The Culling is an online survival battle royale game with crafting aspects. Drop into a map with 16 other players, scavenge for loot and supplies, and then defend yourself while a toxic gas cloud approaches.

Old dog

Originally released back in 2016 as an early access title, The Culling found a healthy player base enjoying a fairly new style of battle royale gameplay focused around exploring a map while a barrier made the play area smaller. Fast forward to a post PUBG/Fortnite world and this description seems derivative and stale. Unfortunately, despite a full release and constant updates, The Culling has failed to move with the times. With as many as five players trying to find a game at once, the multiplayer mode is effectively dead barring some miraculous revival. This leaves a basic player vs bot mode which is too dull to even finish, a laughable loot box system and a global ranking board dominated by thousands with exactly zero kills.

New kids

The Culling may well be the original battle royale for many but it is far past its prime. Anyone unlucky enough to load it up will be met with a graveyard.