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Best Survival Games

Top 50 of 964 qualifying games — tagged Survival (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-05-20.

1 Ib (2022) Story Rich · Pixel Graphics · Indie · 200K–500K owners · $9.09 99.0%4,386 reviews 2 Picayune Dreams (2023) Bullet Hell · Psychedelic · Action Roguelike · 100K–200K owners · $4.99 98.8%3,219 reviews 3 Your Turn To Die -Death Game By Majority- (2023) Early Access · Multiple Endings · Female Protagonist · 100K–200K owners · $16.99 98.6%2,586 reviews 4 RimWorld (2018) Colony Sim · Base-Building · Survival · 5M–10M owners · $34.99 98.0%210,517 reviews 5 It Steals (2020) Survival Horror · Horror · FPS · 200K–500K owners · $4.99 98.3%2,065 reviews 6 Resident Evil 4 (2023) Horror · Action · Survival Horror · 5M–10M owners · $39.99 97.7%181,708 reviews 7 Loddlenaut (2023) Underwater · Relaxing · Open World · 100K–200K owners · $19.99 98.1%4,399 reviews 8 WolfQuest: Anniversary Edition (2025) Early Access · Life Sim · Survival · 200K–500K owners · $29.99 97.9%10,248 reviews 9 Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition (2009) Tower Defense · Zombies · Strategy · 2M–5M owners · $4.99 97.6%139,925 reviews 10 Iron Snout (2016) Free to Play · 2D Fighter · Action · 2M–5M owners · Free 97.7%17,346 reviews 11 Left 4 Dead 2 (2009) Zombies · Co-op · FPS · 50M–100M owners · $9.99 97.5%963,983 reviews 12 Terraria (2011) Open World Survival Craft · Sandbox · Survival · 20M–50M owners · $9.99 97.5%1,409,473 reviews 13 Counter-Strike (2000) Action · FPS · Multiplayer · 10M–20M owners · $9.99 97.4%250,245 reviews 14 Don't Escape: 4 Days to Survive (2019) Adventure · Pixel Graphics · Point & Click · 100K–200K owners · $14.99 98.0%2,272 reviews 15 Bloons TD 6 (2018) Tower Defense · Strategy · Multiplayer · 2M–5M owners · $13.99 97.3%353,960 reviews 16 ARMORED HEAD (2020) Arena Shooter · FPS · Action · 50K–100K owners · $2.49 98.1%1,227 reviews 17 Deep Rock Galactic (2020) Dwarf · Co-op · PvE · 5M–10M owners · $8.99 97.3%343,000 reviews 18 The Walking Dead (2012) Zombies · Story Rich · Adventure · 2M–5M owners · $14.99 97.3%73,628 reviews 19 Satisfactory (2024) Base-Building · Automation · Open World · 10M–20M owners · $39.99 97.2%232,064 reviews 20 Monster Prom 3: Monster Roadtrip (2022) Visual Novel · LGBTQ+ · Dating Sim · 100K–200K owners · $11.99 97.6%3,112 reviews 21 Subnautica (2018) Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Horror · 5M–10M owners · $7.49 97.0%313,707 reviews 22 Factorio (2020) Automation · Base-Building · Resource Management · 5M–10M owners · $35.00 97.0%215,209 reviews 23 Resident Evil 2 (2019) Zombies · Survival Horror · Horror · 5M–10M owners · $39.99 97.0%172,857 reviews 24 Swallow the Sea (2021) Action · Free to Play · Adventure · 100K–200K owners · Free 97.5%2,300 reviews 25 Clone Drone in the Danger Zone (2021) Robots · Action · 3D Fighter · 1M–2M owners · $19.99 96.8%33,067 reviews 26 Oxygen Not Included (2019) Colony Sim · Base-Building · Survival · 2M–5M owners · $24.99 96.8%128,390 reviews 27 No Time (2019) Time Travel · Time Manipulation · Sandbox · 20K–50K owners · $12.99 97.5%1,705 reviews 28 Cat Bait (2024) Indie · Cute · Cats · 20K–50K owners · $4.99 97.7%1,043 reviews 29 Brotato (2023) Rogue-like · Singleplayer · Action Roguelike · 2M–5M owners · $4.99 96.7%97,801 reviews 30 Don't Starve (2013) Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Crafting · 2M–5M owners · $9.99 96.6%109,816 reviews 31 R.E.P.O. (2025) Horror · Online Co-Op · Multiplayer · 10M–20M owners · $6.99 96.5%185,642 reviews 32 Desperados III (2020) Real Time Tactics · Strategy · Stealth · 500K–1M owners · $39.99 96.7%14,540 reviews 33 The Walking Dead: Season Two (2013) Zombies · Adventure · Story Rich · 1M–2M owners · $14.99 96.5%31,639 reviews 34 Abiotic Factor (2025) Survival · Online Co-Op · Open World Survival Craft · 500K–1M owners · $34.99 96.4%31,274 reviews 35 Left 4 Dead (2008) Zombies · Co-op · Multiplayer · 5M–10M owners · $9.99 96.3%61,894 reviews 36 Counter-Strike: Source (2004) Shooter · FPS · Action · 10M–20M owners · $9.99 96.3%182,234 reviews 37 Orbt XL (2017) Arcade · Difficult · Relaxing · 200K–500K owners · $0.99 96.7%3,369 reviews 38 Fallout: New Vegas (2010) Open World · RPG · Post-apocalyptic · 5M–10M owners · $9.99 96.1%227,700 reviews 39 Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal (2014) Tower Defense · Strategy · Indie · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 96.6%4,647 reviews 40 Bit Blaster XL (2016) Bullet Hell · Shoot 'Em Up · Difficult · 500K–1M owners · $0.99 96.4%6,148 reviews 41 The Planet Crafter (2024) Open World Survival Craft · Base-Building · Survival · 1M–2M owners · $23.99 96.0%54,316 reviews 42 Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun (2016) Stealth · Strategy · Tactical · 1M–2M owners · $39.99 96.1%37,237 reviews 43 Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc (2016) Anime · Visual Novel · Mystery · 1M–2M owners · $19.99 96.1%30,431 reviews 44 FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: HELP WANTED (2019) Horror · VR · Singleplayer · 500K–1M owners · $29.99 96.0%12,463 reviews 45 Songs of Syx (2020) Early Access · City Builder · Colony Sim · 200K–500K owners · $24.99 96.2%5,822 reviews 46 Mindustry (2019) Base-Building · Resource Management · Tower Defense · 1M–2M owners · $9.99 95.8%22,266 reviews 47 The Forest (2018) Open World Survival Craft · Survival · Open World · 20M–50M owners · $19.99 95.5%627,791 reviews 48 House (2020) Horror · Pixel Graphics · Adventure · 100K–200K owners · $9.99 96.3%1,942 reviews 49 Fallout: New Vegas Open World · RPG · Post-apocalyptic · 500K–1M owners · $9.99 95.6%48,906 reviews 50 Kenshi (2018) Open World · Sandbox · RPG · 2M–5M owners · $29.99 95.5%98,135 reviews