We’ve all wondered how we would survive in a life or death situation with nothing but your nards to the wind for company. Scraping by with what little resources you can muster before eventually going on to become the hyper-violent equivalent of Robinson Crusoe. That’s exactly what the best survival games do, to make you feel like the ruler of your own cultivated kingdom.
While they were once in vogue in a big way, much like battle royale games are today, the demand for survival games isn’t quite what it used to be, but those who love them really love them.
There’s a belief that a lot of them follow a similar blueprint, faults and all. Many survival games launch in Early Access and refuse to leave for the longest time; a couple of entries on this list are certainly guilty of that.
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Colin Newman
10.05.2022Um 7 days to die?
Shane Vincent
08.05.2022Nobody has mentioned No Man's Sky?
Micah Yates
08.05.2022WHERE TF IS MINECRAFT?!
Tembar
08.05.2022Anyone else hear the bully theme in the background
D- drizzle
08.05.2022Where is project zomboid
hoog
08.05.2022You're underrated
illusions
08.05.2022Is Green Hell worth buying?
Pedro Moreira
08.05.2022The forest is soooo boring , come on
Stunseed
08.05.2022hmm seems like i need an updated list.. this was jan 2020.. its now dec
Tony Gunz 916
08.05.2022shit list
JinshiLoL
08.05.2022Rust isnt free 😔
JinshiLoL
07.05.2022What platform is rust free on?
Sam Zhao
07.05.2022Raft should be included too
SomeoneVx
07.05.2022bully ost ftw!
doge atron
07.05.2022I'm gonna buy subnautica: below zero
Corrupted Text
07.05.2022Nothing can beat subnautica
Helvijs
07.05.2022where is stranded deep like wtf
YordanST
07.05.2022Why everyone keeps calling "Rust" is a survival game it has long since become raid base simulator nothing more.
Clifftonic Studios
07.05.2022The Long Dark, Best
Sweet Potato
07.05.2022How can this be 2021 version, if it was uploaded just as 2020 began? XD
Jorbee
07.05.2022I don’t think ark is a survival game per say, it’s more pvp
tomy 5671
06.05.2022Minecraft???!!!
X-Abyte
06.05.2022WHAT ABOUT MINECRAFT!
Orange
06.05.2022so happy This War of Mine is on here. gonna try Don't Starve and The Forrest
Mihajlo Mihajlovic
06.05.20220:02 whats the game called?
Alfmartinezu
06.05.2022So glad subnautica was so high up it's an amazing game
Gourav Das
06.05.2022ARK is many survival game within it.
Gekas
06.05.2022dayz, bitches
George Ovidiu
06.05.2022can you do a video about free suvival open world multiplayer games ??
Xeno Stealth
06.05.2022Hey guys, could any of yous like recommend good games for steam or ps4, I'm trying to get into new ones, types like sea of thieves, skyrim, no mans sky, those type of games, I'm playing warzone and Cold war atm so if any1 has recommendations that wud help thanks
Mya Elbows
06.05.2022I watched this just cuz I wanted to see where you'd put The Long Dark on this list. Every time I pick up a new survival game and invest time in it, I always come to the same question: "well is it as good as The Long Dark?…..no….no it isn't". The Long Dark is a masterpiece
Love The Beast Within
04.05.2022ark is fun, but annoying as hell with all the bugs, the mods downloads on certain servers makes it almost (and I say ALMOST DUMBASS) impossible to log into and the amount of toxicity in PVP servers are horrendous, people really hates me when I sneak into their camp and murders them in their sleep and kills all their high lvl animals with an rocket launcer.
Raven
04.05.2022where tf is dayz. Literally the best survival game I have ever played
gagichad is weak
04.05.2022why no minecraft lol?
Metal Rap
04.05.2022where is stranded deep? its nice af!
Tristan
04.05.20223:don’t starve
2: the forest
1: rust
Jarosław Panek
04.05.2022the forest best survival game all the time
RJXboxNoob
04.05.2022Ayo where’s terraria tho
Irena Nováková
04.05.2022I see long dark in thumbnail? I click
strsocerplaya9
04.05.2022The Long Dark is my favorite right now (tho i havent played a lot of these yet), but I'm getting sick of waiting for them to finish the story mode. I got it from gamefly, loved the first chapter, bought it, only to find out id just bought an incomplete game 🙄
Young Khalifa
04.05.2022When you realize modded fallout and skyrim are best survival games 😂😂
zurperur
03.05.2022why are you crapping on arc
Sourge GR
03.05.2022Video Title: 10 best Survival Games Ever
Minecraft: Am I a joke to u???
Gru
03.05.2022Where is Escape from Tarkov?
Dominiq Stump
03.05.2022pretty sad terraria wasn't on here but i can only hope for so much
Faisal Abdurrahman
03.05.2022One word FART AKA RAFT B*TCH why, its not better than subnautica but is my second favorite survival game, actually screw that its the 3rd because minecraft rules and nock off's drool
minecraft 1st, subnautica 2nd and raft 3rd and all other survival games, you suck
DeViT
03.05.2022Not having a list in description is REALLY anyoing. Having a list lets me know if vid shows any games that i dont know of
The Destroyer
03.05.2022I saw someone play this and I really want to play it so I looked at this vid to see if I could find the name. Thanks lol.
Sam Warchol
03.05.2022Honestly, the long dark is an amazing game and has so many things that are awesome. But after a while it starts to get really boring, it just starts to feel like a walking simulator. But if that’s what you like then you should definitely get it.
TheAlmightySpank
03.05.2022nice bully music love it