Survival
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Statuses
Best Games in the Survival genre for PC
Action, Survival, Online, Shooter, Third-person view, Crafting, Exploration, Sandbox, Construction, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Zombies, MMO
Early Access: PC → 12 August 2022; Game released: PC → 15 June 2023
Players:
6.2/10
Steam:
47/100
The game takes place on an island that is filled with various dangers such as traps, wild animals, infected and survivors who are ready to kill for...
Shooter, Adventure, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Virtual Reality (VR), Survival
Early Access: PC → 22 April 2024; Game released: PC → 17 September 2026
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
88/100
The main character, together with his dog, explores the post-apocalyptic exclusion zone in search of valuable artifacts. On his way, the character...
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...
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:
65/100
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...
Action, Online, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Steampunk, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Crafting, Open world
Early Access: PC → 20 February 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
70/100
A cooperative action game about traveling through fantasy worlds, through which you can move through mystical portals. The main goal is to reach...
Isometric, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Survival, Crafting, Casual game, Farm Simulator, Role-playing game
Early Access: PC → 8 August 2023; Game released: PC → 13 November 2024
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
83/100
The game takes place in a destroyed and flooded post-apocalyptic city. The main character builds a shelter on the roof of a skyscraper. You can...
Action, Simulation, Online, Third-person view, Sandbox, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 15 August 2024; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
7/10
Steam:
77/100
The game takes place on ruined islands inspired by Greek myths. Discontent is brewing in the underworld, so the hand of Charon saved the hero from...
Adventure, First-person view, Indie, Roguelike, Science fiction, City Building, Construction, Crafting, Survival, Business / Management
Early Access: PC → 10 August 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
91/100
An unusual hybrid of a city-building colony simulator and a first-person shooter with dark satire on totalitarian regimes. In the game, you need to...
Action, Horror, Third-person view, Sandbox, Role-playing game, Stealth, Tactics, Zombies, Survival, Open world
Game released: PC → 27 April 2015
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
72/100
State of Decay — Year-One Survival Edition is an action-horror game with a third-person view and stealth elements. The developers have added...
Free game, Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Action, Roguelike, Fantasy / Medieval, Survival, Online, Crafting
Game released: PC → 5 June 2021
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
93/100
Muck is a free adventure action game with roguelike elements and a first-person view in a fantasy setting. The hero finds himself on an island where...
Survival, City Building, Side view, Simulation, Business / Management, Sandbox, Construction, Strategy
Early Access: PC → 6 November 2023; Game released: PC → 1 May 2025
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
87/100
The player controls a city inhabited by mice. Each resident of Ratopia has their own skills and characteristics — they need to organize...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, First-person view, Third-person view, Cyberpunk, Open world, Survival
Game in development: PC → 2026
Anticipation Rating:
10/10
Oldskoyal RPG explosion in the spirit of a classic cyberpunk with a unique stylization under the PlayStation One era. The action takes place in a...
Role-playing game, Action, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Sandbox, Open world, Survival
Game released: PC → 8 November 2016
Players:
5.2/10
Steam:
59/100
Planet Explorers is a free-to-play action role-playing game with a third-person view and survival elements in a sci-fi setting. The plot tells about...
Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Roguelike
Game released: PC → 16 November 2018
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
73/100
Bad North is a minimalist real-time strategy game with tower defense elements and an isometric camera view. You have to defend your island against...
Action, First-person view, Adventure, Simulation, Survival, Crafting, Open world, Exploration, Mysticism / Supernatural
Game canceled: PC → 23 December 2022
Anticipation Rating:
10/10
Steam:
33/100
Action-adventure survival game. The plot of the game tells about Alex and Anna, who flew from the USA to Finland to visit their grandparents living...
Adventure, Role-playing game, Adult game, Turn-based, Visual novel, Survival, Strategy, Replayability, Medieval era
Game released: PC → 4 October 2023
Players:
9.7/10
Steam:
82/100
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...
Shooter, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 26 August 2023; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
83/100
An open world survival simulator. The game takes place in the near future, when glaciers have melted and global warming has submerged most of the...
Simulation, Post-apocalyptic, City Building, Strategy, Survival, Zombies, Sandbox, Business / Management
Game released: PC → 11 April 2024
Players:
7.2/10
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...
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 19 November 2024; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
1/10
Steam:
67/100
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...
Survival, Shooter, Action, Top-down view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Business / Management, Strategy, Zombies, Role-playing game, Construction
Game released: PC → 17 March 2025
Steam:
50/100
A top-down strategy game that combines survival, base defense, micromanagement, and agroecology. You must maintain a fragile order while waves of...
