Survival
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Statuses
Best Games in the Survival genre for PC
Action, Adventure, Online, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Construction, Crafting, Open world
Game in development: PC → 2026
Anticipation Rating:
9.8/10
A survival action game from the creators of No Man's Sky. The game is set in a fantasy universe. Players are given control of an Earth-sized planet with...
Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Crafting, Zombies, Action, Simulation
Game in development: PC → 2027
Anticipation Rating:
10/10
Cooperative survival game with crafting and an open world. Humanity has fallen, the land is overrun by hordes of zombies, and the few survivors have gone to sea in...
Strategy, Historical, Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, In real time, City Building, Survival
Early Access: PC → 17 December 2020; Game released: PC → 25 March 2023
Players:
6.7/10
Steam:
64/100
Beginning in the Mesolithic era, players try to lead their people through generations, discovering and improving technology, managing resources and populations, and...
Action, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world, Third-person view, Zombies, Crafting, Free game, Online
Game released: PC → 24 April 2025
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
49/100
The events of the game unfold in a large open world with desert villages, snowy islands and resort cities that suffered from a sudden outbreak of a zombie virus...
Action, Shooter, MMO, In real time, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Survival, Online
Game released: PC → 2 April 2015; The project is closed: PC → 31 May 2022
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
53/100
A post-apocalyptic first-person online shooter where players fight one another while facing deadly anomalies. Matches take place across several modes, with players...
Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Turn-based, DLC, Open world, Survival
Early Access: PC → 11 May 2020; Game released: PC → 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: Post-apocalyptic indie...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Survival, Procedural generation, Open world, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 20 September 2022; Game released: PC → 12 November 2025
VGTimes:
5.8/10
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
85/100
The game transports you to an atmosphere of serene seas and endless adventures, where every wave hides a secret, and every island can become a home or a deadly...
Simulation, Post-apocalyptic, City Building, Strategy, Survival, Zombies, Sandbox, Business / Management
Game released: PC → 11 April 2024
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
84/100
The world is engulfed by a virus that turns those infected into aggressive and powerful monsters. Settlements are deserted and resources are scarce. The player...
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Simulation, Survival, Sandbox, Space
Game released: PC → 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. Fleeing from...
Shooter, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Zombies
Early Access: PC → 17 July 2025; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
6.1/10
Steam:
51/100
Events move to 2030, when the destructive Zeno-29 virus spread throughout the world and almost destroyed humanity, turning people into mutants. Players find...
Action, Online, First-person view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 26 October 2023; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
7/10
Steam:
60/100
Remaster of the survival simulator ARK: Survival Evolved. The updated version of the game is created on the Unreal Engine 5 with support for ray tracing, Nanite...
Adventure, Horror, Online, First-person view, Puzzle, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Demons, Detective
Early Access: PC → 28 July 2022; Game released: PC → 24 July 2025
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
82/100
Ghost Watchers is a co-op survival horror game with puzzles and demons. Many abandoned houses are haunted. These could be the souls of suicides or demons. This...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Historical, Sandbox, Survival, Comedy, Open world, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 26 July 2024; Game released: PC → 3 April 2026
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
89/100
An action RPG survival game inspired by Slavic myths and legends. In the game you can choose the path of a sorcerer or a hero, meet mythological characters like...
Simulation, First-person view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting, Online
Game in development: PC → 2027
Anticipation Rating:
9.7/10
A continuation of The Long Dark, in which you can survive either alone or in co-op. The action takes place in the northern industrial town of Harmont and its vast...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world, Role-playing game, Detective
Game released: PC → 28 May 2019
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
70/100
A remake of a thriller set in an open world, released in 2005. Three very different doctors try to save an unusual steppe town from an epidemic of a deadly disease...
Simulation, Action, First-person view, Role-playing game, Indie, Adult game, Survival, Online, Open world
Game released: PC → 30 January 2019
Players:
6.1/10
Steam:
66/100
My Island is a survival simulator for adults with role-playing elements and a first-person view. The game takes place on a colorful island, surrounded by an endless...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Historical, Medieval era, City Building, Survival, Open world
Early Access: PC → 10 August 2023; Game released: PC → 7 November 2024
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
76/100
The game takes place in medieval Japan, ravaged by famine and war. In the legendary Peasant Kingdom, the protagonist tries to build a loving home for his daughter...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Medieval era, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 8 February 2027; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players take on the role of an adventurer. Hunger, disease and bad weather are all part of the expected journey through the vast regions of Aurai. But with enough...
Role-playing game, MMO, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Sandbox, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting, Adventure, Online
Game released: PC → 9 August 2023
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
46/100
Conditionally free survival game with crafting, building, anime-style graphics, and a large open world, similar to a mix of Genshin Impact and Valheim. The...