Survival Game reviews from Reddit

"V Rising dude"

"THIS, i can’t recommend enough"

"V rising i recommend"

"I’d suggest V rising, I’d play on a private server with just you and your friends."

"V Rising just got a big update. One of my favorite games, so definitely recommended."

"V rising is an amazing game that I only played pve for multiple times. If you love base building and skillful combat it's one of the best."

"V rising, Project Zomboid amazing games"

"+1 for V Rising. You can get a ton of hours out of building, brutal difficulty, and PvP servers and they just released a dlc"

"V rising"

"V rising on brutal mode!"

"Project Zomboid!"

"Project Zomboid. So fun with friends practicing different roles."

"Maybe try Project Zomboid. The top down isometric view turns off a lot of people but it’s a very dynamic and complex game, with a learning curve."

"Yes project zomboid is so fun with friends"

"Project Zomboid 100%"

"If it absolutely needs to be on steam, I'd recommend Project Zomboid."

"Project Zomboid. Best zombie survival game around."

"PROJECT ZOMBOID The ultimate zombie game."

"Project Zomboid"

"Zomboid"

"7 days to die has a lot of these games beat, go ahead and give it a try."

"7 Days to die is fun kick. I have a 100 plus on PC and console"

"7 days to die"

"My recommendations: 7 days to die"

"7 days to die is GOAT 👌👍"

"Came here to make sure 7d2d was mentioned. This is the answer"

"But 7 days to die. That game is oldish but god d"

"7 days to die!!!! Amazing game and super fun with friends."

"7 days to die. You can make your own base or refurbish a random poi in the world, level up and get new skills that help you even more, create a horde base die to one of the base game mechanics where a swarm of zombies attack you every 7th night, upgrade your gear, explore, loot, do quests for vendors that get you solid rewards, really has all the staples imo."

"7D2D with the Rebirth Overhaul Mod has companions who will mine and repair your base, as well as fight with you."

"A game where we put in about 300 hours is Valheim. If you havent played it yet I highly recomm"

"Valhiem, hundreds of hours: YES"

"Valheim Grounded V rising Enshrouded Abiotic factor Core keeper"

"Valheim - Long, grand, massive open world survival basebuilding resource gathering Viking game."

"Valheim also incredible, better with pals imo"

"Valheim"

"Valheim"

"Valheim"

"I love the sound design in valheim."

"Valheim"

"Subnautica. Full stop."

"Subnautica is one of my favourite games."

"Subnautica is a must play, go in blind if you can."

"Subnautica"

"Subnautica and Palworld are two of my favorites."

"Subnautica"

"Subnautica"

"I would recommend Subnautica, but for now it's solo (unless there's a mod to bring in more people)."

"Subnautica"

"I loved green hell, playing with friend during COVID felt like camping."

"Green Hell gives a wonderful adrenalin push each times you hear: slight rustling (was that a brazilian wandering spider?)"

"Green hell"

"V Rising, Medievil Dynasty and Green Hell"

"Green hell"

"Green Hell is a hardcore survival and craft"

"Green hell sandbox is pretty close to what your looking for"

"If you’ve never played Green Hell, i’d recommend that. It’s got a good story and it’s got a nice balance of difficulty and fun."

"The long dark, survival: fountain of youth, green hell, stranded deep. All are pretty realistic in their own ways."

"Green Hell"

"If you want a really hard one with massive amounts of content try Icarus. It's a bit different from other survival games but it's absolutely fantastic"

"Icarus is fantastic."

"The best one is Icarus for me"

"We also played Icarus as 3-player-squad for like 120 hours, also a fun game but felt repetitive after a while."

"I would second Icarus. You've got what was the original vision of the game that plays more like Deep Rock Galactic;"

"Icarus and 7 days to die."

"Icarus"

"Since I haven't seen it mentioned yet, Icarus is pretty fun"

"+1 on icarus being good and not needing the dlc."

"Sons of the Forest"

"Sons of the Forest. You can send the dummy who survived the crash with you out to gather resources."

"Sons of the forest."

"Sons of the Forest gives you a helper who does all the collecting for you."

"Sons of the forest or The Forest. Thank me later"

"Sons of the forest"

"Sons of the forest is pretty good, has an actual ending to grind out too."

"The Forest or sons of the forest a horror craft and survival."

"Dayz modded PVE servers. Maybe even RP servers if you are into that. Hands down the most authentic and immersive survival experience i've ever had with my friends."

"Dayz. 1500+ hours now"

"Dayz is a perfect game for multiplayer survival. It can be endlessly played and once you get past hating it the first few times itbis really fun"

"DayZ 100%"

"DayZ has amazing rain sounds."

"Day Z and thank me later."

"DayZ"

"Aska, no question"

"Aska - NPCs are fast to get and produce a lot, basically you stop the repetitive farming process at a certain point and leave It all to them."

"I have really enjoyed ASKA, but I often use it mostly as an exploring/gathering sim."

"2nd that, Aska."

