB. View Conan Exiles on IGDB.com