Best Early Access games on PC
Games made available while they are still in active development, with systems and content that may change before completion. Gameplay varies widely, though survival, crafting, horror, and multiplayer are common among prominent examples.
- Systems may change during development
- Often multiplayer or cooperative
- Survival and crafting are common
Related: Survival, Multiplayer, Co-op, Open World Survival Craft
4,151 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
First- and third-person battle royale shooter with tactical survival
59% positive
Free
Rust
Open-world multiplayer survival built around crafting, bases, and raids
87% positive
1.3M reviews
Phasmophobia
First-person co-op horror built around identifying hostile ghosts
95% positive
742K reviews
The Forest
First-person survival horror with base building and mutant cannibals
95% positive
634K reviews
ARK: Survival Evolved
Open-world survival crafting with dinosaur taming and base building
84% positive
625K reviews
Valheim
Norse open-world survival crafting with co-op building and bosses
93% positive
501K reviews
Lethal Company
First-person co-op horror about scavenging deadly moons for quota
97% positive
439K reviews
BeamNG.drive
Open-world driving sandbox built around soft-body vehicle physics
97% positive
421K reviews
Project Zomboid
Open-world zombie survival sandbox where every mistake can end a life
93% positive
396K reviews
R.E.P.O.
Online co-op horror about hauling fragile valuables past monsters
96% positive
363K reviews
Raft
First-person ocean survival crafting on an expandable floating home
92% positive
350K reviews
VRChat
Free social VR platform for exploring user-created worlds and avatars
74% positive
Free
Demo Schedule I
Open-world crime simulation about building and automating a drug operation
98% positive
302K reviews
Risk of Rain 2
Third-person action roguelike built around stacking loot and escalating threats
93% positive
257K reviews
Satisfactory
First-person factory builder about automating an alien open world
97% positive
247K reviews
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Medieval sandbox RPG combining personal combat with army command
86% positive
244K reviews
Demo ULTRAKILL
Fast-paced retro FPS where blood restores health and stylish kills score
97% positive
234K reviews
Slay the Spire 2
Roguelike deckbuilder with changing runs and four-player co-op
59% positive
219K reviews
Z1 Battle Royale
Free-to-play battle royale shooter with solo and team matches
55% positive
Free
Path of Exile 2
Dark fantasy action RPG with deep builds and punishing bosses
73% positive
178K reviews
Demo Slime Rancher
First-person ranching sandbox about collecting, feeding, and combining colorful slimes
98% positive
155K reviews
Escape the Backrooms
First-person co-op horror across maze-like levels filled with hostile entities
89% positive
149K reviews
Assetto Corsa
Realistic racing simulator with licensed cars, scanned tracks, and mods
92% positive
149K reviews
WARDOGS
Large-scale tactical FPS with three-team battles, vehicles, and building
68% positive
147K reviews