Survival for Linux — top best games in the Survival genre

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting

Early Access: Linux → 2 February 2021

Players: 8.5/10

A fantasy sandbox with survival elements. You can play alone or with others, exploring the world and gathering resources, finding and looting tombs, building bases...

7 Days to Die

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Survival, Online, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox

Early Access: Linux → 13 December 2013; Game released: Linux → 25 July 2024

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 41/100

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...

Project Zomboid

Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Zombies

Early Access: Linux → 8 November 2013

Players: 8.4/10

A zombie apocalypse is about to occur in the world of Project Zomboid. So far, humanity has not understood what happened, but the houses still have water and...

ARK: Survival Evolved

Online, Simulation, Action, First-person view, Shooter, Survival, Open world

Game released: Linux → 27 August 2017

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 56/100

ARK: Survival Evolved is an open-world action game with a first-person view and survival elements. You have to become a real dinosaur hunter. You will go to a large...

Stranded Deep

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Survival, Open world, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 11 August 2022

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Stranded Deep is an action-adventure game with a first-person view and survival elements. The plot centers on the main character, who, after a plane crash, is...

Darkwood

Action, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Survival, Simulation

Game released: Linux → 17 August 2017

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Top-down survival action-horror adventure. Events take place in a mysterious forest, where every night threatens to be the last. Players control a nameless hero who...

Megabonk

Action, Third-person view, Roguelike, Survival

Game released: Linux → 18 September 2025

Players: 7.3/10

A fast-paced game where you battle endless hordes of enemies and become increasingly stronger with each level. You can upgrade your weapons and create unique...

Don't Starve

Simulation, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Indie, Survival

Game released: Linux → 24 April 2013

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Don't Starve is an adventure game about survival in a randomly generated world. In it you have to collect resources, stock up on food, grow berries and vegetables...

Don't Starve Together

Action, Isometric, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Survival

Game released: Linux → 21 April 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Don't Starve Together is a shareware multiplayer add-on for the game, which at one time, together with Minecraft, predetermined the success of projects where the...

VEIN

Action, Shooter, Simulation, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Zombies

Early Access: Linux → 24 October 2025; Game in development: Linux → 2029

Players: 8.8/10

Multiplayer sandbox with survival elements and an open world. In the near future, an apocalypse has occurred: zombies roam the Earth, most people have died, and...

Dome Keeper

Action, Adventure, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Survival, Old school, Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2022

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Dome Keeper is an exciting post-apocalyptic survival game with roguelike elements, a side view and resource management. As you progress, you will have to mine...

The Last Plague: Blight

Third-person view, Survival, Crafting, Construction, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Linux → 3 October 2024

Players: 6.9/10

A mysterious disease consumed the protagonist’s village, but he managed to escape. Now the character finds himself alone in the wild, where he must find food and...

Necesse

Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting, Procedural generation

Early Access: Linux → 12 December 2019; Game released: Linux → 16 October 2025

Players: 6.8/10

A colorful action sandbox that combines exploration, crafting, settlement building, and cooperative play. The procedurally generated world is filled with various...

Project Castaway

Sandbox, Exploration, First-person view, Survival, Crafting, Open world, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure, Procedural generation

Early Access: Linux → 23 September 2024; Game in development: Linux → 2026

Players: 6.2/10

An open world survival simulator that takes players to beautiful tropical islands. The game takes place in the Pacific Ocean. Players explore procedurally generated...

Towers of Aghasba

Adventure, Action, Exploration, Open world, Third-person view, Crafting, Survival, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: Linux → 19 November 2024

Players: 1/10

Adventure sandbox with an open world. The main action takes place in a fantasy universe. It is home to the Shimu people, who are trying to retake their homeland...

Heads Will Roll: Reforged

Adventure, Role-playing game, Adult game, Turn-based, Visual novel, Survival, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 4 October 2023

Players: 9.7/10

The game takes place in a medieval setting. The plot tells about a soldier who wants to escape justice. To clear his name and regain his former life, the hero sets...

Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip

Adventure, Comics, Visual novel, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Comedy

Game released: Linux → 22 October 2022

Metacritic: 73/100

A visual novel about the hilarious road adventures of four friends. You can play alone or with...

Vintage Story

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Fantasy

Game released: Linux → 27 September 2016

A hardcore sandbox survival game inspired by the ideas of classic voxel games in the spirit of Minecraft, but reimagined through the lens of realism and...

KYORA

Action, Adventure, Sandbox, Indie, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Procedural generation

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Multiplayer adventure from the creators of Core Keeper takes you to a procedurally generated world where matter itself can be changed. The ruined lands hide...

Pixel Horizons

First-person view, Action, Survival, Crafting, Construction, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2025

The main character finds himself on the mysterious island and tries to survive. It is necessary to explore locations and fight with monsters. In this case, it is...

Ardem

Role-playing game, First-person view, Third-person view, Survival, Open world, Zombies

Game in development: Linux → 2026

A role-playing action game about survival in an open world, destroyed by the RHAB-14 virus, in which civilization disappeared in just a few weeks. Abandoned cities...

Heads Will Roll: Downfall

Free game, Adventure, Role-playing game, Adult game, Survival, Turn-based, Strategy

Game released: Linux → 21 October 2022

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 67/100

Heads Will Roll: Downfall — a free prologue for the turn-based role-playing strategy game with visual novel elements Heads Will Roll: Reforged. The game is set in...

RadSpire

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Survival, Fantasy

Early Access: Linux → 1 May 2026; Game in development: Linux → 2027

An adventure action game focused on survival, set in a post-apocalyptic world where remnants of technology intertwine with unstable magic. The ruined lands hide...

Residual

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Survival

Game released: Linux → 9 September 2021

A lonely explorer makes an emergency landing on a strange planet that holds an ancient secret. The character explores a procedurally generated world, gathers food...

Argonisos

Action, Adventure, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Construction, Crafting

Game in development: Linux → 2026

Anticipation Rating: 8/10

Survival on a huge map of Greece. The main goal is to become a demigod by destroying the bosses of each biome. There is a co-op for up to nine...

Dino Age: The First Fracture

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Free game, Survival, Crafting

Game released: Linux → 19 February 2026

An adventure with survival elements, telling the story of Owen, the hero of the Dino Age novel series. You need to gather resources, explore the wild terrain, and...

Final Outpost: Definitive

Survival, Strategy, Top-down view, In real time, Zombies, Post-apocalyptic, Business / Management

Game released: Linux → 23 May 2025

A post-apocalyptic pixel game in which the gamer controls a group of survivors and defends themselves from zombies. You need to build a settlement, extract...

Landnama

Strategy, Isometric, Survival, Medieval era, Construction

Game released: Linux → 31 July 2023

The game takes place in the 9th century, where the gamer controls one of the first Viking settlements in Iceland. There is only one resource available &mdash...

Aleprok

Action, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting

Game released: Linux → 28 March 2025

Cooperative game where you need to explore various locations, gather resources, survive, build, and defend your city. There is a variety of weapons that need to be...

Buck Up And Drive!

Action, Racing, Arcade, Anime / Manga, Survival, Procedural generation, Third-person view

Game released: Linux → 11 January 2022

Buck Up And Drive! — arcade survival race in the anime genre with procedural generation and third-person view. An endless racing game inspired by classic arcade...

The Agony

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

Game released: Linux → 15 June 2017

The Agony — adventure indie horror with a first-person view. Do you often wonder what lies beneath our cities? Sewers, bomb shelters, scientific facilities...

Ruins To Fortress

Online, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Construction, Crafting

Early Access: Linux → 13 December 2024; Game in development: Linux → 2026

Players: 7.5/10

A pixel game with multiplayer support in which gamers explore a post-apocalyptic island. You need to collect resources to build shelters and craft equipment. You...

Survival

Best Games in the Survival genre for Linux