Best Survival games on PC
Games centered on staying alive against hostile players, creatures, or environments. Players fight or avoid threats while working toward objectives or lasting as long as possible.
- Frequent threats to survival
- Combat or threat avoidance
- Death as a central risk
Related: Open World Survival Craft, Survival Horror, Multiplayer, Zombies
3,252 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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7 Days to Die
Open-world zombie survival sandbox built around crafting and base defense
86% positive
296K reviews
SCP: Secret Laboratory
Free-to-play multiplayer horror shooter with rival human and monster roles
91% positive
Free
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
Fallout: New Vegas
Open-world action RPG shaped by factions and player choices
95% positive
227K reviews
RimWorld
Sci-fi colony sim where an AI storyteller drives survival
97% positive
221K reviews
Z1 Battle Royale
Free-to-play battle royale shooter with solo and team matches
55% positive
Free
theHunter: Call of the Wild™
Open-world hunting simulation built around tracking, stealth, and ballistics
88% positive
Free
Muck
First-person island survival with crafting, base building, and nighttime attacks
93% positive
Free
Once Human
Open-world multiplayer survival crafting amid monsters and polluted wilderness
78% positive
Free
Demo Factorio
Factory-building strategy game about automating production and defending your industry
97% positive
206K reviews
Demo Resident Evil 4
Third-person survival horror shooter about a rescue in rural Europe
97% positive
203K reviews
Counter-Strike
Competitive tactical FPS where teamwork decides objective-based rounds
97% positive
190K reviews
Far Cry® 5
Open-world first-person shooter about freeing Montana from a doomsday cult
81% positive
189K reviews
Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition
First-person open-world zombie RPG built around parkour and co-op
78% positive
181K reviews
Demo Resident Evil 2
Third-person survival horror with zombies, puzzles, and two campaigns
97% positive
170K reviews
Poppy Playtime
First-person horror puzzle adventure inside an abandoned toy factory
87% positive
Free
Demo Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Casual tower defense with weaponized plants and varied zombie waves
97% positive
156K reviews
Stumble Guys
Free-to-play party battle royale with chaotic obstacle-course races
84% positive
Free
Counter-Strike: Source
Team-based tactical FPS with competitive matches and Source-engine physics
96% positive
153K reviews
Oxygen Not Included
Space colony simulation built around survival and interconnected resource systems
96% positive
142K reviews
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
Souls-like action RPG with three-player, randomized boss runs
80% positive
136K reviews
Rise of the Tomb Raider™
Third-person action adventure mixing Siberian exploration, combat, and tomb puzzles
94% positive
136K reviews
Far Cry 3
Open-world first-person shooter about surviving a lawless tropical archipelago
87% positive
135K reviews