Best Survival games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our survival game recommendations are based on a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews. We believe that player feedback is the most reliable indicator of a game's true quality and enjoyment. Our algorithm evaluates user reviews to identify survival games that consistently deliver exceptional experiences. This means you can be confident that our lists feature only the best survival games on Steam, validated by the community itself.

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Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper

Force of Nature 2: Ghost Keeper offers incredible adventures full of mystery, danger, exploration and magic. This game combines the genres of Survival, Sandbox, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy and Resource Management

Price 15.79€
Rating 7.8
Release 27 May 2021

Tainted Grail: Conquest

A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon.

Price 16.79€
Rating 8.8
Release 27 May 2021

The Wild at Heart

Wield an ever-growing herd of quirky creatures to rebuild broken paths, battle perilous beasts, and solve peculiar puzzles in a rich, interconnected world. Join two young runaways as they unravel the mysteries of a lost realm in this nostalgic storybook fantasy!

Price 24.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 19 May 2021

Siege Survival: Gloria Victis

A medieval city under siege and a handful of civilians are all that keep the walls from falling. Mixing survival strategy and resource management, build your camp, craft supplies, and scavenge the occupied city to supply the last troops holding back the invaders.

Price -84% 3.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 18 May 2021

Days Gone

Ride and fight into a deadly, post pandemic America. Play as Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live in this open-world action-adventure game.

Price 39.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 17 May 2021

中年失业模拟器When a man lose his job

You are a 35-years-old man who struggling in a huge city, the mortgage is pressing you to work day and night. Suddenly ,you got fired! Without income, you have to pay mortgage (15000 G /month) and raise 2 kids! How can you do that? Come on ! Earn money and save your family!

Price -68% 2.10€
Rating 7.3
Release 14 May 2021

Subnautica: Below Zero

Dive into a freezing underwater adventure on an alien planet. Below Zero is set two years after the original Subnautica. Return to Planet 4546B to uncover the truth behind a deadly cover-up. Survive by building habitats, crafting tools, & diving deeper into the world of Subnautica.

Price 29.99€
Rating 8.9
Release 13 May 2021

Lost Ruins

Lost Ruins is a 2D side-scrolling survival action game, where you play as a young girl that has awoken in a strange and foreign place without her memories. Explore a dark and dangerous world, battle hideous monsters, and topple incredible bosses.

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.3
Release 13 May 2021

Resident Evil Village

Experience survival horror like never before in the 8th major installment in the Resident Evil franchise - Resident Evil Village. With detailed graphics, intense first-person action and masterful storytelling, the terror has never felt more realistic.

Price 39.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 06 May 2021

Insurmountable

Confront various terrains as a lonely mountaineer and endure the countless dangers of climbing! Many tough decisions await you in a risky environment. Make your way up and down the mountain, overcoming insurmountable heights!

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 29 Apr 2021

Predator: Hunting Grounds

Hunt or be hunted in this asymmetrical multiplayer shooter that pits man against Predator. As part of a Fireteam, complete missions before the Predator finds you. Or be the Predator and hunt your prey.

Price 19.50€
Rating 7.5
Release 29 Apr 2021

CryoFall

CryoFall is a sci-fi colony simulation survival game set on a forgotten planet in a distant future. Master technology, agriculture, trading, industry, cybernetics, exploration, and more!

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 29 Apr 2021

Hobo: Tough Life

Hobo: Tough Life is an urban survival role-playing game where you play as a homeless person. Play alone or team up in online co-op. Explore the streets of Praslav, scavenge for food and supplies, beg, steal, and do whatever else it takes to survive the forthcoming winter.

Price 28.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 12 Apr 2021

First Feudal

Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.

Price 18.49€
Rating 7.3
Release 08 Apr 2021

[Chilla's Art] The Caregiver | 終焉介護

The Caregiver | 終焉介護 is a psychological Japanese horror adventure game about a caregiver.

