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
1,036 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
PUBG: BATTLEGROUNDS
First- and third-person battle royale shooter with tactical survival
61% positive
Free
Rust
Open-world multiplayer survival built around crafting, bases, and raids
87% positive
1.4M reviews
Phasmophobia
First-person co-op horror built around identifying hostile ghosts
94% positive
840K reviews
ARK: Survival Evolved
Open-world survival crafting with dinosaur taming and base building
83% positive
778K reviews
The Forest
First-person survival horror with base building and mutant cannibals
96% positive
683K reviews
Valheim
Norse open-world survival crafting with co-op building and bosses
94% positive
552K reviews
Lethal Company
First-person co-op horror about scavenging deadly moons for quota
97% positive
511K reviews
Project Zomboid
Open-world zombie survival sandbox where every mistake can end a life
94% positive
483K reviews
R.E.P.O.
Online co-op horror about hauling fragile valuables past monsters
96% positive
425K reviews
BeamNG.drive
Open-world driving sandbox built around soft-body vehicle physics
97% positive
419K reviews
Raft
First-person ocean survival crafting on an expandable floating home
93% positive
379K reviews
Risk of Rain 2
Third-person action roguelike built around stacking loot and escalating threats
94% positive
353K reviews
Schedule I
Open-world crime simulation about building and automating a drug operation
98% positive
317K reviews
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Medieval sandbox RPG combining personal combat with army command
88% positive
298K reviews
Satisfactory
First-person factory builder about automating an alien open world
97% positive
280K reviews
VRChat
Free social VR platform for exploring user-created worlds and avatars
75% positive
Free
ULTRAKILL
Fast-paced retro FPS where blood restores health and stylish kills score
97% positive
244K reviews
Path of Exile 2
Dark fantasy action RPG with deep builds and punishing bosses
75% positive
226K reviews
Z1 Battle Royale
Free-to-play battle royale shooter with solo and team matches
56% positive
Free
Slay the Spire 2
Roguelike deckbuilder with changing runs and four-player co-op
61% positive
202K reviews
Assetto Corsa
Realistic racing simulator with licensed cars, scanned tracks, and mods
93% positive
174K reviews
Escape the Backrooms
First-person co-op horror across maze-like levels filled with hostile entities
90% positive
166K reviews
Slime Rancher
First-person ranching sandbox about collecting, feeding, and combining colorful slimes
98% positive
157K reviews
BattleBit Remastered
Large-scale military FPS with destructible maps and vehicular combat
81% positive
146K reviews