Conan Exiles

About Conan Exiles

Funcom dropped Conan Exiles on May 8, 2018 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. This title slots into the survival RPG niche while leaning heavily into sandbox strategy. You start as a slave hanging from a corpse tree before Conan cuts you loose to fight for your life in a brutal open world. The game supports single player sessions, co-op play with friends, or massive persistent online servers where strangers interact. It covers genres like fighting and simulator mechanics without sticking to just one style. The setting is the Exiled Lands, a harsh environment that demands constant attention to hunger, thirst, and temperature while you carve out your own destiny in a world built for domination.

Gameplay

Your day involves managing basic survival needs like temperature and food before doing anything else. You punch rocks or trees with your bare hands until you craft better tools and weapons. Building requires gathering resources to place individual walls, floors, and roofs piece by piece. You can construct small huts or massive fortifications that rival entire cities. Combat feels weighty as you swing swords, use bows, or operate siege engines against other players. The game features a slavery system where you capture enemies to work on your property. You also unlock god avatars to control giant entities for epic battles. Sessions often stretch for hours as you explore dungeons filled with loot or defend your base from raids.

What Players Think

PlayPile data shows the IGDB community rating sits at 70.2 out of 100 based on 105 user ratings. The average playtime hovers around 45 hours for those who finish main objectives, though many players log over 200 hours just to build their empires. Community moods shift between "frustrated" during complex crafting sequences and "satisfied" when a siege defense succeeds. Review snippets highlight the deep building options but note frequent bugs in the multiplayer servers. Completion rates suggest about 35 percent of users reach the endgame content, while the remaining majority focus on creative building modes. The player base remains active on dedicated servers, creating a dynamic social landscape that changes with every new patch.

PlayPile's Take

This title is worth your time if you enjoy grinding for resources and spending hours constructing bases. The $39.99 price tag reflects the depth of content available at launch. You will unlock over 50 achievements that track your progress through survival challenges and combat victories. Do not expect a polished narrative experience since the story exists mostly in the background of your struggle. The game works well on PC but performance can suffer on consoles during large battles. Funcom delivered a functional sandbox with real consequences for your actions, though the steep learning curve might alienate casual players looking for quick fun.

Storyline

After Conan himself saves your life by cutting you down from the corpse tree, you must quickly learn to survive. Weather scouring sandstorms, shield yourself from intense temperatures and hunt animals for food and resources. Explore a vast and seamless world, from the burning desert in the south to the snow-capped mountains of the north. Forge the legacy of your clan as you fight to reclaim and dominate the Exiled Lands. Use the powerful building system to create anything from a small home to entire cities piece by piece. Wage war using swords, bows, siege weapons, and even take control of giant avatars of the gods to crush the homes of your enemies in epic battles.