Price 4.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 02 Apr 2021

Aircraft Carrier Survival: Tutorial

When the harshness of the sea meets the cruelties of war, a challenge for perseverance makes itself known. And it is like none other. Welcome to Aircraft Carrier Survival, a strategy set in the merciless reality of World War II, where your prowess as a commander decides the fate of a naval behemoth.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.8
Release 31 Mar 2021

Soul Dossier

Soul Dossier is a multiplayer game based on Oriental culture (5vS1). The game is based on a variety of traditional Oriental cultures, including five elements, eight diagrams and folklore.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 29 Mar 2021

Alek - The Lost Kingdom

Alek, the young man who will change Zarabon's World forever. In this adventure, you must rebuild the world of Zarabon in your image. Build villages and manage your production lines with the help of your villagers.

Price 16.79€
Rating 7.3
Release 26 Mar 2021

Cosmodread

Cosmodread is a VR survival horror roguelike about escaping a dying spaceship filled with nightmares. Stranded in a hostile universe, you must explore, survive, and find your way back to the safety of Earth.

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.5
Release 25 Mar 2021

Vectorio Classic

The original, uncompleted version of Vectorio. Claim resources, unlock new buildings, and expand your defenses as you fight back against enemy forces in the classic edition of Vectorio! Play for free now.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.9
Release 22 Mar 2021

Wanted Raccoon

WANTED RACCOON is a 3rd person raccoon simulator with a storyline and extensive research space. Steal food, ride a skateboard, be inconspicuous, fight with people, create equipment, upgrade skills, lead resistance and find a kidnapped family!

Price 16.49€
Rating 7.2
Release 19 Mar 2021

Mr. Prepper

Mr. Prepper is about being prepared. You know something is wrong. The risk of a nuclear war is in the air and you need to get ready for what's coming.

Price 19.50€
Rating 7.8
Release 18 Mar 2021

Endzone - A World Apart

Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

Price 29.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 18 Mar 2021

Dead Age 2: The Zombie Survival RPG

The successful indie survival RPG "Dead Age" is back with a vengeance! No other game offers this mix of role-playing, rogue-like, fast-paced turn-based combat and survival all in one. Inspired by Darkest Dungeon, Fallout 1+2, This War of Mine and The Walking Dead.

Price -85% 2.69€
Rating 7.3
Release 12 Mar 2021

Rem Survival

Tackle starvation, dehydration, thermal conditions, radiation poisoning, and toxic gas inhalation while trying to keep your sanity intact. Shack up, cook some chicken, and make friends or enemies as you discover, explore, learn, build, and develop your skills needed for a true survival experience.

Price 15.79€
Rating 7.2
Release 05 Mar 2021

Breathedge

Survive in outer space! Together with your immortal chicken, discover the truth behind your sudden spaceship crash. Craft tools, pilot vehicles, and even control space stations to survive and explore the wreckage.

Price 24.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 25 Feb 2021

Enter The Backrooms

An indie psychological horror experience about surviving infinity. Navigate an endless expanse of rooms, ascend through various levels, gather items and artifacts, avoid going insane, evade corrupted entities, and see just how deep the realm known as The Backrooms goes.

Price 9.69€
Rating 8.3
Release 12 Feb 2021

Becastled

Becastled is about building and defending your castle from sieges in a fantasy world!

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 08 Feb 2021

Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord

The Last Warlord is a Turn-based strategy game. The game is based on the famous Chinese historical novel. The Three Kingdoms (A.D. 190 – 280) was the tripartite division of China between the states of Wei, Shu, and Wu.

Price 3.29€
Rating 6.9
Release 04 Feb 2021

Valheim

A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!

Price 19.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 02 Feb 2021

DEVOUR

DEVOUR is a co-op horror survival game for 1-4 players. Stop possessed cultists before they drag you to hell. Run. Scream. Hide. Just don't get caught.

