Survival 2021 for PC — top best games in the Survival genre

Action, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 2 February 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8.5/10

A fantasy sandbox with survival elements. You can play alone or with others, exploring the world and gathering resources, finding and raiding tombs, building bases...

Subnautica: Below Zero

Action, DLC, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Survival, Open world

Early Access: PC → 30 January 2019; Game released: PC → 14 May 2021

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 80/100

Continuation of the adventure action Subnautica in first-person view, combining elements of role-playing games, sandbox gameplay, and a bit of exploration and...

Icarus

Action, Online, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world

Game released: PC → 3 December 2021

Players: 7.6/10

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...

Medieval Dynasty

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Action, Historical, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Survival

Early Access: PC → 17 September 2020; Game released: PC → 17 December 2020

Players: 8.1/10

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 who has to...

Dysmantle

Role-playing game, Simulation, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Indie, Survival, Crafting

Game released: PC → 16 November 2021; Early Access: PC → 6 November 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Dysmantle is an open world RPG that combines the best ideas from Zelda, Stardew Valley, Subnautica, SteamWorld Dig and Dark Souls. The action takes place on a...

Chernobylite

Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 16 October 2019; Game released: PC → 28 July 2021

Players: 7/10

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...

The Riftbreaker

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Crafting, Survival

Game released: PC → 14 October 2021

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 83/100

The Riftbreaker is a sci-fi action game with real-time strategy elements. You will take on the role of Captain Ashley Novak — Riftbreaker, an elite commando...

The Last Stand: Aftermath

Roguelike, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Shooter, Action, Survival, Adventure

Game released: PC → 16 November 2021

Players: 9.6/10

The Last Stand: Aftermath is a post-apocalyptic action game with roguelike elements and an isometric camera view. The game takes place in a world in which humanity...

Tribes of Midgard

Role-playing game, Roguelike, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Survival

Game released: PC → 27 July 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Tribes of Midgard is a cooperative role-playing game about survival in a Scandinavian world that is being invaded by giants during Ragnarok. Locations are generated...

Hobo: Tough Life

Role-playing game, Simulation, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world

Early Access: PC → 25 July 2017; Game released: PC → 13 April 2021

Players: 8.8/10

A survival simulator where you can experience the essence of the life of a homeless person and try on this difficult role. The events of the game take place in the...

Bum Simulator

Simulation, Adventure, First-person view, Action, Survival, Comedy, Open world, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 26 August 2021; Game released: PC → 12 May 2023

Players: 7.1/10

An unusual survival simulator for a person without a fixed place of residence. The game takes place in a typical metropolis, somewhat reminiscent of a European...

Breathedge

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Survival, Comedy, Space

Early Access: PC → 13 September 2018; Game released: PC → 25 February 2021

Players: 8.5/10

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 his pet who...

Undying

Action, Adventure, Horror, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world, Zombies

Early Access: PC → 19 October 2021; Game released: PC → 7 December 2023

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

An isometric zombie action game about a mother who is trying to protect her son from all the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world. The problem is that she has been...

Beyond Contact

Roguelike, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Science fiction, Survival

Early Access: PC → 21 September 2021; Game released: PC → 4 April 2023

Players: 7/10

Players find themselves on a deadly planet with a terrible climate, inhabited by bloodthirsty monsters and plants. For successful survival, you need to build your...

The Origin: Blind Maid

Shooter, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Survival, Exploration

Game released: PC → 22 July 2021

A dark horror adventure in which the story of sin and punishment intertwines with an ancient evil. The protagonist is a corrupt politician hiding from justice in...

SCP: Containment Breach Multiplayer

Survival, First-person view, Action, Horror, Survival horror, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PC → 25 October 2021

Players: 6.2/10

A multiplayer game set in a facility containing anomalous entities. There is a breach of containment conditions and now the monsters need to escape from the...

Anarchy: Wolf's law

Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Role-playing game, Third-person view, Survival, Open world

Early Access: PC → 5 November 2021; Game released: PC → 9 June 2023

Players: 4.9/10

The main action takes place in an alternative universe. The main character is an employee of an industrial zone who must defend his territory. He fights various...

Gravewood High

Stealth, First-person view, Horror, Survival, Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Action, Procedural generation, Free game, Online

Early Access: PC → 20 October 2021; Game released: PC → 3 May 2023

Players: 10/10

Free, exciting action-horror survival game with first-person view and procedural generation. Together with his friends, the main character makes his way to the...

Ephesus

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Historical, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 3 December 2021; Game released: PC → 17 February 2023

The game takes place on the western coast of the Aegean Sea during the majestic Roman Empire. The main character is an adventurer named Hector Rem, who lives in the...

Residual

Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Survival

Game released: PC → 9 September 2021

A lonely explorer makes an emergency landing on a strange planet that holds an ancient secret. The character explores a procedurally generated world, gathers food...

Terafall: Survival

Action, Adventure, Shooter, First-person view, Survival, Open world, Sandbox

Early Access: PC → 29 October 2021; Game released: PC → 10 August 2023

A survival game with an open world, leveling, crafting, construction and bosses. Players are sent to explore a large open world (procedurally generated), consisting...

Dirty Blood

Zombies, Free game, Shooter, First-person view, Action, Survival, Indie

Game released: PC → 27 April 2021

Dirty Blood is a free first-person shooter in which you play as an elite special forces soldier. The hero will have to complete a series of dangerous missions on...

SICKO ISLAND

Horror, First-person view, Survival, Puzzle, Action, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PC → 28 August 2021

The main character crashes on an island with monsters. To survive and escape, he needs to solve all the puzzles and get to the main...

Star Of The Show

Free game, Horror, Survival, First-person view, Exploration, Puzzle, Simulation

Game released: PC → 26 November 2021

Star Of The Show is a free survival horror adventure game from a first-person perspective in which you play as a detective investigating the organization of an...

East Trapper

Free game, Adventure, Platformer, Survival

Game released: PC → 26 October 2021

East Trapper is a free-to-play side-scrolling action-adventure platformer with an old-school feel. The main goal is to complete all levels, in each of which...

Foglight Online

Action, Horror, Online, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival

Game released: PC → 27 February 2021

Multiplayer game with asymmetric gameplay. One gamer takes on the role of the monster Farberto, while the others control humans trying to escape. The monster uses...

Survival

Best Games in the Survival genre of 2021 for PC