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.
Farlands
A farming sim about restoring a planet and exploring others
90% positive
1,747 reviews
My Island
Open-world island survival with crafting, farming, and sailing
66% positive
1,739 reviews
Bounty Train
Train management strategy with frontier trading and armed ambushes
70% positive
1,738 reviews
Territory Idle
Single-player incremental strategy about expanding territory and planning resets
79% positive
Free
Zeepkist
Downhill soapbox racing with physics-driven courses and a level editor
97% positive
1,722 reviews
Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot
Top-down action roguelite with card decks and escalating enemy swarms
80% positive
1,719 reviews
Drug Lord Tycoon
First-person crime management sim about growing a drug operation
83% positive
1,711 reviews
The Last Starship
Top-down space sandbox for building ships and taking contracts
75% positive
1,700 reviews
Train Life: A Railway Simulator
Railway simulator combining European train driving with company management
63% positive
1,695 reviews
Spirit Island
Cooperative digital board game about driving colonizers from an island
92% positive
1,693 reviews
Synth Riders
VR rhythm game with dancing, rails, and obstacle dodging
92% positive
1,675 reviews
Small Spaces
Casual interior design game for furnishing compact city apartments
89% positive
1,659 reviews
Hush Hush - Only Your Love Can Save Them
Branching dating visual novel about juggling romances and dangerous secrets
94% positive
1,651 reviews
Timeflow – Life Sim
Turn-based life sim about careers, investing, and financial freedom
93% positive
1,630 reviews
Ratty Catty
Multiplayer hide-and-seek where a mouse steals food and evades a cat
66% positive
1,627 reviews
SpyParty
One-on-one spy-versus-sniper game about blending into a cocktail party
77% positive
1,617 reviews
Football Life Simulator
Soccer life sim balancing training, matches, relationships, and money
68% positive
1,613 reviews
Reflex Arena
Fast first-person arena shooter built around precise online duels
85% positive
Free
Tiny Combat Arena
Cold War-style flight sim with custom dogfights and ground strikes
82% positive
1,584 reviews
Fraymakers
2D platform fighter with indie characters, assists, and custom content
80% positive
1,582 reviews
NGU INDUSTRIES
Idle factory management with strange products and layout optimization
77% positive
Free
Instruments of Destruction
Physics-based demolition game with campaigns and buildable wrecking machines
91% positive
1,573 reviews
Stardeus
Space colony sim about rebuilding a broken ship with drones
87% positive
1,559 reviews
Storage Hustle
Storage auction sim about bidding, uncovering valuables, and haggling
71% positive
1,558 reviews