Best Survival Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated survival games.

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The Story of Henry Bishop The story of Henry Bishop is a first-person psychological thriller, where the player will have to fight, guess riddles, immerse into a mystical plot and an incredible story.

Price -50% 2.94€
Rating 7.8
Release 07 Nov 2019
BEARS, VODKA, BALALAIKA! 🐻 The year is 1941. You play as russian soldier in times of nazis occupation.

Price 3.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 06 Nov 2019
Citadel: Forged with Fire This massive online sandbox RPG features elements of magic, spellcasting, building, exploring and crafting. As a newly minted apprentice of the magic arts, you will set off to the dangerous world of Ignus. Tame mighty beasts, forge alliances, explore uncharted territories or fight for dominance!

Price 14.79€
Rating 6.7
Release 01 Nov 2019
SONG OF HORROR COMPLETE EDITION A 3rd person, fixed-camera survival horror adventure. Fear the Presence, a mysterious entity you cannot fight: stay alert, hide, breathe slowly... Explore cursed places where unseen spirits and lost souls linger in a true horror story for the ages.

Price -88% 3.76€
Rating 7.8
Release 31 Oct 2019
Moons of Madness Moons of Madness is a first-person, story-driven cosmic horror game where the scientific exploration of Mars meets the supernatural dread of Lovecraft.

Price -90% 2.52€
Rating 7.5
Release 22 Oct 2019
Abandon Ship Take command of an 'Age of Sail' ship and her crew, exploring a vast, story-filled world that reacts to your decisions. Engage enemy vessels, fortifications and sea monsters in brutal tactical combat, all framed in an art style inspired by classic Naval Oil Paintings.

Price -92% 2.05€
Rating 7.1
Release 22 Oct 2019
Hello Neighbor Alpha 3 Alpha 3 of Hello Neighbor brought the first iteration of the large house. Hello Neighbor is a stealth horror game about sneaking into your creepy Neighbor's house.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.4
Release 17 Oct 2019
The Beast Inside The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. Immerse in the story of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists bounded by dark heritage. Combat the enemies, solve riddles and experience real terror in the 3D-scanned environment.

Price -98% 0.64€
Rating 8.1
Release 17 Oct 2019
Hello Neighbor Alpha 2 Welcome to Alpha 2 of Hello Neighbor. Play against an advanced, self-learning AI in what eventually became Act 1 of Hello Neighbor - the stealth horror home invasion sim.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.1
Release 15 Oct 2019
Rise to Ruins A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.

Price 13.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 14 Oct 2019
Walking Zombie 2 Zombie singleplayer shooter in modern polygon graphics with rich RPG elements.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 11 Oct 2019
Hello Neighbor Pre-Alpha The Original Pre-Alpha of Hello Neighbor, a Stealth Horror Game about sneaking into your neighbor's house and figuring out what he's hiding in the basement. Play against an advanced AI that learns from your actions.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 10 Oct 2019
Deuterium Wars Deuterium Wars is a rapid 2D shooter. Create your own aircraft and plunge into heated battle with other players. What awaits you: an extensive role-playing system, craft, trading, and much more on a single server for all platforms.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.4
Release 10 Oct 2019
Deliver Us The Moon Deliver Us The Moon is a Sci-Fi thriller set in an apocalyptic near future where Earth's natural resources are depleted. In an effort to solve the energy crisis, global powers created the World Space Agency and secured a promising new source of energy on the moon.

Price -97% 0.75€
Rating 8.6
Release 10 Oct 2019
War Selection War Selection is a compelling RTS game featuring base building, resource extraction and warfare. Evolve from a stone age tribe to a distinct industrial nation with unique game mechanics and battle for supremacy with dozens of players on a unique procedurally generated map.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 08 Oct 2019
The Wild Eight The Wild Eight is an intense survival action-adventure set in the frozen wilderness of Alaska. Team up with friends in online co-op or go solo, explore the mysterious land, craft weapons and fight to live another day.

Price -99% 0.42€
Rating 6.7
Release 03 Oct 2019
GOLD EXPRESS New AI character "Punch" is available now! Welcome to the Project "Gold Express"! It is a cyberpunk style asymmetric multiplayer game in which you can get new survival experience with your teammates with various abilities in the strategic maps.

Price 13.49€
Rating 6.5
Release 27 Sep 2019
Mindustry An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.

Price -53% 4.74€
Rating 9.4
Release 26 Sep 2019
The Long Drive Random generated open world semi-post apocalyptic survival car driving game.

Price 15.79€
Rating 8.9
Release 25 Sep 2019
Crowd Simulator It's really crowded!!! Crowd Simulator is a unique, fun experience that places you in different crowd scenarios. The main objective is to move with and against crowds.

