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Hold Your Own
A single player open world sandbox, crafting and survival FPS game set in a multi-island land where you'll fight to survive. Build your base, hunt and craft to defend yourself from aggressive wildlife, enemies or friends. Do you have what it takes to Hold Your Own?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“I was hoping for a game like '7 Days to Die', but without zombies. 'Hold Your Own' is just that! Instead of tiresome old zombies, this game has occasional 'guards' and wolves posing a threat, 24/7. This is not the sort of game that I'm compelled to play for 24 hrs non-stop; it…”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played“I reccommend this game. It's EA, and it just launched a couple days ago, and the devs have been hard at work squashing whatever bugs pop up. There's not much of a premise, but most survival games aren't about storylines or lore. You start on an island with an axe, a torch, a…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“FINAL UPDATE - January 2024 - This game is definitely ABANDONWARE ... again- The developer gave it another small try by claiming to be a new dev and adding a few assets and making a few changes to the game but at least this times he has now made public forum statements last…”
— a player, Steam review · 634 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 19:42 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
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Small update prior to leaving Early Access
Three small updates; Fall damage calculation is now based on player velocity when hitting ground and the slope of the ground. Alternate bio fuel recipe uses glass jar of murky water. In-game menu opti
Hold Your Own 10.1.4 Bug Fix
v10.1.4 1. Fixed the Assault on Outpost only spawning 10 Insurgent Guards instead of the required 25. At login while on the Assault on Outpost mission an additional 25 guards will spawn. Be careful of
Hold Your Own 10.1.3 Minor Update
v10.1.3 1. Added Tranquilizer Dart 'hole' to Shooting Target so you can now practice with the Tranquilizer Gun. 2. Adjusted projectiles for velocity, drop, and rez height. 3. Modified vendor lists; Ma
Hold Your Own 10.1.2 Small Update
v10.1.2 Hotfix 1. Improved player building part LoDs to hopefully help with performance around large bases. 2. Reworked player building part collisions that were allowing Insurgent projectiles from pa
Hold Your Own 10.1.1 HOLIDAY SPECIAL
v10.1.1 Holiday Special Modular Fireplace and Chimney Set I'm pleased to bring you a custom made, three piece modular fireplace and chimney set. As always, please back up your save files. Fireplace an
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Survival · Crafting · Action · Early Access · Indie · Adventure · Open World · Singleplayer · Base-Building · Sandbox · FPS · Building (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.districtware.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8/10 64-bit Processor: 3.2 GHz Dual Core Processor Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 660, Radeon RX 460 or equivalent with 2 GB of video RAM DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 8 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible