Survival
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Statuses
Best Games in the Survival genre for PC
Role-playing game, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Open world, Sandbox, Survival
Game released: PC → 6 December 2018; Early Access: PC → 21 November 2011
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
75/100
Kenshi is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game with elements of management strategy and survival. You have to explore a large open world where you can trade, steal...
Action, Adventure, Simulation, Top-down view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, City Building, Crafting, Role-playing game
Early Access: PC → 26 May 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Steam:
88/100
The ruins of Ancient Rome became an arena of the fierce struggle for life: the former citizens turned into revived dead and hunt for survivors at night. Players...
Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Post-apocalyptic
Early Access: PC → 16 October 2019; Game released: PC → 28 July 2021
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
78/100
A first-person shooter with exploration elements and horror. While exploring locations, the player collects resources to build a base and craft useful items, while...
Action, Online, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting
Game released: PC → 3 December 2021
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
77/100
Metacritic:
70/100
Cooperative action with survival elements from the creator of DayZ, where a group of prospectors lands on the dangerous planet Icarus in search of rare resources...
Action, Online, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Adventure, Role-playing game
Game in development: PC → 2027
Anticipation Rating:
9.8/10
Atmospheric survival action in the Terminator universe. The game takes place four years after Judgment Day. The player takes on the role of a survivor who left his...
Adventure, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Construction, Crafting
Game released: PC → 27 August 2026
Steam:
75/100
Metacritic:
72/100
An open world life simulator inspired by the cartoon “Miracles on Bends”. Uncle Lou disappeared, leaving the hero with his seaplane delivery company. Now he needs...
Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Zombies
Early Access: PC → 14 January 2023; Game released: PC → 27 December 2025
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
64/100
The player, in single or co-op mode, survives in a post-apocalyptic world full of zombies and other dangers. The extracted resources and materials can be spent on...
Adventure, Simulation, Online, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 20 June 2024; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
79/100
A cooperative game in which the gamer creates the perfect Viking settlement alone or with up to three friends. You need to give commands to settlers, extract...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Online, MMO, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Survival
Game canceled: PC → summer 2024
Anticipation Rating:
9.5/10
The game takes place in the distant future, when AI has gone out of control and started a nuclear war against humanity. After this, there was nothing left in the...
Online, First-person view, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Dungeons, Exploration, Crafting
Game released: PC → 13 October 2026
Steam:
79/100
The game combines the spirit of a classic roguelike with a cozy atmosphere of shared survival. Alone or with friends, you can go deep into underground corridors and...
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Sandbox, Virtual Reality (VR), Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 10 June 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
10/10
Steam:
82/100
A fantasy adventure with elements of survival and a magical sandbox, where magic becomes the foundation of almost every action. The game world is filled with...
Action, Adventure, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 20 October 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Cooperative survival game in a post-apocalyptic world, where an old house on wheels becomes both transportation, shelter, and the main base. You can embark on a...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Medieval era, City Building, Survival
Early Access: PC → 1 June 2021; Game released: PC → 17 March 2026
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
76/100
A simulator of building and managing a medieval settlement, unfolding after a devastating plague that left only a small part of the population alive. A small group...
Action, Indie, Top-down view, Roguelike, Shooter, Casual game, Procedural generation, Comedy, Online, Survival
Early Access: PC → 27 September 2022; Game released: PC → 23 June 2023
Players:
8.9/10
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 alien planet...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Indie, Tactics, Survival, Exploration
Game released: PC → 4 December 2025
Players:
4.7/10
Steam:
62/100
A tactical survival shooter set on a mysterious tropical island in the Pacific Ocean. It was from there that a distress signal came from journalists, whom the main...
Action, Adventure, Simulation, Online, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Open world, Gothic, Survival
Early Access: PC → 30 January 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Steam:
70/100
A dark vampire sandbox with a large open world that takes players to the fictional medieval Balkan region of Sangavia. Gamers take on the role of a vampire who is...
Action, Horror, Hack and slash, Beat them all, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Zombies, Crafting
Game released: PC → 23 October 2013
VGTimes:
7.0/10
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
58/100
This survival action game follows a shipwrecked castaway stranded on a remote island inhabited by monsters. To stay alive, the protagonist must find food and water...
Action, Simulation, Third-person view, Sandbox, Survival, Open world, Medieval era, Crafting, Zombies
Game in development: PC → 2027
Anticipation Rating:
9/10
A post-apocalyptic game set in Birmingham, England in the 14th century. The epidemic has turned people into zombies, and the survivors must fight for their lives...
Simulation, Adventure, Third-person view, Survival, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Construction, Crafting, Exploration, Fantasy
Game released: PC → 29 March 2023
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
81/100
The game takes place in the fantasy world of "shorties" who are trying to expand the territory of their peoples in a wild, unforgiving and ever-changing world...
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Virtual Reality (VR), Cooperative (co-op), Survival
Early Access: PC → 24 July 2024; Game released: PC → 23 April 2026
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
79/100
An atmospheric VR survival game set in a world of surreal landscapes and deadly creatures known as the Pechorsk Anomaly. Play solo or in co-op to gather resources...
Business / Management, Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Medieval era, Simulation, Survival, Historical, City Building
Early Access: PC → 8 November 2022; Game released: PC → 9 October 2023
Players:
10/10
Steam:
72/100
Metacritic:
76/100
City planning simulator about Vikings. Players are engaged in the development of the settlement, turning the village into a prosperous city. A good jarl knows how...