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.
Eco
Open-world society simulator balancing industry against a simulated ecosystem
81% positive
14K reviews
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™
Roguelike dungeon strategy with powered rooms and a crystal to protect
85% positive
14K reviews
Mortal Online 2
First-person sandbox MMORPG with full-loot PvP and classless progression
60% positive
14K reviews
Crysis 2 - Maximum Edition
First-person alien shooter with suit-powered stealth in New York
85% positive
14K reviews
Subsistence
First-person open-world survival crafting with seasons and rival hunters
72% positive
14K reviews
We Happy Few
First-person survival adventure about escaping a drugged, conformist city
77% positive
14K reviews
PixARK
Open-world voxel survival with dinosaurs, magic, and base building
72% positive
14K reviews
Outpost: Infinity Siege
First-person shooting and tower defense with loot-driven outpost building
65% positive
14K reviews
Cultivation Tales
Open-world survival crafting with faction building and labyrinth exploration
38% positive
14K reviews
POSTAL 4: No Regerts
Open-world first-person shooter with nonlinear errands and crude humor
65% positive
13K reviews
Homefront
First-person military shooter about resisting an occupied United States
62% positive
13K reviews
WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition
Open-world wolf life simulation about hunting and raising a pack
98% positive
13K reviews
Walking Zombie 2
First-person zombie shooter with quests, upgrades, and fuel-limited travel
87% positive
Free
State of Decay: YOSE
Open-world zombie survival with community management and base building
82% positive
13K reviews
FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED
First-person horror mini-games with animatronics in VR or flatscreen
96% positive
13K reviews
Stonehearth
Voxel colony sim about building and defending a settlement
75% positive
13K reviews
Dead Island: Riptide Definitive Edition
First-person open-world zombie action built around melee combat and co-op
71% positive
13K reviews
PANICORE
First-person co-op survival horror with stealth and a noise-sensitive monster
79% positive
13K reviews
System Shock
First-person survival horror remake set on a rogue AI-controlled station
90% positive
13K reviews
Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
2D starship-building strategy with physics-driven combat and galactic exploration
94% positive
13K reviews
From the Depths
Physics-based combat sandbox for building customizable ships and aircraft
89% positive
13K reviews
MechWarrior Online™ Legends
Tactical online mech shooter with weighty combat and detailed customization
80% positive
Free
Deadlight
Side-scrolling survival platformer through zombie-filled Seattle after global collapse
79% positive
13K reviews
Diplomacy is Not an Option
Medieval base-building RTS against relentless hordes of enemies
86% positive
13K reviews