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.
Raft
First-person ocean survival crafting on an expandable floating home
93% positive
379K reviews
Risk of Rain 2
Third-person action roguelike built around stacking loot and escalating threats
94% positive
353K reviews
Sons Of The Forest
Open-world survival horror with base building and cooperative exploration
88% positive
321K reviews
NARAKA: BLADEPOINT
Third-person battle royale built around martial arts and swordplay
73% positive
Free
Satisfactory
First-person factory builder about automating an alien open world
97% positive
280K reviews
Resident Evil 4
Third-person survival horror shooter about a rescue in rural Europe
97% positive
278K reviews
Counter-Strike
Competitive tactical FPS where teamwork decides objective-based rounds
97% positive
262K reviews
Fallout: New Vegas
Open-world action RPG shaped by factions and player choices
96% positive
262K reviews
RimWorld
Sci-fi colony sim where an AI storyteller drives survival
98% positive
247K reviews
Factorio
Factory-building strategy game about automating production and defending your industry
98% positive
235K reviews
SCP: Secret Laboratory
Free-to-play multiplayer horror shooter with rival human and monster roles
91% positive
Free
Resident Evil 2
Third-person survival horror with zombies, puzzles, and two campaigns
97% positive
223K reviews
Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition
First-person open-world zombie RPG built around parkour and co-op
79% positive
220K reviews
theHunter: Call of the Wild™
Open-world hunting simulation built around tracking, stealth, and ballistics
89% positive
Free
Z1 Battle Royale
Free-to-play battle royale shooter with solo and team matches
56% positive
Free
Counter-Strike: Source
Team-based tactical FPS with competitive matches and Source-engine physics
96% positive
193K reviews
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
Souls-like action RPG with three-player, randomized boss runs
82% positive
191K reviews
Far Cry® 5
Open-world first-person shooter about freeing Montana from a doomsday cult
81% positive
189K reviews
Once Human
Open-world multiplayer survival crafting amid monsters and polluted wilderness
79% positive
Free
Rise of the Tomb Raider™
Third-person action adventure mixing Siberian exploration, combat, and tomb puzzles
94% positive
156K reviews
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Casual tower defense with weaponized plants and varied zombie waves
98% positive
156K reviews
Resident Evil Village
First-person survival horror through a village of relentless creatures
96% positive
154K reviews
Oxygen Not Included
Space colony simulation built around survival and interconnected resource systems
97% positive
144K reviews
Poppy Playtime
First-person horror puzzle adventure inside an abandoned toy factory
88% positive
Free