Survival
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Statuses
Best Games in the Survival genre for PC
Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting, Online
Early Access: PC → 2 February 2021; Game released: PC → 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
Early Access: PC → 24 January 2024; Game released: PC → 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...
Action, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Survival horror, Crafting, Online, Open world, Exploration
Early Access: PC → 24 February 2023; Game released: PC → 22 February 2024
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
86/100
Continuation The Forest about survival in the woods. The main character sets out to search for a missing billionaire on a remote island and ends...
Arcade, Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Sandbox, Indie, Survival, Crafting
Game released: PC → 18 November 2011
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: PC → 19 January 2024; Game released: PC → 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: PC → 10 June 2025
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, Adventure, Horror, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 14 May 2026; Game in development: PC → 2028
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
93/100
The continuation of the popular survival simulator, the events of which unfold on a new planet. After the failure of a colonization mission, the...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Zombies, Survival
Game released: PC → 18 May 2021
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
74/100
Single-player adventure action game Days Gone in the genres of survival, stealth, and action, with a third-person view, in an open world was released...
Action, First-person view, Science fiction, Shooter, Collectible card game (CCG), Cooperative (co-op), Online, Crafting, Old school, Post-apocalyptic, Sandbox, Survival
Early Access: PC → 2 May 2024; Game released: PC → 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: PC → 9 July 2024
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
Early Access: PC → 23 April 2024; Game in development: PC → 2027
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...
Simulation, Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world
Game released: PC → 30 April 2018
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
81/100
The Forest is an adventure action-horror game with survival elements set in an open world and presented from a first-person perspective. The main...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Survival, Comedy, Exploration, Open world, Space, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 31 August 2026; Game in development: PC → 2028
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
86/100
Sequel to the humorous game Breathedge, continuing the story of the Man — he wants to put an end to a powerful corporation. For this, the...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Online, MMO, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Open world, Survival
Early Access: PC → 16 December 2025; Beta testing: PC → 4 November 2025; Game in development: PC → 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: PC → 12 August 2016
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, Adventure, Online, Warships / Submarines, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 14 April 2026; Game in development: PC → 2028
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
87/100
Cooperative PvE adventure in a world of pirates, pioneers, and treasure hunters. The game combines a classic formula of building, crafting, and...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Open world, Survival
Game released: PC → 31 August 2007
VGTimes:
7.0/10
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Post-apocalyptic shooter with role-playing elements and first-person view. The events take place in an alternative universe, where on April 12, 2006...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Roguelike, Survival, Sandbox
Game released: PC → 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: PC → 13 December 2013; Game released: PC → 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: PC → 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
Early Access: PC → 13 September 2018; Game released: PC → 25 February 2021
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, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Sandbox, Survival, Exploration, Crafting, Farm Simulator
Game released: PC → 10 September 2026
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
87/100
The locals behave unusually, ancient entities watch from the shadows, and the news becomes more absurd with each passing day. The game combines...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Survival, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 17 September 2020; Game released: PC → 17 December 2020
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...
Online, Business / Management, Roguelike, Side view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival horror, Survival
Early Access: PC → 6 June 2019; Game released: PC → 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...