"Try aska then, it’s deep!.. I would recommend watching some YouTube videos for tips etc"

"ASKA is really good. I've got probably 400 hours on it both solo and with others."

"Aska is great too although after 200 hours I'm finally bored."

"I second ARK, we clocked like 500 hours and it all started with we wanted to play something on a Friday."

"My recommendations: Ark: survival if you can still get mods such as annunaki genesis or extinction core working and set up your own server"

"Ark"

"If you like dinosaurs Ark is pretty good."

"That game has so much depth built up over the years."

"Ark can be fun."

"Ark is a breeding simulator."

"Ark I would not recommend. Riddled with bugs and honestly it’s just not that fun to play."

"I played Medieval dynasty on multi-player! Lots of fun creating a village and having to survive!"

"MD is super fun, and yes you can have NPCs gather resources."

"In Medieval Dynasty, you build a village and have workers that you can assign jobs."

"Medieval Dynasty is fun if you have some patience for the grind. More realistic than the other two."

"Play medieval dynasty if you own it already. It's got a similar vibe to bellwright"

"Mediaeval Dynasty allows you to set up NPC villagers to harvest resources or craft once you have built the appropriate buildings."

"V Rising, Medievil Dynasty and Green Hell"

"Abiotic factor. Absolute gem of an underrated game."

"I'd definitely recommend Abiotic Factor. Out of the top 5 reviews, 4 out of the 5 have 100+ hours of playtime on record."

"Abiotic factor 100% my favorite survival crafting game."

"Abiotic factor is great"

"Abiotic Factor is pretty damn good, 88h so far with a major 1.0 update in the works"

"Abiotic Factor and Soul mask"

"The forest/Son of the Forest"

"The Forest is what you want to play"

"The Forest"

"The Forest might be your thing"

"The Forest or sons of the forest a horror craft and survival."

"The Forest"

"If you're fine getting a game elsewhere I'd recommend Vintage Story. It's similar to Minecraft with a bigger focus on the survival aspect. Progression feels good and logical too."

"Vintage Story has amazing survival elements."

"Vintage story!!! :D"

"Try vintage story. 100 hours pass fast in this game"

"Vintage Story"

"Grounded is a game you should look into. Probably will give you like 100 hours of playtime but it is so much fun with friends."

"I want to say grounded because it's one of my favorites, but people get burnt out on it way too quick, otherwise, there's so much content and it's so fun"

"Grounded"

"Grounded - honey i shrunk the kids survival game - base building upgrading etc"

"Grounded was a lot of fun too."

"Rust"

"The answer is Rust, its the most popular and has lots of tech trees and hours and hours of content."

"Rust"

"Rust is good"

"Rust"

"Rust is shit game only world of warcraft rogues play."

"Kenshi, nothing quite like it. Become the hash farmer!"

"Kenshi is groundbreaking in both freedom and brutality."

"Kenshi - where medical supplies and spare limbs are as valuable and necessary as food."

"Kenshi. I hope you like pain."

"Don't starve is a top pick for survival thrills"

"Project zomboid, don't starve"

"Don't Starve"

"Don’t Starve is a good time"

"Soulmask mentioned yet. Obtaining specialized NPCs is one of the main purposes of the game itself."

"Soul Mask. A bit more like Conan Exiles but still was fun."

"Soulmask is good too"

"My current go-to's are - Soulmask, Myth of Empires, Enshrouded, Nightingale, and Mist Survival."

"Nightingale is early access and has an NPC gathering and processing materials aspect to it."

"I really recommend forever skies , nightingale,no mans sky ,ark can be fun but quite buggy .Aloft is fun . Deadside is not bad if you like rust sort of survival , 7 day's to die , hobo ( if you want a super tough survival game ) , Green hell and stranded deep."

"I've been enjoying Nightingale's sound design recently."

"My current go-to's are - Soulmask, Myth of Empires, Enshrouded, Nightingale, and Mist Survival."

"The Long Dark is the best survival game and I’m not changing my mind."

"The long dark"

"The long dark has the best crunch of snow and great shoreline sounds."

"Division 1 survival mode! It’s a game mode, maximum duration 2h15 per session!"

"Far cry primal & earth defense force iron rain"

"Far Cry: New Dawn."

"Don’t starve together"

"I second don’t starve together - a surprisingly deep game"

"Don’t Starve Together"

"Raft is a good playthrough, but a tip: make sure someone in your group likes puzzles"

"Raft - Cozy survival on a raft that grows into a massive ship."

"Raft."

"Enshrouded"

"Enshrouded"

"My current go-to's are - Soulmask, Myth of Empires, Enshrouded, Nightingale, and Mist Survival."

"Then you got no man’s sky an exploration, craft and kinda survival."

"Oh lol I love it, try no man's sky"

"I really recommend forever skies , nightingale,no mans sky ,ark can be fun but quite buggy .Aloft is fun . Deadside is not bad if you like rust sort of survival , 7 day's to die , hobo ( if you want a super tough survival game ) , Green hell and stranded deep."

