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
1,037 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Songs of Syx
Low-fantasy city builder scaling villages into warring empires
94% positive
9,270 reviews
Elin
Open-world roguelike RPG with crafting, survival, and town building
93% positive
9,216 reviews
Colony Survival
Colony-building survival game with workers and nightly monster attacks
92% positive
9,010 reviews
SURVIVAL: Postapocalypse Now
Open-world survival in snowy Siberia with base building and PvP
56% positive
8,826 reviews
Prominence Poker
Free-to-play Texas Hold ’em with online matches and solo rivals
84% positive
Free
Due Process
Tactical first-person shooter with team planning and changing maps
81% positive
8,554 reviews
Hellish Quart
Physics-based historical sword fighting with quick, local duels
88% positive
8,525 reviews
The Bus
Berlin bus simulator with full-scale routes and company management
73% positive
8,521 reviews
Apewar
Online monkey arena shooter with team modes and drivable vehicles
92% positive
8,517 reviews
Gloomwood
First-person stealth horror with freeform routes through a Victorian city
95% positive
8,431 reviews
We Who Are About To Die
Gladiator roguelite with directional combat and one life per run
88% positive
8,355 reviews
GORN
First-person VR gladiator fights with physics-driven weapons and gore
94% positive
8,227 reviews
Master of Orion
Turn-based space 4X with ship customization and varied victory paths
77% positive
8,192 reviews
Gunner, HEAT, PC!
Single-player Cold War tank simulation with accessible, realistic gunnery
91% positive
8,182 reviews
Battlerite Royale
Top-down battle royale with champion abilities and a closing vortex
74% positive
Free
War Trigger 3
Free-to-play military shooter with infantry, tanks, and aircraft battles
60% positive
Free
Heroes' Vow: Three Kingdoms
Single-player Three Kingdoms RPG blending officer life and grand strategy
89% positive
8,137 reviews
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
Isometric tactical RPG with turn-based squad combat and consequential choices
83% positive
8,108 reviews
Settlement Survival
Survival city builder with supply chains, seasons, and disasters
85% positive
8,098 reviews
DESOLATE
First-person open-world survival horror with co-op and supernatural anomalies
66% positive
8,066 reviews
The Guild 3
Medieval dynasty simulation mixing business, politics, family, and intrigue
60% positive
8,027 reviews
Len's Island
Open-world survival crafting across islands, with farming and dungeon combat
80% positive
7,961 reviews
Day of Dragons
Online dragon survival sandbox with growth, flight, and nesting
65% positive
7,912 reviews
Software Inc.
Software company management sim with free-form office building
94% positive
7,838 reviews