The Best Survival Games for Xbox Series X

Update, : Praey for the Gods added at rank #17.
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Subnautica (2018)

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

Subnautica is a sci-fi survival game set on an alien ocean planet. You must explore the depths of this vibrant and mysterious world to uncover its secrets and find a way back home. With its hand-crafted environments, diverse creatures and engaging story, Subnautica is an explorer's dream come true.


Pros:
  • Engaging story
  • Lush environments
  • Rewarding exploration
  • Diverse creatures
  • Multiple game modes
Cons:
  • Navigation can be overwhelming at first
  • Some graphical weirdness from time to time
  • Base-building mechanics could be clearer

  • survival
  • underwater
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • exploration

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Valheim (2021)

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early access PC Windows Xbox Series X/s Linux Xbox One Xbox Series X Android

Valheim is an epic, Viking-tinged survival-creation game with blocky graphics and a modern twist. You are dropped in a wild forest with runes to guide you on your mission to conjure and defeat supernatural beasts. Players must craft weapons and armor, puzzle out how to summon the beasts, and build structures for shelter along the way.


Pros:
  • Simple default building system
  • Instant rebuilding/repairing
  • Randomly generated 3D universe
  • Easy-to-read color highlights for structural integrity
  • Level up abilities by repeating actions
  • Robust physics engine underlies all actions
Cons:
  • Wonky battling system
  • Limited traversal over rivers and oceans at this point

  • survival
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • cooperative
  • base-building

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Subnautica: Below Zero (2019)

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

Subnautica: Below Zero is an underwater exploration game that takes you on a journey of discovery, adventure and danger. You explore the depths of a frozen ocean world, encountering stunning creatures and uncovering secrets that have remained hidden for centuries. With its beautiful visuals and thrilling encounters, Subnautica: Below Zero will keep you coming back for more.


Pros:
  • Stunning visuals
  • Thrilling encounters
  • Variety of creatures
  • Deep story
  • Unique exploration mechanics
  • Endless surprises
Cons:
  • Limited survival gear at the start
  • Risky excursions can lead to death
  • Can get turned around in underwater networks

  • survival
  • underwater
  • crafting
  • exploration
  • open-world

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Grounded (2020)

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PC Windows Android Xbox One Xbox Series X

Grounded is an exciting survival game that sees you playing as one of four teenagers who find themselves miniaturized and exploring the backyard of Dr.Tully, the inventor of the SPAC.R shrinking device. You'll need to hunt for resources, craft tools and armor and build shelters in order to survive the hostile creatures that inhabit this new world. With a great variety of biomes to explore, landmarks to discover and surprises around every corner, Grounded provides an epic adventure in a surprisingly small space!


Pros:
  • Unique setting
  • Varied biomes to explore
  • Visually impressive sights
  • Great character development and story telling
  • Challenging yet accessible difficulty levels and accessibility options
Cons:
  • Occasional glitches and bugs
  • Lacklustre quest design at times
  • Quests requiring backtracking

  • survival
  • crafting
  • sandbox

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Endling (2021)

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Endling puts you in the role of the last fox on Earth. Driven from her forest home by a devastating fire (started by humans), our poor vulpine heroine is forced to find a makeshift den in which to deliver her pups, while simultaneously trying to track down her kidnapped baby. As each night falls, you'll need to venture forth from your makeshift den and forage or hunt for food, while also protecting your brood from trappers and other opportunistic humans.


Pros:
  • Heart-wrenching story
  • Stunning visuals
  • Powerful soundtrack
  • Adorable fox pups that grow and learn skills as they explore with you
  • Tough decisions between food or rescuing pup
Cons:
  • Can feel like stuck in a rut without making much progress

  • survival
  • skill

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The Eternal Cylinder (2021)

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Xbox Series X/s Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Playstation 5

The Eternal Cylinder is a deep narrative-focused game that pushes the creativity of game design to its limits. You play as a species known as the Trebhum, which have an ability to rapidly evolve by consuming certain items. You must explore the strange foreign world and find a way to stop the Eternal Cylinder from destroying everything.


Pros:
  • Over 50 unique mutations
  • Gorgeously detailed visuals
  • In-depth story
  • Creative puzzles and challenges
  • Helpful accessibility options
Cons:
  • Linear progression limits player choice
  • Some puzzles can be difficult or frustrating

  • survival
  • puzzle
  • exploration
  • surreal
  • platform
  • narration
  • open-world
  • story

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The Riftbreaker (2021)

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

The Riftbreaker is a base building, survival game with action RPG elements that borrows from a lot of other games. Play as Ashley S. Nowak and enter the hostile planet Galatea 37 in your powerful Mecha-suit to build a base and defend yourself against thousands of creatures trying to eliminate you. The Riftbreaker offers high-quality graphics, great sound and music, flexible custom difficulty settings, varied biomes, and hours of gameplay that provides endless replayability.


Pros:
  • Good storyline and rewarding gaming experience
  • Customizable gameplay options
  • Hours of gameplay with almost endless replayability
  • Exciting and balanced base building, resource gathering, and combat
  • High-quality graphics, great sound and music
Cons:
  • Fairly demanding on PC
  • Lacks gameplay depth in research and weaponry
  • Cumbersome weapon and armor upgrades

  • survival
  • base-building
  • tower-defense
  • resource-management
  • mech
  • real-time
  • strategy
  • rpg
  • bullet-hell
  • aliens
  • top-down
  • action
  • resource
  • shooter
  • arpg

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Medieval Dynasty (2020)

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Medieval Dynasty is a survival/crafting and town management adventure game set in a picturesque valley in medieval Europe. You play as Racimir, the last surviving member of a slaughtered family, and must build your own home and dynasty from scratch. You can help the commonfolk with their errands, uncover mysteries about your uncle and his band of vagabonds, or simply create your utopia.


Pros:
  • Immersive sound design
  • Beautiful and lush environments
  • Deep systems
  • Long-term payoffs
  • Active developer support
Cons:
  • Repetitive quests
  • Resource discrepancy
  • Lack of motivation to build more structures
  • Difficulty travelling around the world

  • survival
  • medieval
  • building
  • simulation
  • empire
  • crafting
  • farming
  • rpg
  • management

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Don't Starve Together (2016)

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

'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.


Pros:
  • 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
Cons:
  • 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
  • rogue-like

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No Man's Sky (2016)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One Playstation 5 psvr osvr Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch ps1 vr2

No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.

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  • inventory
  • survival
  • exploration
  • crafting
  • sci-fi
  • pirates
  • discovery
  • resource
  • trading
  • aliens
  • multiplayer
  • space
  • sandbox
  • open-world
  • management

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