The Best Survival Games for Mac OS - Page 2

Update : Subnautica 2 added at rank #4.
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Rust (2018)

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PC Windows Mac OS Android Xbox One

Rust is a hardcore survival game. You are pitted against other players, the environment and wild animals as you struggle to survive. With items such as storage boxes and locks, safe zones and crafting options, you can build a base of operations to take on whatever Rust throws at you.


What we like:
  • Three distinct biomes with unique flora
  • Fauna and resources
  • Crafting options to make your character more suited for the environment
  • Storage boxes and locks to protect your most valuable items
  • Safe zones that don't allow any hostile actions
What could be improved:
  • Poor graphics
  • Hard crashes
  • Constant attempts on your life by other players or wild animals

  • survival
  • crafting
  • open-world

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Oxygen Not Included (2019)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Oxygen Not Included is an innovative and unique colony-building game in which you control a crew of duplicants who start beneath the surface of a procedurally generated asteroid with nothing more than a ration box and cloning device. With its childlike art style and humour, Oxygen Not Included looks like less of a space simulator and more like The Sims in space, but don't let that fool you - it's brimming with complexity and depth.

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What we like:
  • Child-friendly art style
  • Complexity and depth
  • Humor
  • Procedurally generated asteroid
  • Experimenting with contraptions
  • Retconning decisions
What could be improved:
  • Frame rate drops at the start of each cycle
  • AI occasionally getting confused

  • survival
  • simulation
  • colony
  • resource-management
  • base-building
  • management
  • sandbox
  • space

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Six Ages 2: Lights Going Out (2023)

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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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7 Days to Die (2024)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Linux Mac OS Playstation 5

7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!


  • zombies
  • survival
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • survival-horror
  • post-apocalyptic
  • cooperative

15

Into The Dead: Our Darkest Days (2025)

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early access Mac OS PC Windows

Texas, 1980. Walton City has fallen to a zombie outbreak. Lead a band of desperate survivors from refuge to refuge by scavenging, crafting, and fighting in a relentless struggle for survival. Plan wisely, stick together, and — above all — keep moving if you want to make it out alive.

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  • zombies
  • survival
  • survival-horror
  • scroller
  • 2.5d
  • psychological
  • perma-death
  • immersive
  • stealth
  • crafting
  • simulation
  • post-apocalyptic
  • management
  • choices
  • horror

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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

17

Don't Starve Together (2016)

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Nintendo Switch Mac OS Linux PC Windows Android

'Don't Starve Together' is a standalone multiplayer spin-off of ' Don't Starve', a game that has had players hooked since its Early Access release. With the first expansion, 'Reign of Giants', incorporated into it, you and your friends can explore the wilds and craft items, while also fighting off shadow monsters. Experience all four seasons to get all of the content, with comprehensive world settings to customize your experience.

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What we like:
  • Comprehensive world settings
  • Tonable down or remove giants
  • Shorten seasons to focus on progress over survival
  • Sustainable organic farm and spider mill for raw food year-round
  • Caves and beefalo taming added since original game's release
  • Revive players through multiple means with or without health penalty
What could be improved:
  • No Adventure Mode content from original game
  • Mouse and keyboard controls have sketchy hitboxes causing accidental deaths sometimes
  • Limited music depth & customization options for video setting

  • survival
  • crafting

18

Exile (2025)

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web browser Linux Android Mac OS PC Windows

A survival city-builder unlike any other—shaped by rolling hills, guide generations, and grow without limits. No cap on scale, no slowdown, just strategy and survival at your pace.


  • survival
  • retro
  • sci-fi
  • colony
  • old-school
  • platform
  • scroller
  • perma-death
  • pixel
  • city-building
  • simulation
  • rpg
  • metroid
  • shoot-em-up
  • exploration

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Project Zomboid (2013)

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PC Windows Android Mac OS 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
  • open-world
  • sandbox

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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.

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

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