The Best Survival Games - Page 5

Update : Sons of the Forest added at rank #5.
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Outward (2022)

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Playstation 4 Android Playstation 5 Xbox One stadia PC Windows Nintendo Switch

No remarkable journey is achieved without great effort. In Outward, the cold of the night or an infected wound can be as dangerous as a predator lurking in the dark. Explore the vast world of Aurai solo or in Co-op. The Definitive Edition features both DLCs and quality of life improvements.


  • survival
  • rpg
  • cooperative
  • open-world
  • fantasy
  • dungeon
  • adventure
  • inventory
  • exploration
  • souls
  • online

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ARK: Ultimate Survivor Edition (2021)

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early access Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 4

The Ultimate Survivor Edition includes ARK: Survival Evolved, along with these huge Expansion Packs: Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, and Genesis Parts 1 & 2. All updated and optimized with every improvement made since the launch of the base game.


  • survival
  • dinosaurs
  • crafting
  • rpg
  • open-world
  • card
  • japanese

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UNDYING (2021)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Survive a zombie apocalypse in UNDYING, a heart-wrenching tale of a mother teaching her son to survive. Experience a captivating narrative with smooth gameplay and an enjoyable art style. Or solve cryptic puzzles in Quern: Undying Thoughts, a game that pays homage to the classic Myst series with its grim atmosphere and challenging puzzles.

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What we like:
  • Emotional and captivating narrative
  • Smooth gameplay
  • Enjoyable art style
  • Challenging puzzles
  • Homage to classic Myst series
What could be improved:
  • Lack of endgame content
  • Repetitive teaching mechanic
  • Dialogue and subtitle issues
  • Unbalanced story mode

  • survival
  • zombies
  • post-apocalyptic
  • rpg
  • crafting
  • story
  • open-world
  • management
  • multiple-endings
  • first-person
  • adventure
  • cooking
  • inventory
  • cinematic
  • choices

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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

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Conan Exiles (2018)

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Xbox One Android PC Windows Playstation 4

An online multiplayer survival game, now with sorcery, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Survive in a vast open world sandbox, build your home into a kingdom, and dominate your enemies in single or multiplayer.


  • survival
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • multiplayer

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Project Winter (2019)

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PC Windows Android Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox One

The perfect game to back-stab your friends. Project Winter is an 8 person multiplayer game focusing on social deception and survival. Communication and teamwork is essential to the survivors’ ultimate goal of escape.


  • survival
  • deduction
  • social
  • proximity
  • cooperative
  • multiplayer
  • team
  • online

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Endling Extinction is Forever (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Android IOS iPhone

As the last mother fox on Earth, your cubs need all your care to survive in a merciless world that slowly destroys itself. You have to help them, teach them and save them. And you should never forget that extinction is forever.


  • survival
  • nature
  • exploration
  • cute
  • stealth
  • scroller
  • skill
  • dystopian

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RimWorld (2018)

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PC Windows Xbox One Mac OS Linux

RimWorld is a life simulator and management game set in a remote planet in the distant future. It features a unique character generation system to create complex personalities with flaws, drives and needs, as well as a story generator that creates unexpected scenarios for players to face.


What we like:
  • Unique character generation system
  • Story generator creates unpredictable scenarios
  • Tons of mods for everything
  • Includes interaction bubbles to show interactions as they happen
What could be improved:
  • Unintuitive UI
  • Busy work tasks can be tedious

  • colony
  • simulation
  • survival
  • base-building
  • management
  • farming
  • pirates
  • sci-fi
  • sandbox
  • building

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Lost Ruins (2021)

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PC Windows Linux Mac OS Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Lost Ruins is a challenging and engaging Metroidvania game that offers a unique experience by focusing on inventory management rather than leveling up. With stunning graphics and sound effects, players navigate through the monster-filled dungeon as they retrieve their memories. The game offers different weapons, spells, and unique accessories that encourage experimentation and strategic tactics. With multiple endings and unlockables, Lost Ruins offers high replayability to players.


What we like:
  • Unique formula utilizing inventory
  • well-designed and rewarding exploration system
  • balanced equipment system
  • offers different game modes and endings
  • stunning graphics and sound effects
What could be improved:
  • Small map
  • checkpoint system can be frustrating
  • missable side-quests
  • jumping mechanics and aerial attacks can be imprecise
  • limited storyline compared to other metroidvanias

  • survival
  • boss
  • metroidvania
  • dungeon
  • anime
  • pixel
  • retro
  • platform
  • combat
  • inventory
  • exploration
  • 2d
  • dark
  • hack-and-slash
  • cute

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Project Zomboid (2013)

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early access Mac OS Android PC Windows Linux

Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..


  • zombies
  • survival
  • crafting
  • sandbox

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