Survival for Mac — top best games in the Survival genre

Minecraft - a game in the Survival genre

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

Game released: Mac → 18 November 2011

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Захватывающая песочница с акцентом на свободе действий и исследовании практически бесконечного открытого мира. Созданный процедурной генерацией, он наполнен...

Project Zomboid

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

Early Access: Mac → 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...

7 Days to Die

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

Early Access: Mac → 13 December 2013; Game released: Mac → 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...

Hobo: Tough Life

Role-playing game, Simulation, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world

Game released: Mac → 13 April 2021

Players: 8.4/10

A survival simulator where you can experience the essence of the life of a homeless person and try on this difficult role. The events of the game take place in the...

Frostpunk 2

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Survival

Game released: Mac → 17 September 2024

Players: 6.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

The sequel takes place 30 years after the events of the original. The ground is still covered in a deadly frost. The era of steam has passed — now oil becomes...

ARK: Survival Evolved

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

Game released: Mac → 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, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world

Early Access: Mac → 23 January 2015; Game released: Mac → 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...

Subnautica

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival, Open world

Game released: Mac → 23 January 2018

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

A single-player adventure in a vast open world, with a first-person view, survival elements, and sandbox features. Playing the game will evoke feelings associated...

Rust

Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Crafting

Game released: Mac → 8 February 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Rust has come a difficult path from the alpha version of another DayZ clone in 2013 to an independent survival simulator. The basics of the game are standard for...

Don't Starve Together

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

Game released: Mac → 21 April 2016

Players: 8.5/10

A standalone multiplayer version of the famous survival simulator Don't Starve, where exploration, building, and the fight for survival become even more interesting...

Frostpunk: The Last Autumn

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Steampunk, Survival

Game released: Mac → 21 January 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Frostpunk: The Last Autumn is a management strategy add-on from the creators of This War of Mine. It will tell you what tragic events led to the emergence of the...

Dysmantle

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Survival, Crafting

Game released: Mac → 16 November 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Dysmantle is an open world RPG that combines the best ideas from Zelda, Stardew Valley, Subnautica, SteamWorld Dig and Dark Souls. The action takes place on a...

The Last Plague: Blight

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

Game released: Mac → 3 October 2024

Players: 7.3/10

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...

Subnautica: Below Zero

Action, DLC, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival, Open world

Early Access: Mac → 30 January 2019; Game released: Mac → 14 May 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Continuation of the adventure action Subnautica in first-person view, combining elements of role-playing games, sandbox gameplay, and a bit of exploration and...

Darkwood

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

Game released: Mac → 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...

Necesse

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

Early Access: Mac → 12 December 2019; Game released: Mac → 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...

Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days

Action, Adventure, Side view, Survival, Crafting, Zombies, Survival horror

Early Access: Mac → 10 April 2025; Game in development: Mac → 2026

Players: 8.6/10

A side-scroller in the Into the Dead series about survival in a zombie apocalypse. The action takes place in Texas in 1980, where the once vibrant town of Walton is...

Starbound

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Simulation, Survival

Game released: Mac → 22 July 2016

Players: 8.5/10

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. Fleeing from...

Dome Keeper

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

Game released: Mac → 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...

Ratopia

Survival, City Building, Side view, Simulation, Business / Management, Sandbox

Early Access: Mac → 6 November 2023; Game released: Mac → 1 May 2025

Players: 9.2/10

The player controls a city inhabited by mice. Each resident of Ratopia has their own skills and characteristics — they need to organize suitable jobs for the...

Frostpunk 2: Breach of Trust

Strategy, Simulation, DLC, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Survival

Game released: Mac → 23 June 2026

The events of the expansion unfold in the city of New Edinburgh, built near a volcano. The plot tells about the consequences of reckless use of geothermal energy...

Don't Starve

Adventure, Horror, Simulation, Isometric, Indie, Survival

Game released: Mac → 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...

Residual

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Survival

Game released: Mac → 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...

Undying

Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world, Zombies

Game released: Mac → 7 December 2023

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

An isometric zombie action game about a mother who is trying to protect her son from all the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world. The problem is that she has been...

60 Seconds! Reatomized

Simulation, Business / Management, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Point & Click, Survival, Comedy

Game released: Mac → 25 July 2019

An updated version of the black comedy 60 Seconds! with survival elements, where a few dozen seconds separate ordinary family life from a nuclear apocalypse...

Omega Crafter

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

Early Access: Mac → 29 March 2024; Game released: Mac → 15 May 2025

Players: 5.5/10

The events take place in a virtual gaming world that is under development and has been attacked by a mysterious malware. The player goes on an exciting adventure to...

Vintage Story

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

Game released: Mac → 27 September 2016

Players: 10/10

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...

Towers of Aghasba

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

Game in development: Mac → 2026

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...

Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip

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

Game released: Mac → 22 October 2022

Metacritic: 73/100

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

Final Outpost: Definitive

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

Game canceled: Mac → 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...

WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition

Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Survival

Game released: Mac → 22 July 2025; Early Access: Mac → 26 July 2019

A realistic wolf life simulator set in the northern part of Yellowstone National Park. The game allows you to experience the journey of a lone gray wolf who leaves...

The Bonfire 2: Uncharted Shores

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Isometric, Indie, Survival, Medieval era, Construction

Game released: Mac → 21 August 2020

Survival strategy with elements of city building, where the development of the settlement combines with the exploration of a dangerous world. During the day, city...

Heads Will Roll: Reforged

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

Game released: Mac → 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...

In Next Life

Simulation, Online, Sandbox, Survival, Construction, Crafting, Farm Simulator

Game released: Mac → 11 February 2026

Players: 7.6/10

Multiplayer game that combines crafting, survival, and building. Gamers start in the Stone Age and try to pave their way to a more advanced civilization...

The Pale Beyond

Survival

Game released: Mac → 24 February 2023

Metacritic: 77/100

The player controls an expedition on the ship "Temperance", which went to look for the previous group of researchers. The team pushes further through the merciless...

Five Nights At Monkeys: Flat Mode

Horror, First-person view, Survival

Game released: Mac → 19 January 2026

The player manages complex power systems and battles monsters. Over several nights, they will have to move between many locations, including treehouse cabins...

Heads Will Roll: Downfall

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

Game released: Mac → 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...

Too Deep To Quit

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Comedy, Exploration

Game in development: Mac → 2026

Cooperative adventure about expeditions to cursed temples, where each expedition turns into a risky hunt for ancient artifacts. A company of adventurers descends...

Skillwood

Simulation, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Free game, Survival, Casual game, Exploration

Early Access: Mac → 20 June 2024

Players: 10/10

A relaxing pixelated lumberjack game inspired by survival simulators. You need to chop wood, mine stones, discover new trees and locations. You will also have to...

Uh Oh!

Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Puzzle, Science fiction, Survival

Game released: Mac → 11 December 2025

A short dark game, made in the style of VHS tapes, about exploring an abandoned experimental complex. You need to complete challenges and avoid terrifying monsters...

Survival

Best Games in the Survival genre for Mac