The Best Survival Games for Mac OS - Page 3

Update : The Last Plague: Blight added at rank #44.
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Synergy (2024)

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early access Linux PC Windows Mac OS

Synergy is a city-building game in which humanity must survive in a strange and hostile world. Build a city while respecting the ecosystem. Explore and analyze your environment. Provide for the needs of your citizens.


  • diplomacy
  • post-apocalyptic
  • economy
  • base-building
  • city-building
  • building
  • trading
  • steampunk
  • resource-management
  • survival
  • management
  • simulation
  • strategy
  • farming

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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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Terminus: Zombie Survivors (2021)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?

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  • turn-based
  • survival
  • crafting
  • zombies
  • open-world
  • rogue-like
  • sandbox
  • strategy
  • post-apocalyptic
  • gore
  • pixel
  • horror

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Necesse (2019)

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early access Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Necesse is an open-world, top-down sandbox game with a huge amount of potential. Explore procedurally generated islands, build towns, recruit settlers and complete quests - either on your own or with friends. There are forest, snow, swamp and desert biomes to discover as well as mobs and boss battles to fight. The crafting recipes are intuitive and the base building is fun and easy to learn.

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What we like:
  • Procedurally generated world of islands
  • Mobs to fight
  • Boss battles
  • Intuitive crafting recipes
  • Base building system
  • Online multiplayer
What could be improved:
  • Not much verticality in the build system yet
  • Minimal cosmetic changes for builds
  • Some bullet hell elements during boss fights

  • crafting
  • survival
  • open-world
  • cooperative
  • colony
  • building
  • sandbox
  • pixel
  • exploration
  • survival-craft
  • replay-value
  • 2d
  • multiplayer
  • farming
  • online

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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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The Long Dark (2017)

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Xbox One Linux Mac OS PC Windows

In The Long Dark, you're plunged into a frozen wilderness in the aftermath of a geomagnetic disaster. It's a tense survival game where every decision counts. Face the elements, manage resources, and fight for your survival. Will you earn the right to live in this beautifully rendered, award-winning game?


What we like:
  • Immersive survival experience
  • Beautifully rendered game world
  • Challenging gameplay
  • Distinct feeling of constant danger
  • Engaging story mode
What could be improved:
  • Unfinished main story
  • Complicated updates
  • Empty world with repetitive gameplay
  • Limited crafting options

  • survival
  • sandbox

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UnReal World (2016)

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dos Mac OS Linux PC Windows

The cult classic open-ended wilderness survival roguelike RPG taking place in the ancient North. Throughout the years, UnReal World has been praised for its incredible depth, realism, atmosphere and immersion. Lose yourself in the most intricate, detailed and enchanting iron-age game world.

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  • survival
  • rogue-like
  • simulation
  • rpg
  • procedural
  • roleplaying

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60 Parsecs! (2018)

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Android Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone

60 Parsecs! is a successor to 60 Seconds! Reatomized, a game that puts you in control of a space station crew member who must collect supplies and crewmates in order to escape the fallout of an incoming missile. With only 60 seconds to pick up your things, you must make wise decisions and manage resources carefully if you want to survive.


What we like:
  • Easy to pick up and play
  • Lots of freedom in how you approach problems
  • Characters have unique personalities and designs that are easy to get invested in
  • Crafting station for creating items
  • Special challenge stories with different criteria for completion
What could be improved:
  • Lack of puzzles and difficulty

  • survival
  • comedy
  • very-much-permadeath
  • crafting
  • space
  • adventure
  • cold
  • sci-fi
  • simulation
  • post-apocalyptic
  • strategy
  • dark
  • point-and-click
  • resource-management
  • atmospheric

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60 Seconds! (2015)

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Xbox 360 PC Windows Mac OS Nintendo Switch Android IOS iPhone Playstation 4

60 Seconds! is a dark comedy atomic adventure of scavenge and survival. Collect supplies and rescue your family before the nuke hits. Stay alive in your fallout shelter. Make difficult decisions, ration food and hunt mutant cockroaches. And maybe survive. Or not.


  • survival
  • post-apocalyptic
  • comedy
  • dark
  • humor
  • simulation
  • text
  • scavenging
  • funny

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Unturned (2017)

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Playstation 4 Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

Survive a thrilling zombie apocalypse in Unturned! Scavenge, hunt, build bases, and engage in intense PvP battles. Experience the charm of its vibrant, cartoon-like aesthetics while enjoying RPG elements and crafting. Team up with friends or go solo in this quirky survival simulator. Just beware of the lurking zombies!

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What we like:
  • Fun and engaging gameplay
  • Creative modding options
  • Private multiplayer with friends
  • Charming and vibrant art style
  • Variety of weapons and traps
What could be improved:
  • Lag issues in PvP servers
  • Zombies too easy to sneak around
  • Lack of guidance for new players
  • Occasional glitches and bugs

  • survival
  • zombies
  • multiplayer
  • crafting
  • post-apocalyptic
  • shooter
  • loot
  • mmo

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