The Best Survival Games for Playstation 5 - Page 2

Update : Albatroz added at rank #42.
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Green Hell (2019)

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

Survive the uncharted Amazonian rainforest in Green Hell, a gripping psychological thriller. With realistic survival mechanics, you'll build shelters, craft weapons, and hunt for food. The immersive gameplay and beautiful visuals will keep you on your toes, as you unravel the truth in this unique and unforgettable experience.


What we like:
  • Realistic survival mechanics
  • Immersive and challenging gameplay
  • Psychological twist adds intrigue
  • Beautiful and detailed graphics
  • Multiplayer mode for added replayability
What could be improved:
  • Inaccurate portrayal of native plants
  • Steep learning curve
  • Limited building system
  • Lack of replayability

  • survival
  • crafting

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No Man's Sky (2016)

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

No Man's Sky is a massive universe-sim sandbox experience that lets you explore an infinite number of planets with unique lifeforms and environments. Upgrade your ship and suit for survival and choose your own path - whether you want to be a trader, fighter, or explorer. The game offers great graphics and good VR support with the ability to play with friends and share your discoveries.

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What we like:
  • Deliver on promises
  • Great graphics
  • Cross-play enabled
  • Good VR support
What could be improved:
  • Some bugs present
  • Not challenging enough
  • No co-op progression

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

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The Riftbreaker (2021)

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Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

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.


What we like:
  • 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
What could be improved:
  • Fairly demanding on PC
  • Lacks gameplay depth in research and weaponry
  • Cumbersome weapon and armor upgrades

  • survival
  • tower-defense
  • mech
  • base-building
  • strategy
  • real-time
  • resource-management
  • resource
  • aliens
  • rpg
  • action
  • shooter
  • top-down
  • construction
  • local

14

Wizard With a Gun (2023)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X/s Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows

Dive into 'Wizard with a Gun', an enchanting survival adventure where you craft bullets, battle beasts, and bend time! Team up with friends or brave it alone in a world where your magical firepower is your lifeline. Customize your wizard and tower, uncover secrets, and master the art of gunomancy in this bewitching, chaotic realm.


What we like:
  • Stunning art style
  • Engaging crafting and customization
  • Co-op gameplay enhances fun
  • Unique time-travel gameplay mechanic
  • Captivating story with deep lore
What could be improved:
  • Potential grind for gear
  • Some clunky inventory management

  • survival
  • sandbox
  • crafting
  • cooperative
  • rogue-like
  • isometric
  • twin-stick
  • set
  • boss
  • shooter
  • magical
  • tower
  • exploration
  • online
  • resource

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Medieval Dynasty (2020)

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

Step back in time with Medieval Dynasty, where you rise from a survivor to a ruler in a rich, medieval world. Build your settlement from the ground up, navigate through engaging quests, and forge a thriving dynasty. Immerse yourself in lush, changing landscapes and face the challenges of the seasons. With deep crafting and building mechanics, every decision shapes your legacy. Are you ready to leave your mark on history?


What we like:
  • Deep and rewarding building and crafting system
  • Engaging main questline with unexpected twists
  • Beautiful, changing environments offer a dynamic setting
  • Customizable gameplay pace and difficulty
  • Offers a unique blend of survival, crafting, and town management
What could be improved:
  • Repetitive fetch quests can become tedious
  • UI and controls can be cumbersome and unintuitive

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

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Chernobylite (2019)

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

Uncover dark secrets in Chernobylite Enhanced Edition, a survival horror RPG set in Chernobyl's exclusion zone. As Igor, you'll search for your lost fiancee while battling supernatural foes and enduring a harsh environment. Your decisions shape the engrossing story. With stunning visuals, intelligent AI opponents, and non-linear storytelling, can you survive the chilling truth?


What we like:
  • Original content with strong worldbuilding
  • Gorgeous environments with immersive atmosphere
  • Engrossing story with compelling characters
  • Variety of missions and intelligent AI opponents
  • Impressive implementation of non-linear storytelling
What could be improved:
  • Frustrating choices and limited map variety
  • Disappointing achievements with no reward
  • Unresponsive gunplay and flawed enemy AI
  • Excessive dialogue and empty zones

  • survival
  • stealth
  • survival-horror
  • sci-fi
  • crafting
  • horror
  • supernatural
  • first-person
  • post-apocalyptic
  • shooter
  • heist
  • base-building
  • rpg
  • military
  • atmospheric

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Space Engineers (2019)

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Xbox One Android Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

Space Engineers is a sandbox game about engineering, construction, exploration and survival in space and on planets. Players build space ships, space stations, planetary outposts of various sizes and uses, pilot ships and travel through space to explore planets and gather resources to survive.

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  • sandbox
  • volumetric
  • survival
  • physics
  • block
  • space
  • open-world
  • crafting
  • building
  • construction
  • realistic
  • grid

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Tribes of Midgard (2021)

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

Dive into the Norse mythology with Tribes of Midgard, a vibrant survival ARPG! Protect the Seed of Yggdrasil, build a thriving community, and stave off Ragnarok. With 90 skills to unlock, 8 classes to choose, and a world full of legendary creatures, you'll enjoy endless excitement. Team up with friends or brave it solo in this thrilling adventure.


What we like:
  • Unique blend of genres
  • Cooperative multiplayer mode
  • Procedurally generated maps and enemies
  • Engaging character progression system
  • Flexible save system
What could be improved:
  • Reliance on other players in Saga mode
  • Limited voice audio
  • Repetitive grind and combat
  • Lack of variety in weather and events

  • survival
  • crafting
  • cooperative
  • mythology
  • boss
  • rogue-like

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Into the Radius (2020)

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Into the Radius is a single-player survival shooter in VR. Explore the Pechorsk zone filled with surreal landscapes and dangerous anomalies. Defend yourself with realistic firearms, recover strange artifacts, scavenge for loot, and uncover the mysteries of this unforgiving dystopian environment.


  • survival
  • post-apocalyptic
  • vr
  • shooter
  • horror
  • first-person
  • atmospheric

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DYSMANTLE (2021)

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

DYSMANTLE is a post-apocalyptic open-world game where you explore a world inhabited by nasty and vile creatures. Craft permanent weapons, tools, outfits, and trinkets, farm plants, cook delicious recipes, and solve puzzles to gain upgrades. With over 99% of everything breakable for materials, the possibilities are endless. Enjoy the bittersweet apocalypse and thrive in a dangerous world.


What we like:
  • Progression system is nice
  • Unique story with nice plot twist
  • Great feedback when hitting stuff
  • Cathartic to destroy everything
  • Good value for amount of content
What could be improved:
  • Crafting system is too grindy
  • Building feels like an afterthought
  • Travel is painfully slow
  • Lack of purpose for building and sleeping

  • zombies
  • survival
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • post-apocalyptic
  • beast
  • rpg

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