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.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands
Open-world tactical shooter built around stealth, squad raids, and co-op
78% positive
115K reviews
Don't Starve
Single-player wilderness survival in randomly generated worlds with permanent death
97% positive
113K reviews
MORDHAU
Medieval multiplayer slasher with skill-based melee and chaotic large battles
80% positive
113K reviews
The Outlast Trials
First-person co-op survival horror built around stealth and escape
92% positive
112K reviews
The Last of Us™ Part I
Third-person survival action through a post-apocalyptic cross-country journey
84% positive
109K reviews
Subnautica: Below Zero
Open-world underwater survival adventure with crafting and an arctic mystery
90% positive
108K reviews
Enshrouded
Open-world survival action RPG with voxel building and online co-op
86% positive
106K reviews
Green Hell
Open-world survival simulation with detailed health, crafting, and jungle dangers
85% positive
103K reviews
Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Third-person action horror with infected villagers and inventory management
94% positive
98K reviews
This War of Mine
Civilian survival simulation shaped by scarcity and moral choices
94% positive
98K reviews
Tom Clancy’s The Division™
Open-world third-person looter shooter in pandemic-stricken, snowbound New York
71% positive
97K reviews
Grounded
First-person backyard survival crafting at the size of an ant
90% positive
96K reviews
Albion Online
Open-world sandbox MMORPG with player crafting and full-loot PvP
78% positive
Free
Manor Lords
Medieval city builder mixing resource management with territorial conquest
84% positive
92K reviews
Russian Fishing 4
Free-to-play fishing simulation with changing conditions and detailed tackle
61% positive
Free
Mad Max
Open-world wasteland action built around driving and vehicular combat
92% positive
91K reviews
Barotrauma
2D co-op submarine survival horror built around teamwork and betrayal
94% positive
90K reviews
Shadow of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Third-person jungle adventure mixing exploration, stealth, combat, and tomb puzzles
85% positive
88K reviews
DEVOUR
First-person co-op horror with rituals and escalating monster attacks
90% positive
88K reviews
Totally Accurate Battlegrounds
Free battle royale shooter with wobbly physics-based combat
88% positive
Free
Cry of Fear
First-person psychological horror amid creatures and nightmarish delusions
89% positive
Free
Fallout Shelter
Free-to-play vault management sim about surviving the post-apocalypse
88% positive
Free
Metro: Last Light Redux
Story-driven post-apocalyptic FPS mixing stealth, survival horror, and combat
91% positive
82K reviews
Arena Breakout: Infinite
Free-to-play tactical extraction shooter with detailed weapon customization
74% positive
Free