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
1,141 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
War Selection
Free-to-play base-building RTS spanning the Stone Age to heavy tanks
85% positive
Free
Tribes of Midgard
Viking survival action RPG with crafting, base building, and giants
76% positive
23K reviews
The Lord of the Rings Online™
Free-to-play fantasy MMORPG exploring the open world of Middle-earth
81% positive
Free
Kingdom: Classic
Side-scrolling strategy where coins build defenses against nightly raids
91% positive
Free
Soulmask
Open-world survival crafting with recruitable tribes and automated bases
77% positive
22K reviews
Portal Knights
Co-op sandbox action RPG built around crafting and exploration
83% positive
22K reviews
Dungeon Defenders II
Third-person tower defense RPG with heroes, loot, and co-op
77% positive
Free
Feed and Grow: Fish
Underwater survival simulation where eating fish makes you grow larger
78% positive
22K reviews
Aliens vs. Predator™
Three-sided sci-fi FPS with distinct Marine, Alien, and Predator campaigns
91% positive
22K reviews
Bellwright
Open-world medieval survival RPG about building towns and leading rebellion
80% positive
22K reviews
Alien Swarm
Free top-down co-op shooter with marine classes and squad tactics
95% positive
Free
The Walking Dead: The Final Season
Choice-driven zombie adventure about protecting AJ and a school
95% positive
22K reviews
Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide
First-person co-op combat against rat-men overrunning a fantasy city
80% positive
21K reviews
Going Medieval
Medieval colony sim with multilevel building and siege defense
89% positive
21K reviews
Dead Rising 3 Apocalypse Edition
Open-world zombie action with weapon crafting and co-op chaos
77% positive
21K reviews
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Post-apocalyptic turn-based tactics with real-time stealth and mutant companions
90% positive
21K reviews
Drive Beyond Horizons
Open-world driving survival sandbox with procedural terrain and vehicle maintenance
78% positive
20K reviews
Craftopia
Open-world survival RPG combining crafting, combat, farming, and automation
76% positive
20K reviews
Witch It
Multiplayer hide-and-seek where witches disguise themselves as everyday objects
89% positive
20K reviews
Resident Evil 0
Fixed-camera survival horror built around switching between two characters
80% positive
20K reviews
Unrailed!
Co-op track building ahead of a moving train
93% positive
20K reviews
60 Seconds! Reatomized
Post-apocalyptic survival strategy built on scavenging and hard choices
94% positive
20K reviews
Project Winter
Multiplayer survival and social deduction with hidden traitors in the snow
82% positive
19K reviews
Dungeon Defenders
Tower defense action RPG with direct combat and cooperative play
93% positive
19K reviews