Best Games in the Survival genre of 2024 for PC
Role-playing game, Action, Online, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 24 January 2024; Game released: PC → 15 October 2026
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
89/100
The main character is Born of Flame, the last hope of a dying race. In a bloody struggle for power, the ancestors caused a plague that consumed the world and...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Fantasy, Open world, Survival, Online
Early Access: PC → 19 January 2024; Game released: PC → 10 July 2026
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
79/100
An arcade action-survival game from a third-person perspective in a vast open world with the key mechanic of taming unusual creatures called Pal. They resemble...
Action, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Survival horror, Crafting, Online, Open world, Exploration
Early Access: PC → 24 February 2023; Game released: PC → 22 February 2024
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
86/100
Continuation The Forest about survival in the woods. The main character sets out to search for a missing billionaire on a remote island and ends up in a...
Action, First-person view, Science fiction, Shooter, Collectible card game (CCG), Cooperative (co-op), Online, Crafting, Old school, Post-apocalyptic, Sandbox, Survival
Early Access: PC → 2 May 2024; Game released: PC → 22 July 2025
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
88/100
The GATE network of secret laboratories is engaged in research in all areas, including the paranormal. One day, one of the experiments ends in a massive failure...
Action, Strategy, Online, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, City Building, Open world, Medieval era, Construction
Early Access: PC → 23 April 2024; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
79/100
A survival simulator in the Middle Ages. The main character is a man accused of murdering a prince and sentenced to death. Having escaped punishment, he decides to...
Action, Horror, Online, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Survival
Game released: PC → 9 July 2024
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
80/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Post-apocalyptic sandbox with survival elements and an open world. Players set out to conquer a world torn apart by a war with demons. The opening of the mysterious...
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Zombies, Survival, Online, Open world, Exploration, Sandbox
Early Access: PC → 13 December 2013; Game released: PC → 25 July 2024
Players:
8.2/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
41/100
Players find themselves in a world gripped by a zombie apocalypse, where the main task is survival. During the day, they search for resources, build shelters and...
Action, Adventure, Simulation, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Construction
Early Access: PC → 24 March 2022; Game released: PC → 10 April 2024
Players:
8.6/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
81/100
An adventure survival simulator set on a hostile planet. The main task is to make the planet suitable for life. To do this, you have to explore it, collect minerals...
Adventure, Online, Top-down view, Sandbox, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Dungeons, Exploration, Crafting, Farm Simulator, Open world, Survival
Early Access: PC → 8 March 2022; Game released: PC → 27 August 2024
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
86/100
An arcade sandbox that you can play with friends in co-op for up to eight people. The main character is an explorer who wakes up in an ancient dungeon filled with...
Action, Racing, Post-apocalyptic, Roguelike, Science fiction, Survival, Exploration, Survival horror
Game released: PC → 21 February 2024
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
78/100
A racing survival game in which the main emphasis is on control and interaction with the car. The game takes place in the northwestern regions of the United States...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Procedural generation
Early Access: PC → 23 September 2024; Game released: PC → 17 March 2026
Players:
6.2/10
Steam:
64/100
An open world survival simulator that takes players to beautiful tropical islands. The game takes place in the Pacific Ocean. Players explore procedurally generated...
Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting, Farm Simulator, City Building
Early Access: PC → 5 December 2024; Game released: PC → 18 March 2026
Players:
10/10
Steam:
55/100
A co-op game for 1-6 people to manage a kingdom. As the city develops, more and more people will come for protection - they can be given tasks to automate...
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 Nightingale, the...
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...
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 encounters...
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 explore nearby...
Online, Shooter, Third-person view, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Open world, Survival, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 14 April 2020; Game released: PC → 5 December 2024
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
75/100
Hardcore multiplayer shooter with survival elements in a post-apocalyptic world. Players have access to a large map with vast locations where they need to survive...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Online, Top-down view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Zombies, Survival
Early Access: PC → 15 April 2024; Game in development: PC → 2026
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
55/100
A post-apocalyptic online survival game where the player takes on the role of a survivor of a zombie apocalypse. The main goal in the game is to survive. To do...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Roguelike, Fantasy, Construction, Survival, Exploration
Early Access: PC → 19 June 2024; Game released: PC → 8 April 2025
Steam:
73/100
The player gathers a team of brave travelers and sets off to explore hostile lands. The heroes must cross a desert with an eternal storm and establish trade and...
Action, Zombies, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Post-apocalyptic, Adventure, Open world, Role-playing game, Horror, Construction, Crafting, Isometric
Game released: PC → 29 February 2024
Players:
9/10
Steam:
67/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Action-adventure game about zombies with an open world in the post-apocalypse genre. What's better than a shambling undead that protects you, builds barricades, and...
Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Virtual Reality (VR), Science fiction, Survival, Open world, Survival horror
Early Access: PC → 26 August 2024; Game released: PC → 22 August 2025
Players:
9/10
Steam:
83/100
A game for virtual reality glasses, which takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. The main character explores locations around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant...
Action, First-person view, Adventure, Simulation, Survival, Open world, Exploration, Crafting, Construction
Early Access: PC → 19 April 2023; Game released: PC → 21 May 2024
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
84/100
The main character of the “survivor” is a member of an expedition who went in search of the source of eternal youth. After a shipwreck, the explorer wakes up on the...
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:
76/100
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 death and...