"I highly recommend trying Death Stranding."

"Can't get more survival then Death Stranding"

"Definitely Hunt Showdown"

"Absolutely best Sound Design is Hunt: Showdown and it’s not even close."

"Terraria"

"Terraria"

"Rim world - chaotic anything can happen survival colony sim"

"Rim world"

"Fallout 4. It's settlement system allows for some good colony management."

"Fallout 4 has a survival mode and also console has supported community mods for awhile"

"Palworld are two of my favorites."

"Palworld is amazing."

"Myth of empires I can setup NPCs on mines and stuff to gather for you. Great game. Very deep"

"My current go-to's are - Soulmask, Myth of Empires, Enshrouded, Nightingale, and Mist Survival."

"Another is Satisfactory, not a true survival, but its also a fun game to play co-op."

"Satisfactory is really good."

"Conan exiles is good."

"Conan Exiles"

"My recommendations: Factorio"

"Factorio on death world setting. Plenty of survival"

"It’s basically dayz but with more pve and less pvp, better graphics, and more realistic mechanics"

"Overall my favorite survival game though."

"Check out The War of Mine, its def different than the games you mentioned but it is a survival game that you send people out for various items."

"This War of Mine"

"Empyrion"

"With Empyrion or Space Engineers you will spend at least 100h just learning how to play."

"Deadside is not bad if you like rust sort of survival"

"DEADSIDE"

"RuneScape just released a new survival game called (Runescape:Dragonwilds) it looks very colorful and fun"

"I'd steer clear of rune scape for now."

"The Long Dark is the first that comes to mind."

"Frostpunk lets you send scouts further from camp to explore and gather resources, and generally rewards you for the effort."

"Snowrunner."

"Disaster Report 4: Summer Memories"

"[Conan Exiles](https://store.steampowered.com/app/440900/Conan_Exiles/)"

"If you’re down for a horror based experience, check out Darkwood."

"Viking Frontiers is great. You build your settlement and hire your villagers to run different buildings."

"The Warhorn, it was early access but a first person adventure/survival game where you could make your own town."

"I can second planet crafter, once you get drones you are rolling in material but all other crafting is manual"

"Necesse, sort of a mix between rimworld and terraria"

"Against the storm"

"The survivalists - you have monkeys that can do tasks for you"

"Bellwright, and Aska come to mind for me."

"Hardcore wow, there's a new server that released around Xmas time so it's still fresh. Characters have 1 life."

"Omega crafter is automation but better - I'm about 50 hours in and it's the right amount of grind."

"Check out - The last plague: Blight"

"You could also check out The Isle. It's not your typical survival game but a blast with friends."

"Dinkum"

"I really recommend forever skies , nightingale,no mans sky ,ark can be fun but quite buggy .Aloft is fun . Deadside is not bad if you like rust sort of survival , 7 day's to die , hobo ( if you want a super tough survival game ) , Green hell and stranded deep."

"I really recommend forever skies , nightingale,no mans sky ,ark can be fun but quite buggy .Aloft is fun . Deadside is not bad if you like rust sort of survival , 7 day's to die , hobo ( if you want a super tough survival game ) , Green hell and stranded deep."

"Hobo ( if you want a super tough survival game )"

"Stranded deep."

"Void train - survival game on a train that upgrades and grows - in space."

"Ancestors: humankind odyssey. You wanted survival, you get survival."

"State of decay 2"

"Fallout New Vegas?"

"Outward"

"Dying Light"

"Grim Dawn"

"State of decay"

"Core Keeper"

"Stalker 2"

"LEGO Fortnite is free, and the survival element is pretty fun."

"Fallout 2"

"My current go-to's are - Soulmask, Myth of Empires, Enshrouded, Nightingale, and Mist Survival."

"When Subnatica 2 comes out it’ll be a co-op craft and survival game."

"Outriders is really good."

"Are dino games okay? Maybe beasts of Bermuda fits your taste."

"Untamed Kingdom and Primal Earth might be up your alley"

"Untamed Kingdom and Primal Earth might be up your alley"

"Man Eater comes to mind. More comical though."

"Hear me out but Metal Gear Survive"

"Atomfall !"

"Oh lol, try terratech 1"

"My Friend Peppa Pig gets overlooked as a natural disaster based survival game."

"The game doesn't give you any rules or missions and everytime you die you have to start over with nothing."

"Fortnite - Save the World. Pretty sure that mode is active."

"If u wanna try a shooter. Try Destiny or Warframe."

"If u wanna try a shooter. Try Destiny or Warframe."

"Return to moria is a good one but you won't get 100h out of it."

"Dune is about to come out with an open beta this weekend I'd try that out and hop on next month if you like it."

"With Empyrion or Space Engineers you will spend at least 100h just learning how to play."

"Into the Dead: Our Darkest Days"

"Dead State"

"The Division. I'd say 1 for story and 2 because the game is still actively played."

"Dragonswilds is a cash grab rn(barely $2=1hour of gameplay) bad ratio."