Survival
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Best Games in the Survival genre of 2021 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:
90/100
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...
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 in April 2019...
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:
72/100
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 his pet who...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Action, Historical, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Survival, Construction, Crafting, Online
Early Access: PC → 17 September 2020; Game released: PC → 17 December 2020
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
89/100
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 who has to...
Shooter, Online, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Zombies, Horror, Survival
Game released: PC → 18 November 2021
Players:
5.8/10
Steam:
59/100
Free multiplayer shooter in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. Players try to survive in a world of the living dead, using rifles, grenades, shotguns and...
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...
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:
7/10
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...
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...
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...
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 he needs to...
Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Strategy, Historical, First-person view, Online, Survival, Open world
Early Access: PC → 20 November 2019; Game released: PC → 20 October 2021
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
67/100
This Land is My Land is a dynamic stealth action game with a third-person view in the open world of the American Wild West. The main character is the leader of an...
Action, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Survival
Game released: PC → 3 June 2021
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
63/100
Until We Die is an exciting action game with strategy elements and a side view, where you have to defend your base from the invasion of extraterrestrial monsters...
Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Business / Management, Isometric, City Building, Survival
Game released: PC → 10 August 2021
Players:
5.7/10
Steam:
74/100
Patron is a real-time city-building simulator with management elements and an isometric camera view in a medieval setting. In the game you have to turn a small...
Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Crafting, Survival, Online, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Game released: PC → 14 October 2021
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
90/100
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...
Indie, Adventure, First-person view, Simulation, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Action, Horror, Survival
Early Access: PC → 23 April 2021; Game released: PC → 26 January 2022
Players:
8/10
Steam:
71/100
Dread Hunger is a cooperative online survival action game with a first-person view and the ability to play together with up to 8 people. The game takes place in the...
Business / Management, Strategy, Roguelike, Isometric, Futurism (Future), In real time, City Building, Survival
Game released: PC → 9 September 2021
Steam:
67/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Dice Legacy is a city building simulator with roguelike elements and an isometric camera view. In the game, you take the reins of your kingdom by rolling the dice...
Roguelike, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Science fiction, Survival, Adventure
Early Access: PC → 21 September 2021; Game released: PC → 4 April 2023
Players:
7/10
Steam:
71/100
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...
Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), City Building, Survival, Sandbox
Early Access: PC → 14 July 2021; Game released: PC → 9 May 2024
Players:
9.9/10
Steam:
73/100
A town -planning simulator in a world where cities soar in the sky, fleeing the nightmares of post -apocalypse. As you pass, it is necessary not only to develop a...
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Construction, Open world
Early Access: PC → 9 December 2021; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
3.5/10
Steam:
63/100
A colorful sandbox set in a world where the ocean has its own will and obeys only those who dare to control its elements. The sea here is not just a landscape, but...
Adventure, Simulation, Top-down view, Business / Management, Action, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Steampunk, Construction, Survival
Early Access: PC → 3 March 2021; Game released: PC → 15 September 2021
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
69/100
Scrapnaut is a fun top-down survival simulator in a steampunk setting. In the game you will explore a dangerous open world with different biomes. As you progress...
Shooter, First-person view, Indie, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Role-playing game, Third-person view, Survival, Open world, Online, Zombies
Early Access: PC → 5 November 2021; Game released: PC → 9 June 2023
Players:
5.1/10
Steam:
76/100
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...
Business / Management, Strategy, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), In real time, City Building, Survival
Early Access: PC → 3 April 2020; Game released: PC → 18 March 2021
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Endzone — A World Apart is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view. In 2021, a group of terrorists blew up nuclear power...
