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Best Games in the Survival genre for Linux
Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting, Online
Early Access: Linux → 2 February 2021; Game released: Linux → 9 September 2026
VGTimes:
7.8/10
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
89/100
A fantasy sandbox with survival elements. You can play alone or with others, exploring the world and gathering resources, finding and raiding tombs...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Roguelike, Survival, Sandbox
Game released: Linux → 17 October 2018
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
87/100
RimWorld is a sci-fi survival simulator on an alien planet with real-time strategy elements and a top-down view. Under your control is a small group...
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
Steam:
85/100
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...
Online, Business / Management, Roguelike, Side view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival horror, Survival
Early Access: Linux → 6 June 2019; Game released: Linux → 13 March 2023
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
95/100
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...
Role-playing game, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Survival
Game released: Linux → 19 December 2018
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
70/100
ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view. The game takes...
Adventure, Online, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Exploration, Crafting, Farm Simulator, Open world, Survival
Game released: Linux → 27 August 2024
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
86/100
An arcade sandbox that you can play with friends in co-op for up to eight people. The main character is an explorer who wakes up in an ancient...
Action, Indie, Top-down view, Roguelike, Shooter, Casual game, Procedural generation, Comedy, Online, Survival
Game released: Linux → 23 June 2023
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
96/100
Arena shooter about a combat potato in the spirit of Vampire Survivors. The game tells the story of Spud from the planet Potato, who crashes on an...
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:
8.6/10
Steam:
89/100
Multiplayer sandbox with survival elements and an open world. In the near future, an apocalypse has occurred: zombies roam the Earth, most people...
Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Turn-based, DLC, Open world, Survival
Early Access: Linux → 11 May 2020; Game released: Linux → 13 September 2021
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
87/100
ATOM RPG Trudograd — an expansion for the post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view ATOM RPG...
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Simulation, Survival, Sandbox, Space
Game released: Linux → 22 July 2016
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Starbound is an indie adventure role-playing arcade game with platformer and action elements. You are forced to flee your planet by hijacking a ship...
Action, Adventure, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Survival, Old school, Procedural generation
Game released: Linux → 27 September 2022
Players:
9/10
Steam:
93/100
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...
Online, Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Sandbox, Survival, Zombies
Early Access: Linux → 7 July 2014; Game released: Linux → 7 July 2017
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
90/100
Unturned is a multiplayer sandbox action game with a first-person view. The main goal here is to survive by defending yourself from zombies and...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Exploration
Game released: Linux → 9 August 2016
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
84/100
Kingdom: New Lands is a side-view pixel management strategy set in a fantasy setting. You will become the ruler of your own kingdom and face various...
Action, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting, Procedural generation, Online
Early Access: Linux → 12 December 2019; Game released: Linux → 16 October 2025
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
94/100
A colorful action sandbox that combines exploration, crafting, settlement building, and cooperative play. The procedurally generated world is filled...
Simulation, Action, Shooter, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Open world, Survival, Space, Science fiction
Game released: Linux → 15 November 2013
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
37/100
Metacritic:
33/100
X Rebirth — a space simulator with a first-person view and elements of a global strategy in a sci-fi setting. In space you can be anyone...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Survival, Space
Game released: Linux → 13 May 2026; Early Access: Linux → 21 May 2020
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
84/100
Space Haven is a management simulator with roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. You have to assemble your own team and go into outer space in...
Action, Historical, Business / Management, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Side view, Simulation, Survival
Game released: Linux → 14 November 2019
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
82/100
This War of Mine: Final Cut — an enhanced and complete edition of the atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a side view. The package...
Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Sandbox, Open world, Survival
Game released: Linux → 8 November 2016
Players:
5.2/10
Steam:
59/100
Planet Explorers is a free-to-play action role-playing game with a third-person view and survival elements in a sci-fi setting. The plot tells about...
Adventure, Role-playing game, Adult game, Turn-based, Visual novel, Survival, Strategy, Replayability, Medieval era
Game released: Linux → 4 October 2023
Players:
9.7/10
Steam:
82/100
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...