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.
Sven Co-op
Free co-op first-person shooter built around Half-Life-style team missions
94% positive
Free
Resident Evil Revelations 2
Episodic third-person survival horror with paired character switching
78% positive
32K reviews
Who's Your Daddy?!
First-person multiplayer comedy about keeping a reckless baby alive
80% positive
32K reviews
Miscreated
Online open-world survival with mutants, harsh weather, and rival players
66% positive
32K reviews
Dwarf Fortress
Dwarven colony simulation where deep systems turn failure into history
95% positive
32K reviews
Kingdoms and Castles
Medieval city builder with modular castles and Viking raids
94% positive
31K reviews
Outward Definitive Edition
Open-world survival RPG where preparation matters as much as combat
73% positive
31K reviews
Stay Out
Open-world multiplayer shooter RPG about surviving a hostile anomaly zone
69% positive
Free
RuneScape: Dragonwilds
Open-world survival RPG with crafting, magic, and dragon hunting
81% positive
31K reviews
The Evil Within 2
Third-person survival horror mixing stealth, traps, and limited-ammo combat
92% positive
31K reviews
Hurtworld
Multiplayer survival shooter built around base building and PvP
76% positive
31K reviews
Creativerse
First-person sandbox adventure with survival, crafting, and detailed building
78% positive
31K reviews
Stacklands
Card-based village builder about stacking resources and surviving hunger
96% positive
30K reviews
Hatred
Isometric shooter about a gunman's killing spree through city outskirts
84% positive
30K reviews
Dead Space™ 2
Third-person sci-fi horror shooter built around strategic dismemberment
94% positive
30K reviews
Risk of Rain (2013)
Side-scrolling action roguelike where time makes every run harder
93% positive
30K reviews
Dead Space (2008)
Third-person survival horror with strategic dismemberment aboard a mining ship
92% positive
29K reviews
20 Minutes Till Dawn
Top-down action roguelite with active aiming and evolving builds
90% positive
29K reviews
Necesse
Top-down survival crafting RPG with automated settlements and co-op
93% positive
29K reviews
Transformice
Free-to-play multiplayer platformer about mice racing for cheese
88% positive
Free
HUMANKIND™
Historical 4X strategy built around changing cultures across eras
69% positive
29K reviews
Dead Frontier 2
Online third-person survival horror with scarce ammo and zombie scavenging
70% positive
Free
No More Room in Hell 2
Eight-player cooperative zombie FPS with infection and permanent character death
57% positive
28K reviews
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
Tactical first-person shooter with multiplayer matches and bot campaigns
91% positive
28K reviews