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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 Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
50 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“The new owner looks like he knows what is going on, enough experience to clean the old code and make it run smooth, he also did post his vision for future changes the game will get. It is a nice surviving game, you need…”
“By looking at my game list you can easily tell i am HUGE survival fan. I absolutly love me a good crafty survival game. I bought this game about 2 days ago and have been addicted to it. I LIKE the game but there are…”
“I'm playing the Beta version July 2022. It's enjoyable and the dev is fixing bugs as fast as I find them. Looking forward to seeing this game go live.”
31 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“The new owner looks like he knows what is going on, enough experience to clean the old code and make it run smooth, he also did post his vision for future changes the game will get. It is a nice surviving game, you need…”
“I'm playing the Beta version July 2022. It's enjoyable and the dev is fixing bugs as fast as I find them. Looking forward to seeing this game go live.”
“Bit of a mixture of Mist and The Infected. Good fun though and I’m happy to support a new developer trying to salvage this neglected game.”
11 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“I was fortunate enough to play this pre-early access and I was pleasantly surprised. It's obvious that the devs play survival games and are a fan of the genre. The game looks great and has a great deal of content that…”
“I just put 100 hr in to this game .. I loved it .. cant wait for more quest to come out .. but wait I will .. I am on day 65 lvl 73 have made every thing in the game .. it is just fun to play .. if you dont like to…”
“This seems to have everything. When I say that, I have played a silly ton of survival games, terrible to very good. This is really up there, especially at early access as it is. I played this many moons ago and it wasnt…”
8 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“Been playing this for a short time now. As with the price being $14.99 is not a bad price to pay for the content you are getting with this game. As being in early access, the game has alot of potential to what it really…”
“Great survival game but needs some QoL updates like Character creation etc Would love to see Auto Run added also needs a re-balance of Crafting times as they are way too long. Couldnt find elusive apple trees. Would…”
“I play a lot of survival games, I saw a video recently about it getting revitalized, prior to this I had never heard of the game. The video I watch peek my interest so I purchased the game. My honest thoughts are......…”
7 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“By looking at my game list you can easily tell i am HUGE survival fan. I absolutly love me a good crafty survival game. I bought this game about 2 days ago and have been addicted to it. I LIKE the game but there are…”
“I was looking for a game my better half and I can play that falls somewhere between 7 days to die and subsistence and I think I've found it! Just started but I enjoy the way the game is laid out. The crafting and…”
“Great game for me so far ,like the premise of loot/ resource gathering/shelter building/crafting. I know there are fans out there who would like to know you can shut hostiles damage off both animal and ncp and or just…”
29 of the 97 reviews raise this · 17 of them still recommend the game.
“I was fortunate enough to play this pre-early access and I was pleasantly surprised. It's obvious that the devs play survival games and are a fan of the genre. The game looks great and has a great deal of content that…”
“This game has been abandoned, no updates or bug fixes and the game still contains alot of issues that make it unplayable. Do not purchase this game at all because you are just going to lose your money. If anyone from…”
“OK, so day 2 of being essentially unplayable. Not changing the thumb yet, but I can't support a game I can't play and so we are clear, my PC is more than capable.…”
27 of the 97 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“No recommendation is FOR NOW. Game has great potential. Only problem I see is the fact that there hasn't been an update announced for 6 months here on Steam. A year on Discord, last December. And nothing posted to…”
“This game has been abandoned, no updates or bug fixes and the game still contains alot of issues that make it unplayable. Do not purchase this game at all because you are just going to lose your money. If anyone from…”
“Abandonware ...or apparently not. Major update announced July 8 2022 after a developmental pause of a couple of years. I'll see if progress is sustained and if so I'll remove my negative review, but the (new) dev has…”
20 of the 97 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Normally I log 50 to 100 hours in a game before writing a review, but frankly at 3 hours my opinion is taking shape quite firmly. I think this game has potential but seems to lack focus or purpose. It comes across as…”
“Game is completely not fun. Day 2 - I've died 6 times. - I have hunters camping my "base". - Apparently you can make healing items but I've yet to find the herbs to do so. - You can't rest to heal. - To add insult to…”
“I played through multiple times in the early days, but it started getting too buggy and the story started getting weaker, so I played a lot less, coming back to try it every now and then and always keeping an eye on…”
15 of the 97 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“Normally I log 50 to 100 hours in a game before writing a review, but frankly at 3 hours my opinion is taking shape quite firmly. I think this game has potential but seems to lack focus or purpose. It comes across as…”
“Game is completely not fun. Day 2 - I've died 6 times. - I have hunters camping my "base". - Apparently you can make healing items but I've yet to find the herbs to do so. - You can't rest to heal. - To add insult to…”
“By looking at my game list you can easily tell i am HUGE survival fan. I absolutly love me a good crafty survival game. I bought this game about 2 days ago and have been addicted to it. I LIKE the game but there are…”
9 of the 97 reviews raise this.
“This game has been abandoned, no updates or bug fixes and the game still contains alot of issues that make it unplayable. Do not purchase this game at all because you are just going to lose your money. If anyone from…”
“This game could have been great. It has potential, but there are so much unfinished stuff that I always feel something is missing. The Devs are not working on this game anymore so its been years no updates or fixes were…”
“Here is another example of why the platform needs to change, more EA lies and garbage. In the land of STEAM EA abandonware cash-grab I’ve been burned about 90% of the time. I think we should just rename STEAM to…”
Counted across 97 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 66.8% positive rating · 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 data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2025-09 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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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 * * |
| 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