# The best survival games

The best-reviewed survival games according to OpenCritic, which aggregates reviews from major outlets (mostly games from about 2013 on).

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- Sep 16, 2026 · Pasha Andreev
- https://even.best/en/l/340/the-best-survival-games

## Top 20

1. **The Last of Us Part II** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released June 2020 (PS4, PS5). OpenCritic top critic average: 93.
2. **Resident Evil 4** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released March 2023 (PC, XBXS, PS5, PS4). OpenCritic top critic average: 92.
3. **Minecraft** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2017 (PS4, PS5, XBXS, XB1, Switch, PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 90.
4. **Land of the Vikings** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released October 2023 (PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 88.
5. **Core Keeper** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released March 2022 (PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, XBXS, XB1, Switch 2). OpenCritic top critic average: 86.
6. **Sunless Skies** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released January 2019 (PC, Switch, PS4, XB1). OpenCritic top critic average: 85.
7. **This War of Mine** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2014 (PC, Switch, PS4, XB1). OpenCritic top critic average: 85.
8. **Orcs Must Die: Unchained** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released April 2017 (PS4, PC, PS5). OpenCritic top critic average: 84.
9. **Abiotic Factor** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released July 2025 (XBXS, PS5, PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 84.
10. **V Rising** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released May 2022 (PC, PS5). OpenCritic top critic average: 83.
11. **Subnautica: Below Zero** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released May 2021 (XBXS, PS5, Switch, PC, XB1, PS4, Switch 2). OpenCritic top critic average: 83.
12. **Sorry We're Closed** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2024 (PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, XB1, XBXS). OpenCritic top critic average: 82.
13. **Factorio** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released August 2020 (PC, Switch). OpenCritic top critic average: 82.
14. **The Forest** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released April 2018 (PC, PS4). OpenCritic top critic average: 81.
15. **ZERO Sievert** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released October 2024 (PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 81.
16. **Fallout 4 VR** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released December 2017 (Vive, PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 81.
17. **Ascend to Zero** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released July 2026 (XBXS, PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 81.
18. **Terraformers** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released March 2022 (PC, PS5, PS4, XB1, XBXS, Switch). OpenCritic top critic average: 80.
19. **Hunt: Showdown 1896** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released August 2024 (PC, XBXS, PS5). OpenCritic top critic average: 80.
20. **Among Us** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released June 2018 (PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, XB1, XBXS). OpenCritic top critic average: 80.
21. **Voidtrain** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released May 2023 (PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 79.
22. **Endling: Extinction is Forever** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released July 2022 (PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, XB1, XBXS). OpenCritic top critic average: 79.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.