Price 2.99€
Rating 6.8
Release 23 Sep 2019
Maelstrom Command the seas in Maelstrom! Engage in fast-paced naval battles with powerful warships and colossal sea monsters. Customize your fleet and dominate the Abyssal Ocean. Are you ruthless enough to survive?

Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 20 Sep 2019
Deadly Days Deadly Days is a unique strategic rogue-lite in the zombie apocalypse. Manage and protect a group of survivors and help them to stop the catastrophe. Discover and use a large number of wild and crazy objects, even wilder and crazier survivors, special abilities, and deadly weapons.

Price -94% 0.73€
Rating 8.2
Release 19 Sep 2019
Overland Take care of a group of travelers on a post-apocalyptic road-trip across the United States in this turn-based survival game.

Price 19.50€
Rating 7.0
Release 19 Sep 2019
Trailmakers Build the ultimate vehicle and explore a vast open world filled with challenges and adventure. Play solo or team up with friends in multiplayer to conquer the toughest obstacles. With a thrilling campaign mode and endless creative possibilities, Trailmakers is the ultimate sandbox for adventurers.

Price -96% 1.03€
Rating 9.1
Release 18 Sep 2019
Daymare: 1998 DAYMARE: 1998 is a third-person survival horror game that recreates the mood of iconic titles from the '90s, with a fresh storyline. An incident that turns a small town into a deadly zone, three characters to play with and little time to find the truth, before its mutated citizens abruptly end your mission.

Price -99% 0.44€
Rating 6.8
Release 17 Sep 2019
Nauticrawl A stolen, enigmatic machine is your only way out. It's likely to kill you, but so will the hostile planet you're escaping. Pull levers, hack devices, and puzzle out how to pilot the Nauticrawl to freedom in this unusual atmospheric adventure... or die trying.

Price -95% 0.80€
Rating 8.5
Release 16 Sep 2019
WARMODE Free to play shooter about the confrontation of two irreconcilable sides, represented by the government military housings and the armed hirelings. Try your hand at virtual battles with off-scale dynamics and hurricane gameplay in the spirit of the classical shooters.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.1
Release 13 Sep 2019
Die Young Kidnapped for no clear reason to a dazzling yet mysterious island on the Mediterranean Sea, a young girl has to find a way to escape. Armed with only her wits, agility, and the will to stay alive, she must make her getaway or Die Young.

Price -91% 0.88€
Rating 7.6
Release 12 Sep 2019
Green Hell Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.

Price -95% 1.08€
Rating 8.5
Release 05 Sep 2019
Blair Witch A first-person, story-driven psychological horror game based on the cinematic lore of the Blair Witch. Explore the haunted grounds of the Black Hills Forest in a harrowing investigation that forces you to confront the evil that resides deep in the woods.

Price -98% 0.69€
Rating 7.7
Release 30 Aug 2019
Great Toilet Simulator Great Toilet Simulator is a first-person indie horror telling you the story of a man who has his car broken on his way home, in the middle of a thick forest. What makes the situation even worse is that the main character is really in need of a toilet.

Price 0.99€
Rating 7.7
Release 23 Aug 2019
Remnant: From the Ashes The world has been thrown into chaos by an ancient evil from another dimension. As one of the last remnants of humanity, you must set out alone or alongside up to two other survivors to face down hordes of deadly enemies to try to carve a foothold, rebuild, and retake what was lost.

Price -95% 2.23€
Rating 8.3
Release 19 Aug 2019
ARIDA: Backland's Awakening ARIDA: Backland's Awakening. A story of survival and adventure in the brazilian backlands. Face the drought to explore the more arid regions, gather resources and discover clues about the fate of the young Cícera.

Price -83% 0.59€
Rating 8.2
Release 15 Aug 2019
Shortest Trip to Earth Shortest Trip to Earth is a roguelike spaceship simulator focused on exploration, ship management and tactical battles. Embark on a perilous journey across the universe with nuclear missiles, armed crew and a cat.

Price -98% 0.64€
Rating 7.4
Release 15 Aug 2019
Peekaboo Peekaboo — Hide & Seek Online. Players are divided into two teams: props and hunters.Props take the form of objects and adopt their physical properties, and hunters are trying with all their might to find them.

Price -77% 0.70€
Rating 7.7
Release 07 Aug 2019
Silver Chains Silver Chains is a first-person horror game with a strong emphasis on story and exploration. Search for clues within an old abandoned manor to unravel the truth about the terrible events which have happened.

Price -99% 0.40€
Rating 6.7
Release 06 Aug 2019

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