Survival
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Statuses
Best Games in the Survival genre for PlayStation 5
Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting, Online
Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...
Role-playing game, Action, Online, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting
Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 October 2026
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
88/100
The main character is Born of Flame, the last hope of a dying race. In a bloody struggle for power, the ancestors caused a plague that consumed the...
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting
Game released: PlayStation 5 → 22 October 2024
Players:
7.7/10
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...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Fantasy, Open world, Survival, Online
Early Access: PlayStation 5 → 25 September 2024; Game released: PlayStation 5 → 10 July 2026
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
79/100
An arcade action-survival game from a third-person perspective in a vast open world with the key mechanic of taming unusual creatures called Pal...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Simulation, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Science fiction, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting
Game released: PlayStation 5 → 22 September 2026
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
79/100
A multiplayer open-world survival game inspired by Frank Herbert's iconic Dune universe. Players find themselves on Arrakis, a merciless sand planet...
Action, First-person view, Science fiction, Shooter, Collectible card game (CCG), Cooperative (co-op), Online, Crafting, Old school, Post-apocalyptic, Sandbox, Survival
Game released: PlayStation 5 → 22 July 2025
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
88/100
The GATE network of secret laboratories is engaged in research in all areas, including the paranormal. One day, one of the experiments ends in a...
Action, Horror, Online, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Survival
Game released: PlayStation 5 → 25 August 2026
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Post-apocalyptic sandbox with survival elements and an open world. Players set out to conquer a world torn apart by a war with demons. The opening of...
Action, Strategy, Online, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, City Building, Open world, Medieval era, Construction
Game released: PlayStation 5 → 9 June 2026
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
79/100
A survival simulator in the Middle Ages. The main character is a man accused of murdering a prince and sentenced to death. Having escaped punishment...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Online, MMO, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Open world, Survival
Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2026
Players:
5.9/10
Steam:
65/100
The MMOFPS Pioner will throw players onto an island that has survived a technological disaster. They will have to survive by avoiding dangerous...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Space
Game released: PlayStation 5 → 19 November 2020
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
75/100
A first-person adventure simulator set in a futuristic world. You’ll explore outer space and planets, some of which let you interact with various...
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Survival, Online, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox
Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...
Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, Survival, Crafting, Business / Management
Game released: PlayStation 5 → 13 June 2025
VGTimes:
8.7/10
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Simple worker Jan Dolski finds himself on an uninhabited planet. Since the hero has no assistants, he begins to create alters — other versions...
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Survival, Comedy, Space, Sandbox
Game released: PlayStation 5 → 25 February 2022
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
71/100
Metacritic:
70/100
Breathedge is a science fiction adventure action game with a first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of an ordinary guy and...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Survival, Construction, Crafting
Game released: PlayStation 5 → 6 October 2022
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
73/100
Medieval Dynasty is a first-person action-adventure RPG set in an open world inspired by the medieval era. The main character is an ordinary poor man...
Action, First-person view, Online, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting
Game released: PlayStation 5 → 16 April 2024
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
61/100
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...
Action, Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Construction
Game released: PlayStation 5 → 21 July 2026
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
81/100
An adventure survival simulator set on a hostile planet. The main task is to make the planet suitable for life. To do this, you have to explore it...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Online, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting
Game released: PlayStation 5 → 15 September 2026
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
76/100
A cooperative game, the action of which unfolds on the Ashshenfall continent in the world Runescape. You can build, study locations, create equipment...
Action, Shooter, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Construction, Crafting, Trains
Game released: PlayStation 5 → 30 July 2026
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
71/100
A cooperative survival action game in which the player becomes a member of the crew of an interdimensional train. The hero sets off to explore a...
Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Third-person view, Free game, Tactics, Survival, Battle Royale
Game released: PlayStation 5 → 12 November 2025
Players:
6.7/10
Steam:
66/100
Metacritic:
81/100
PUBG: Battlegrounds is a free-to-play multiplayer tactical shooter in third-person perspective, where only the last surviving participant wins. In...
Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival, Open world, Horror
Game released: PlayStation 5 → 14 May 2021
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
96/100
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...
Action, Adventure, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Crafting
Game in development: PlayStation 5 → 2027
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
81/100
Cooperative survival game in a post-apocalyptic world, where an old house on wheels becomes both transportation, shelter, and the main base. You can...
Horror, First-person view, Action, Open world, Stealth, Survival, Exploration, Sandbox, Adventure, Survival horror
Game released: PlayStation 5 → 6 June 2023
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
76/100
The game takes place during the First World War. French soldier Henri Clément finds himself locked in an abandoned military bunker, where something...
Adventure, Online, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Exploration, Crafting, Farm Simulator, Open world, Survival
Game released: PlayStation 5 → 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...
