Survival 2012 — top best games in the Survival genre

Minecraft - a game in the Survival genre

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting

Game released: Xbox 360, Mac, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PS Vita, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 5 → 9 May 2012

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An exciting sandbox focused on freedom of action and exploring a practically endless open world. Created through procedural generation, it is filled with...

I Am Alive

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360 → 3 April 2012

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8/10

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This post-apocalyptic survival action game follows a man struggling to stay alive in a ruined city and find his missing wife and daughter, one year after a...

ZombiU

Action, Survival

Game released: Wii U, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC → 18 November 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 71/100

ZombiU is an action game. The player controls a survivor who needs to survive in zombie-infested London. The game makes extensive use of the new Wii U controller's...

CAPSULE

Indie, Survival

Game released: PC, Mac → 14 February 2012

Steam: 75/100

This single-player survival game has a science-fiction setting. The protagonist wakes up trapped inside a small capsule with no view of the outside world. To...

Haunt (2012)

Survival

Game released: Xbox 360 → 18 January 2012

Metacritic: 70/100

Silent Hill: Downpour

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Puzzle, Mysticism / Supernatural, Logic, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 → 18 May 2012

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Silent Hill: Downpour — mystical third-person horror game with puzzle and action elements. You play as Murphy Pendleton, an escaped criminal. While Murphy...

Miasmata

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Survival, Exploration

Game released: PC → 28 November 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Miasmata is an atmospheric adventure with a first-person view and survival elements. Take on the role of Robert Hughes, a plague-stricken scientist who embarks on a...

Neverdead

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 → 31 January 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 51/100

This third-person action shooter follows an immortal hero battling demons that have returned to plunge the world into chaos. Centuries earlier, demons made him...

Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir

Survival

Game released: Nintendo 3DS → 13 April 2012

Metacritic: 54/100

A supernatural game about Maya, a young woman trapped in an old house under a curse. The player helps her escape the clutches of a malevolent woman in black. The...

Project Zero 2: Wii Edition

Action, Horror, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Survival

Game released: Wii → 28 June 2012

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Infestation: Survivor Stories

Role-playing game, Online, Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, In real time, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Zombies, Survival, MMO

Game released: PC → 17 December 2012

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 31/100

Metacritic: 20/100

Infestation: Survivor Stories is an action role-playing game for several people. One of the most iconic games in survival history returns, bringing classic gameplay...

Amy

Action, Horror, Stealth, Third-person view, Survival

Game released: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 → 5 February 2013

Metacritic: 29/100

This survival horror action-adventure follows Lana as she tries to escape a disease-ridden city with Amy, an eight-year-old girl with mysterious powers. The player...

Tokyo Jungle

Arcade, Survival

Game released: PlayStation 3 → 26 September 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

This arcade survival game takes place in an abandoned Tokyo, where animals struggle to stay alive among the deserted streets. Players control different creatures...

Silent Hill: Book of Memories

Action, Horror, Third-person view, Survival

Game released: PS Vita → 2 November 2012

Metacritic: 58/100

Silent Hill: Book of Memories — On their birthday, the main character, created by the player, receives a mysterious Book of Memories that describes their...

Survival

Best Games in the Survival genre of 2012 (Game released)