Price 9.75€
Rating 9.0
Release 28 Jan 2021

Garbage: Hobo Prophecy

Experience the struggle which a homeless man goes through in a humorous manner. Primitive elements of contemporary life that we take for granted, such as staying warm, well-nourished, and hygienic, will become an issue.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.1
Release 28 Jan 2021

Curious Expedition 2

Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 28 Jan 2021

Zardy's Maze

Zardy's Maze is an extremely challenging horror game where you must enter a corn maze in the dead of night. Your goal? Cut down the giant plants that have started to grow there. Equipped with a flashlight and an axe, you must brave the unknown... And avoid what lurks in the darkness.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 22 Jan 2021

Survival Classic

Try to survive the harsh realities of the cold Siberian countryside. Live long and always remember, man is man's enemy. You can trust no one but it is almost impossible to survive on your own. Choose your path and go to finish. Firefights, transport, crafting and survival.

Price 9.99€
Rating 6.3
Release 22 Jan 2021

Undead Development

How long would you survive in this unrealistic representation of the zombie apocalypse? Scavenge for supplies, find a base, and construct your defenses. Break down furniture and board up your home. Set bear traps, nail your axe to a gun, or find your own ways to fight off the undead. VR required.

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.3
Release 13 Jan 2021

Caravaneer 2

A post-apocalyptic trade simulation game with turn based isometric combats. The game features detailed economics simulation and a rich branching story where your choices actually matter.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 30 Dec 2020

Hello Neighbor 2 Alpha 1

Alpha 1 of Hello Neighbor 2 is back! It is a Stealth Horror Game where you’re being stalked by a mysterious creature as you try to track down Mr. Peterson who has disappeared after the events of the first game. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI that adapts to your every move.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 29 Dec 2020

Mutant Ops

Mutant Ops is a low poly co-op shooter. Go in alone or with friends and survive endless waves of mutants and monsters.

Price 3.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 25 Dec 2020

Understanding, The Game

'Understanding, the game' it's a suspense/investigation horror indie game inspired in classic horror games! Full Game coming as soon we can! Help us grow the game!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.6
Release 23 Dec 2020

Hand Simulator: Horror

Fear clouds the mind. Fear paralyzes the body. If your hands are shaking with fear, you will remain in this hell forever.

Price 2.99€
Rating 6.8
Release 22 Dec 2020

Ratropolis

A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 22 Dec 2020

Founders' Fortune

A fantasy village builder focusing on creative building, colonist psychology and base defense. Handle resources, farming, production, tools, diplomacy, families, trading, defense, and research, as well as the wishes, expectations, thoughts, and equipment of every villager.

Price 18.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 18 Dec 2020

Don't Be Afraid

Don't Be Afraid is an adventure horror game, that allows you to personate a boy, kidnapped by a psychopath. You have to survive, escape and find out how you were kidnapped. Exploring the gigantic, mysterious house of your torturer, you will soon reveal many secrets, hidden inside it’s walls…

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.0
Release 17 Dec 2020

Contagion VR: Outbreak

Contagion VR: Outbreak will immerse you into the middle of a zombie apocalypse. Relive stories of the survivors in the Single Player campaign, take your time in Free Roam, or check out the Firing Range!

Price 8.19€
Rating 6.2
Release 11 Dec 2020

Ultimate Zombie Defense

Team up or face it alone in this top down zombie slaying defense adventure! Featuring up to 4 player online co-op, cleanse the infected wave by wave and upgrade your base with traps & defenses to build the Ultimate Zombie Defense. Can YOU stop them?

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 08 Dec 2020

Per Aspera

Make Mars your own! Take control of the world’s most sophisticated AI (AMI) and terraform the surface of the Red Planet for a city-building experience on a planetary scale. Transform this barren world into a lush paradise and explore the surface for any ancient secrets that may be waiting.

Price 29.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 03 Dec 2020

AOD: Art Of Defense

AOD is a new gameplay in the traditional tower defence genre. You must protect your base from waves of approaching enemies. Build and improve your towers and units and destroy your enemies in any way you can. Don't be weak, destroy them all, show who's in charge!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.4
Release 01 Dec 2020