The Best Survival Games - Page 2

Update : Strayed added at rank #1.
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Sunkenland (2023)

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80
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early access PC Windows

Get ready for a Waterworld-themed survival game with modular base building, sunken city scavenging, crafting, base defense, and invasions of NPC clans for resources and territory. Ready for the water apocalypse?

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  • survival
  • underwater
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • base-building
  • post-apocalyptic
  • exploration
  • pve
  • cooperative
  • sandbox
  • shooter

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Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out (2023)

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94
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Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone

Survive an apocalyptic world in Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out, where every decision you make shapes your clan's fate. Engage with gods, manage resources, and navigate a rich lore-filled saga. With stunning hand-drawn artwork and immersive storytelling, this game offers a unique blend of strategy and narrative gameplay.


What we like:
  • Engrossing lore
  • Unique resource management gameplay
  • Beautiful hand-drawn artwork
  • Immersive survival element
  • Excellent storytelling
What could be improved:
  • Limited access to rituals
  • Consequences of actions not always clear
  • Repetitive tasks

  • turn-based
  • choices
  • lore
  • survival
  • survival-storybook
  • strategy
  • system-driven
  • procedural
  • grand-strategy
  • socio-economy
  • stand-alone
  • narrative
  • old-school
  • simulation
  • combining

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Ultra Pixel Survive (2023)

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Xbox One Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch

Command heroes with unique abilities, harvest natural resources to collect materials, then build and develop your military defenses.

Each night the enemy hordes will attack the village, and challenge your strategic and tactical prowess to survive. Explore dark underground dungeons, and wage battle against gigantic bosses!

Evolve your weapons by gathering new materials, and survive the epic onslaught for as long as possible.


Features
* Build and upgrade your resources and heroes
* Build defenses, farm, hunt, cook food and more
* Unlock new characters
* Action RPG and survival gameplay
* Cute epic fantasy pixel art


  • survival
  • never-ending
  • fight-or-flight
  • featuring
  • building
  • horde
  • rpg
  • crafting
  • pixel
  • base-building
  • sprite

14

The Pale Beyond (2023)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Survive the brutal Arctic in The Pale Beyond! As the leader of an expedition, your choices shape the story, and your crew's lives hang in the balance. Navigate through stunning landscapes, manage resources, and keep your crew loyal. Get emotionally invested in a rich, well-crafted narrative that keeps you on the edge of your seat.


What we like:
  • Engaging and well-written story
  • Choices have real consequences
  • Rich character development
  • Balanced difficulty levels
  • Good value for money
What could be improved:
  • Limited replayability
  • Unexplained game mechanics
  • Unexpected events without warning
  • Minor writing and UI issues

  • survival
  • resource-management
  • narrative
  • choices
  • unforgiving
  • snow
  • hand-drawn

15

Ixion (2022)

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PC Windows

IXION is a unique and engaging city-building survival game set in space where you manage a space ark while searching for a new hospitable planet. The game's innovative gameplay encourages exploration and introduces external risk factors such as space weather and sentient threats. The graphics and sound design add to the immersion, and the story is presented through unobtrusive recorded dialogue with great performances. With an overall excellent execution, IXION is a must-play for city-building lovers and fans of sci-fi genres.

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What we like:
  • Innovative gameplay that encourages exploration
  • External risk factors add excitement and challenge
  • Graphics and sound design are top-notch
  • Story presented through unobtrusive recorded dialogue with great performances
  • Overall excellent execution.
What could be improved:
  • Some fleet control challenges
  • Sheer amount of tasks, resources and responsibilities may be overwhelming
  • Regular crashes even on an upper mid-tier PC
  • Lack of tutorials may be a deal-breaker for some
  • Hard game, even experienced players may need to bump down the difficulty level.

  • city-building
  • survival
  • management
  • resource-management
  • colony
  • simulation
  • space
  • building
  • base-building
  • exploration

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Stranded: Alien Dawn (2022)

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86
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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4

Stranded: Alien Dawn drops you into an unknown alien world, where you'll lead survivors, build a high-tech outpost, and make tough decisions to survive. With engaging gameplay, a variety of planets, and a peaceful non-combat option, you'll experience a unique, unpredictable journey. But beware, time may slow and crafting can get repetitive in this thrilling survival sim.

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What we like:
  • Engaging gameplay
  • Variety of planets and moons
  • Non-combat peaceful option
  • Customizable difficulty settings
  • Beautiful graphics
What could be improved:
  • Time can feel slow
  • Crafting becomes repetitive
  • Lack of depth in some systems
  • Requires internet connection to play

  • survival
  • simulation
  • base-building
  • management
  • crafting
  • colony
  • hunting
  • destruction
  • cooking

17

Dome Keeper (2022)

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PC Windows Linux Mac OS

Dome Keeper is a thrilling mining game that combines rogue-lite elements with intense monster battles. Excavate resources, upgrade your gear, and defend your dome against enemy attacks. With effective gameplay mechanics, a variety of resources and upgrades, and unique gadgets, Dome Keeper offers a satisfying experience.


What we like:
  • Effective gameplay mechanics
  • Variety of resources and upgrades
  • Unique gadgets for the dome
What could be improved:
  • Starting over can feel slow compared to the fast-paced gameplay

  • survival
  • rogue-like
  • time-management
  • management
  • wave
  • aliens
  • mining
  • underground
  • resource
  • resource-management
  • base-building
  • inventory
  • dark
  • tower-defense
  • post-apocalyptic

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Card Survival: Tropical Island (2022)

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PC Windows Mac OS Android

Card Survival is a card-based survival experience. Stranded on a desert island you must use your wits and skills to stay alive. Use cards and combine them together to explore, gather resources and craft useful tools.


  • survival
  • card
  • crafting
  • perma-death
  • rogue-like
  • mic

19

Alien Invasion: RPG Idle Space (2022)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Ancient aliens: Idle RPG offline survival game. Spider evolution in alien games!


  • collector
  • creature
  • survival
  • 3d
  • rpg
  • action-adventure
  • dystopian
  • casual
  • third-person
  • arcade
  • colourful
  • exploration
  • aliens
  • cute
  • adventure

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Takoyaki Party Survival (2022)

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92
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PC Windows Nintendo Switch

You should consume a good balance of protein, carbohydrates, and fats to survive. The nutritional balance changes depending on the ingredients you put in your takoyaki. If you are overloaded with calories, you will be too full to eat, so please consume calories by squatting.


  • collectathon
  • cooking
  • time-management
  • tabletop
  • survival
  • board-game
  • management
  • modern
  • physics
  • 3d
  • resource-management

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