The Best Survival Games

Update : RuneScape: Dragonwilds added at rank #1.
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RuneScape: Dragonwilds (2026)

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Xbox Series X/s PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox Series X IOS iPhone

On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.


  • survival
  • open-world
  • crafting
  • cooperative
  • dragon
  • anima
  • multiplayer
  • high-fantasy

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Valheim (2026)

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Linux Nintendo Switch 2 Xbox Series X/s Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5

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.


What we like:
  • 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
What could be improved:
  • Wonky battling system
  • Limited traversal over rivers and oceans at this point

  • survival
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • cooperative
  • exploration

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Palworld (2026)

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Playstation 5 Xbox Series X/s PC Windows Mac OS Xbox One Xbox Series X

Embark on a thrilling adventure in Palworld, a game that fuses the fun of creature-collecting with hardcore survival challenges! Build, battle, and bond with your Pals in a vast, dynamic world. Whether you're crafting the perfect base or exploring uncharted territories with friends, every decision carves your path to survival. Are you ready to conquer this wild, whimsical world?


What we like:
  • Unique blend of creature-collecting and survival
  • Engaging base-building with the help of Pals
  • Wide variety of Pals for strategic gameplay
  • Multiplayer mode to share the adventure
  • Expansive world full of exploration and challenges
What could be improved:
  • Combat mechanics and base management need refinement
  • Some themes and humor may not appeal to all

  • survival
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • farming
  • collector
  • creature
  • pokemon
  • multiplayer

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Subnautica 2 (2026)

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Mac OS IOS iPhone Android Xbox Series X/s PC Windows Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Subnautica 2 is an underwater survival adventure set on an all-new alien world, developed by Unknown Worlds. Play alone or with friends in 4-player co-op. Adapt to survive by building custom bases and crafting tools. Explore the unknown to uncover the mysteries hidden within the depths.


  • underwater
  • survival
  • open-world
  • horror
  • cooperative

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Grounded 2 (2025)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 PC Windows

Shrunk again, but the world is much larger. In this open-world, single-player or co-op survival adventure, craft weapons and armor, build your base, and traverse the playground on your buggy. But something else is out there—and it hasn’t forgotten you.


  • survival
  • crafting
  • base-building
  • open-world
  • cooperative
  • park
  • sandbox
  • exploration

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Abiotic Factor (2025)

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Playstation 5 Xbox One PC Windows Xbox Series X

Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.


  • survival
  • crafting
  • cooperative
  • open-world
  • sci-fi
  • base-building
  • campaign
  • aliens

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Forsaken Isle (2025)

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PC Windows

Stranded on a desert island, explore, craft, build and fight in this action survival game!

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  • crafting
  • survival
  • pixel
  • sandbox
  • rpg
  • burton
  • casual
  • farming
  • pirates
  • adventure

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PEAK (2025)

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IOS iPhone j PC Windows

PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

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  • cooperative
  • survival
  • climbing
  • multiplayer
  • comedy
  • inventory
  • online
  • player-to-player
  • horror

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Dune: Awakening (2025)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X/s Playstation 5 Xbox Series X IOS iPhone Xbox One

Dune: Awakening is a single- and multiplayer Open World Survival game with immersive adventure and RPG gameplay. Explore, build, craft, and unravel a cinematic Dune story as you rise from survival to greatness on the most legendary planet in the universe. Just remember: the sandworm always comes.


  • survival
  • mmo
  • multiplayer
  • crafting
  • open-world

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Tinkerlands (2025)

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early access PC Windows

Explore, craft, and fight your way through uncharted islands — solo or with up to 4 players in co-op! Tinkerlands is an exciting survival adventure where you will build your settlement, craft useful tools to survive, and even use magic!

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  • crafting
  • survival
  • open-world
  • building
  • sandbox
  • pixel
  • cooperative
  • procedural
  • 2d
  • replay-value
  • exploration

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