romovs wrote:Patchouli_Knowledge wrote:Oregon Trail.
It existed way before H&H. Like decades before.
Yeah, I was playing it on an Apple II when I was in elementary school, and it had already been out several years then. For some reason I was thinking it was like 1979 when it came out, but just to be sure I looked it up.... 1974
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Orego ... video_game) (Why I didn't have this little parcel of trivia, I'm not sure.)
But then, I think patch was being facetious.

tyrtix wrote:wurm online, wayward, terraria (to some extent), don't starve... and someone else that i can't remember now
Wurm dates HnH by a few years. These others are more just survival rogue-like games. You might say they were all inspired by the same roots--UnReal World and others like it from the 80s and 90s.
There are a few that are near blatant rip-offs. I can't say I can remember names off the top of my head, but the developers were players here before quitting to make their own game. If any of them get Minecraft type success (when compared to say Infiniminer), then maybe jorbtar will get some due.
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