The Best Survival Games

Update : Atomfall added at rank #1.
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Atomfall (2025)

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76
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Playstation 5 j Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox Series X

A nuclear disaster has left an area of Britain in tatters. Atomfall, a new survival-action game, will see you explore, scavenge, craft, barter and fight your way through beautifully recreated scenery in search of answers.


  • survival
  • survival-action
  • open-world
  • stealth
  • exploration
  • rpg
  • combat
  • mystery
  • first-person
  • crafting
  • open-ended
  • shooter
  • alternate
  • post-apocalyptic
  • inventory

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Grim (2025)

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60
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early access PC Windows Linux Mac OS Playstation 4 vita Android IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch Xbox One

GRIM is an Exclusive VR Multiplayer Survival game where you must immerse yourself in its red wasteland, where survival is not just a choice but a grueling battle against nature and other desperate players. You must gather resources, craft, and build your base, all to stay alive.


  • survival
  • narration
  • dynamic
  • crafting
  • open-world
  • vr
  • rpg
  • base-building
  • multiple-endings
  • exploration
  • cinematic
  • dark
  • first-person
  • multiplayer
  • pvp

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Aloft (2025)

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early access PC Windows

Soar the skies in Aloft, the co-op sandbox survival game set in a world of floating islands. Build any island into a skyship, your home in the clouds. Find lost knowledge, cure the fungal corruption, and brave the hurricane to restore the ecosystem.

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  • crafting
  • open-world
  • survival
  • building
  • sailing
  • sandbox
  • cooperative
  • colourful
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • naval
  • agriculture
  • base-building
  • simulation
  • farming

4

My Summer Car (2025)

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94
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PC Windows

My Summer Car is the ultimate car owning, building, fixing, tuning, maintenance AND permadeath life survival simulator. You start the game with hundreds of loose parts and assemble both car and engine.

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  • auto
  • simulation
  • open-world
  • survival
  • driving
  • drunk-driving
  • building
  • vehicle
  • realistic
  • funny

5

Border Town (2024)

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100
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PC Windows

Restore the former glory of Border Town in an open-world sandbox RPG set in a fantastical realm. Explore the world, craft tools and weapons, cultivate fields, and socialise with your neighbours while dealing with dark forces that threaten to destroy everything you have built.

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  • building
  • farming
  • sandbox
  • rpg
  • open-world
  • action-adventure
  • shooter
  • survival
  • top-down
  • old-school
  • first-person
  • cartoony
  • simulation
  • adventure
  • magic

6

Heat Death: Survival Train (2024)

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80
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PC Windows

Heat Death is a sci-fi survival game where you can build, upgrade, and customize your battle train to explore and survive a frozen world! This train is not only your shelter and vehicle, but also your weapon and ally to face hostile drones, deadly storms, and hidden mysteries of an unknown world!

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  • crafting
  • survival
  • open-world
  • lore
  • base-building
  • post-apocalyptic
  • building
  • trains
  • transhumanism
  • thread
  • futuristic
  • exploration
  • sandbox

7

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl (2024)

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74
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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X

Discover the vast Chornobyl Exclusion Zone full of dangerous enemies, deadly anomalies and powerful artifacts. Unveil your own epic story as you make your way to the Heart of Chornobyl. Make your choices wisely, as they will determine your fate in the end.


  • shooter
  • open-world
  • first-person
  • survival
  • fps
  • survival-horror
  • inventory
  • narrative
  • post-apocalyptic
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • military
  • hardcore

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Satisfactory (2024)

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92
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PC Windows

Satisfactory is an engaging first-person factory-building game on an alien planet, allowing players to explore a pre-generated world and harvest natural resources to create automated factories. With great power systems and conveyor belts to help automate resource collection and transportation, the game offers a fun and addictive experience for control freaks and automation enthusiasts. The added survival element provides extra depth, making it a must-play for exploration and building game fans.


What we like:
  • Engaging first-person factory-building experience
  • Pre-generated world for unique gameplay experience
  • Fun power systems and conveyor belts for resource automation
  • Survival element adds extra depth
  • Great for building and automation enthusiasts
What could be improved:
  • May require significant time investment to unlock useful devices and modes of transportation
  • Demands patience, structure and adaptability

  • factory-building
  • first-person
  • crafting
  • survival
  • sandbox
  • open-world
  • automation
  • resource
  • factory
  • exploration
  • cooperative
  • factory-builder
  • robo-said
  • base-building
  • futurama

9

Core Keeper (2024)

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86
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Linux Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows

Core Keeper is a mining/crafting-adventure game that combines elements from games like Terraria, Stardew Valley, and Valheim. Dive into a subterranean world where you mine, build, and battle in an ever-expanding cave of wonders. Forge your path, unearth relics, and conquer monstrous foes, solo or with friends. It's a sandbox of secrets waiting for you to uncover!


What we like:
  • Infinite exploration with diverse biomes
  • Complete creative freedom in a fully destructible environment
  • Rich in secrets and stunning vistas
  • Varied gameplay with distinct regions
  • Extensive mod support enhances replayability
What could be improved:
  • Challenging navigation without clear landmarks
  • Limited inventory and storage space

  • survival
  • crafting
  • sandbox
  • cooperative
  • mining
  • cooking
  • farming
  • pixel
  • open-world
  • building
  • boss
  • procedural
  • simulation

10

Once Human (2024)

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73
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IOS iPhone PC Windows Android

Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.


  • survival
  • open-world
  • crafting
  • post-apocalyptic
  • multiplayer
  • mmo
  • base-building
  • cooperative

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