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.
Black Mesa
Sci-fi first-person shooter reimagining Half-Life with expanded alien-world levels
95% positive
145K reviews
Scrap Mechanic
Physics-based survival sandbox for building machines with friends
92% positive
123K reviews
The Isle
Open-world dinosaur survival where growing up means avoiding other players
80% positive
121K reviews
ARK: Survival Ascended
Open-world survival sandbox about taming dinosaurs and building bases
60% positive
118K reviews
My Summer Car
Open-world survival simulator about building and maintaining a car
95% positive
118K reviews
Mirror 2: Project X
Match-three visual novel with choices across parallel worlds
24% positive
116K reviews
Enshrouded
Open-world survival action RPG with voxel building and online co-op
86% positive
106K reviews
Gunfire Reborn
First-person roguelite shooter with random levels, weapons, and four-player co-op
93% positive
104K reviews
Cities: Skylines II
Single-player city builder with economies, seasons, and citizen life paths
56% positive
93K reviews
Manor Lords
Medieval city builder mixing resource management with territorial conquest
84% positive
92K reviews
Dyson Sphere Program
Space factory automation sandbox about building star-enclosing energy megastructures
97% positive
92K reviews
Gorilla Tag
First-person VR tag with arm-powered movement and parkour chases
91% positive
86K reviews
Supermarket Simulator
First-person supermarket management sim with stocking, pricing, and co-op
92% positive
84K reviews
No Rest for the Wicked
Isometric action RPG with Souls-style combat and online co-op
79% positive
82K reviews
Black Squad
Free-to-play military FPS with varied weapons, maps, and modes
76% positive
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Ravenfield
Single-player FPS sandbox with AI armies, vehicles, and mods
97% positive
80K reviews
Gray Zone Warfare
Open-world tactical FPS with extraction, co-op, and PvP combat
72% positive
79K reviews
WARDOGS
Large-scale tactical FPS with three-team battles, vehicles, and building
79% positive
78K reviews
Beat Saber
Fast-paced VR rhythm game about slicing notes to music
95% positive
76K reviews
The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome
Open-world wuxia RPG about martial arts, lineage, and village management
65% positive
70K reviews
Plague Inc: Evolved
Global outbreak strategy simulation about evolving a world-ending pathogen
94% positive
66K reviews
Bodycam
Realistic multiplayer FPS with a body-camera view and HUD-free firefights
80% positive
65K reviews
Blade and Sorcery
Physics-driven VR fantasy combat with swords, spells, and gore
96% positive
62K reviews
Brick Rigs
Physics sandbox for building, driving, and destroying brick creations
95% positive
60K reviews