Survival
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Best Games in the Survival genre of 2026 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:
89/100
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...
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...
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, First-person view, Sandbox, Survival, Comedy, Exploration, Open world, Space, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 31 August 2026; Game in development: PC → 2028
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
86/100
Sequel to the humorous game Breathedge, continuing the story of the Man — he wants to put an end to a powerful corporation. For this, the protagonist explores...
Action, Adventure, Horror, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 14 May 2026; Game in development: PC → 2028
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
93/100
The continuation of the popular survival simulator, the events of which unfold on a new planet. After the failure of a colonization mission, the survivors must...
Action, Adventure, Online, Warships / Submarines, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 14 April 2026; Game in development: PC → 2028
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
88/100
Cooperative PvE adventure in a world of pirates, pioneers, and treasure hunters. The game combines a classic formula of building, crafting, and battles with...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Online, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 15 April 2025; Game released: PC → 15 September 2026
Players:
6.6/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
75/100
A cooperative game, the action of which unfolds on the Ashshenfall continent in the world Runescape. You can build, study locations, create equipment and pump a...
Action, Adventure, Simulation, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 9 October 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
9.9/10
Steam:
72/100
The game takes place in 2035. A certain cataclysm turned the planet into a frozen wasteland. The gamer, alone or in co-op, is trying to survive in this harsh world...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Horror, Top-down view, Sandbox, Survival, Exploration, Crafting, Farm Simulator
Game released: PC → 10 September 2026
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
87/100
The locals behave unusually, ancient entities watch from the shadows, and the news becomes more absurd with each passing day. The game combines elements of life...
Action, Online, DLC, First-person view, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, Open world, Zombies
Game released: PC → 15 October 2026
Steam:
62/100
The expansion takes players to the vast expanses of Nasdara, a sun-baked province with cracked plains, shifting sands, and mountains on the horizon. There are few...
Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Indie, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Construction
Game released: PC → 11 May 2026
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
67/100
A survival simulator in an open world, the main feature of which is the main character’s van, which must be improved by adding various mechanisms to it. The player...
Action, Adventure, Simulation, Top-down view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, City Building, Crafting, Role-playing game
Early Access: PC → 26 May 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Steam:
88/100
The ruins of Ancient Rome became an arena of the fierce struggle for life: the former citizens turned into revived dead and hunt for survivors at night. Players...
Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Sandbox, Virtual Reality (VR), Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Open world, Fantasy, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 10 June 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
10/10
Steam:
82/100
A fantasy adventure with elements of survival and a magical sandbox, where magic becomes the foundation of almost every action. The game world is filled with...
Adventure, Simulation, Third-person view, Indie, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Construction, Crafting
Game released: PC → 27 August 2026
Steam:
75/100
Metacritic:
72/100
An open world life simulator inspired by the cartoon “Miracles on Bends”. Uncle Lou disappeared, leaving the hero with his seaplane delivery company. Now he needs...
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...
Action, Adventure, Simulation, Online, First-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 20 October 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Cooperative survival game in a post-apocalyptic world, where an old house on wheels becomes both transportation, shelter, and the main base. You can embark on a...
Online, First-person view, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Dungeons, Exploration, Crafting
Game released: PC → 13 October 2026
Steam:
76/100
The game combines the spirit of a classic roguelike with a cozy atmosphere of shared survival. Alone or with friends, you can go deep into underground corridors and...
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...
Action, Adventure, Simulation, Online, Third-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Open world, Gothic, Survival
Early Access: PC → 30 January 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Steam:
71/100
A dark vampire sandbox with a large open world that takes players to the fictional medieval Balkan region of Sangavia. Gamers take on the role of a vampire who is...
Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, Tactics, Roguelike, Science fiction, Survival, Space, Strategy
Game released: PC → 18 February 2026
Players:
6.7/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
74/100
The player explores space and pilots a legendary starship. They must survive and find a way home. They must plan a route, manage resources, and make difficult...
Action, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Arcade, Indie, Survival, Strategy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Zombies
Early Access: PC → 7 May 2025; Game released: PC → 12 June 2026
Steam:
69/100
A cooperative action game where survival involves traveling on a giant tracked vehicle. The world is full of dangers: zombies attack a mobile home, and you have to...
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, Strategy, Third-person view, Sandbox, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, City Building, Comedy, Fantasy, Medieval era, Construction
Early Access: PC → 28 April 2025; Game released: PC → 19 April 2026
Steam:
82/100
A voxel sandbox where players build huge castles in a war-torn ancient world and defend them from hordes of enemies that threaten the entire kingdom. One of the...
Adventure, Simulation, Isometric, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 6 January 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
79/100
A co-op game where characters explore a mysterious planet torn apart by repeated disasters. It is possible to build a complex industrial system to extract...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Sandbox, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Procedural generation
Early Access: PC → 17 March 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
81/100
A cooperative role-playing sandbox, the action of which takes place among islands floating in the sky. Players explore endless procedurally generated locations...
Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Roguelike, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Online, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Early Access: PC → 2 November 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Team action with elements of construction, where landing on hostile planets turns into a struggle for resources and survival. The squad explores dangerous worlds...
Action, Shooter, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Steampunk, Open world, Battle Royale, MMO, Survival
Early Access: PC → 22 June 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
10/10
Steam:
51/100
The game takes place in an alternate world where the Austro-Hungarian Empire discovered interplanetary travel. The characters in the game are the inhabitants of...
Simulation, Business / Management, Sandbox, Post-apocalyptic, Survival, City Building, Construction, Crafting
Game released: PC → 3 April 2026
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
73/100
A post-apocalyptic city-building simulator in which any building can collapse. As the leader of a small group of survivors, you will have to build a vertical city...
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...