29) The Culling

In the style of a reality TV show ad, this trailer introduces the premise of the game and shows off the incredible violence within.

You’ve been selected to take part in the Culling! You’ll have twenty minutes to create or find weapons and traps and kill every other human being on the island. Good luck!

This is a game in the Battle Royale genre, similar to Ark: Survival of the Fittest, but The Culling began as a standalone game rather than as a mod for another game. Each match sees sixteen players either in a free for all or teams of two dropped onto the island and left to forage. 

The game focuses heavily on melee combat, though you can find guns. That’s not a guaranteed win, however. You could miss. And a gunshot is not a one hit kill guaranteed. Probably safer to just use a chainsaw. Or an axe. It’s a lot more fun, too.

One of the most interesting features of the game is the map itself. It’s a tropical island. Fascinating, right? Well, as the game goes on, poison gas is released that slowly pushes people toward the center, making the map smaller to encourage fighting.

The Culling is currently in early access and has a fairly positive review score.

There’s nothing about this screenshot that isn’t beautiful. The trees, the sky… the poor sap getting tasered in his freaking skull….

An average match in the Culling, complete with crafting, running, and death.