Fit check
Is Oppidum worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Survival-adventure players who want a story campaign with crafting and exploration
- Small groups seeking cooperative play for up to 4 participants
- Players who want adjustable difficulty and accessibility options
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a short experience may bounce off the campaign's stated content length of more than 40 hours.
- Players who want to focus on action may hit a wall at the camp loop, which includes gathering resources, crafting, construction, farming, animal care, and cooking.
- Players looking for competitive multiplayer may not find the cooperative format suitable.
Our take on Oppidum
The likely bounce point is the camp loop: players who want to move straight from one encounter to the next must also gather resources, craft equipment, build structures, tend crops and animals, and cook as they progress.
What is Oppidum?
Oppidum is a story-driven survival adventure set on the corrupted island of Insule.
Players collect resources, craft tools and equipment, build and improve a camp, tend crops and animals, cook meals, and explore woods, swamps, and caves. They face the island’s dangers, help its inhabitants, and seek the Protectors’ guidance while uncovering its mysteries. The game offers more than 40 hours of content and can be played solo or with up to 4 participants through cross-play.
New members can join an ongoing game and begin from its current point in the story. Character options include hairstyles, colors, cosmetics, body shape, voice, and facial customization. Difficulty settings range from no-death play to greater challenges, with additional options for resource and enemy damage, equipment durability, quest-tracker visibility, and fishing.
How Oppidum plays
- 01Four-player co-op
- Cross-play supports solo sessions and groups of up to 4, and new participants can join an ongoing story.
- 02Camp development
- Players can construct buildings, improve structures, tend crops and animals, and cook meals at camp.
- 03Adaptive difficulty
- Four presets range from a no-death setting to a more challenging mode.
- 04Character customization
- Appearance options include hairstyle, color, cosmetics, body shape, voice, and facial changes.
- 05Accessibility options
- Settings include button-holding, quest-tracker visibility, resource and enemy damage, equipment durability, and simplified fishing.
Oppidum compared to similar games
Oppidum combines a story campaign, island exploration, camp construction, crafting, survival, and cooperative play for up to 4 participants. Mr. Prepper focuses on preparing an underground shelter amid the risk of nuclear war and an authoritarian government. Unplagued centers on groups of up to 4 companions collecting ingredients and purging plague infecting procedurally generated medieval villages.
Oppidum: platforms & release
Is Oppidum worth it?
It is worth it if: survival-adventure players who want a story campaign with crafting and exploration. Skip it if: players seeking a short experience may bounce off the campaign's stated content length of more than 40 hours.
Where can I download Oppidum?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Oppidum's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Oppidum on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
