Survival games
Survival games usually deal with the same theme: survival in conditions that are initially unsuitable for life. In them, players take on the role of a character, most often accidentally caught in such conditions, and most often just try to survive.
Survival games usually have a crafting system that allows you to create useful things from various junk, constant dependence on hunger or health indicators, very strong enemies and random events that greatly influence the outcome of the next passing day. Survival games often touch on the theme of the zombie apocalypse.
This list contains all the games in which the task is to survive or in which there are a lot of indicators of the character’s state that need to be monitored (like sleep or hunger).
Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Crafting, Survival, Open world
February 2, 2021
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
94/100
Fantasy sandbox with survival elements. You can play alone or with others, exploring the world and gathering resources, finding and plundering tombs, setting up...
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Sandbox, Survival, Crafting, Online
August 15, 2011
VGTimes:
9.0/10
Players:
7.8/10
Metacritic:
83/100
Exciting sandbox with a focus on freedom of action and exploration of an almost infinite open world. Created by procedural generation, it is filled with...
Action, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Zombies, Cooperative (co-op), Parkour, Adventure, Narrative
February 4, 2022
VGTimes:
8.3/10
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
79/100
Metacritic:
76/100
The sequel to Dying Light features a new protagonist, characters, and setting, along with a new storyline that expands the game universe. The formula of "zombies...
Online, Simulation, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Open world, Survival
August 9, 2016
VGTimes:
5.6/10
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
79/100
Metacritic:
75/100
No Man's Sky is an adventure simulator with a first-person view in a futuristic setting. You will embark on an exploration of space and planets, some of which may...
Action, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Survival horror, Crafting, Online, Open world, Exploration
February 24, 2023
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
86/100
Continuation of The Forest about survival in the forest. The protagonist sets out to find a missing billionaire on a remote island and ends up in a nightmare...
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival, Open world
December 14, 2014
VGTimes:
8.4/10
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Subnautica is a single-player adventure in a vast open world, with a first-person view, survival elements, and sandbox features. Playing the game will evoke...
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Survival, Online, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox
December 13, 2013
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
40/100
Players find themselves in a world gripped by a zombie apocalypse, where the main task is survival. During the day, they search for resources, build shelters and...
Action, First-person view, Online, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting
July 28, 2020
Players:
8.5/10
Metacritic:
81/100
Grounded is a cooperative survival game from Obsidian. The plot tells about children who have shrunk to the size of insects. Now the grass seems huge to them, like...
Action, Online, Futurism (Future), First-person view, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world
December 3, 2021
Players:
6.3/10
Steam:
71/100
Metacritic:
67/100
Icarus is an adventure online action game with survival elements about astronauts from the creator of DayZ. Players set out to conquer an unexplored planet that...
Online, Business / Management, Roguelike, Side view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival horror
June 6, 2019
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
94/100
A game about a submarine, which features procedural generation of tasks, a character editor and an online mode for 16 players. The gamer will be able to visit a...
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Survival, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Online, Zombies
December 13, 2018
Players:
6.9/10
Steam:
76/100
DayZ is a multiplayer survival horror game with an open world. Before us is the post-Soviet country of Chernarus, which was struck by an unknown virus. Most of the...
Cooperative (co-op), Construction, Crafting, Simulation, Survival, Sandbox, Adventure, Fantasy, Third-person view
June 20, 2024
Players:
7.2/10
A cooperative game in which the gamer creates the perfect Viking settlement alone or with up to three friends. You need to give commands to settlers, extract...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Survival
May 23, 2019
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
70/100
Pestilence is a remake of the 2005 open-world thriller. Three very different doctors are trying to save an unusual steppe city from an epidemic of a deadly disease...
Action, Survival, Online, Shooter, Third-person view, Crafting, Exploration, Sandbox, Construction, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Zombies
August 12, 2022
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
54/100
The game takes place on an island that is filled with various dangers such as traps, wild animals, infected and survivors who are ready to kill for the opportunity...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie
June 9, 2005
Players:
9.8/10
Mor. Utopia — action role-playing game with a first-person view. The game offers a choice of three protagonists: Bachelor, Haruspex and Imposter (the...
Role-playing game, Online, Simulation, Action, MMO, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic
December 18, 2018
Players:
6.7/10
Steam:
66/100
Miscreated is a multiplayer first-person shooter with survival elements in an open world. In the game you have to hunt animals, explore the open world on various...
Survival, First-person view, Shooter, Construction, Crafting, Sandbox, Exploration, Open world, Simulation
August 25, 2022
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
45/100
A survival simulator in which a large group of people are marooned on a desert island where they try to survive. There are no rules, but there are advantages for...
Crafting, Open world, Survival, Exploration, Construction, Sandbox, Adventure, Fantasy, Dungeons, Action, Role-playing game
May 4, 2023
Steam:
40/100
The game takes place in an unknown world full of strange creatures, dangers and surprises. Collect resources to create items and structures that suit your survival...
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